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Stephen Eze
	Eze playing for Lokomotiv Plovdiv in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	8 March 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Makurdi, Nigeria
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Jamshedpur
Number	6
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2014	Lobi Stars
2014–2016	Sunshine Stars
2017	Ifeanyi Ubah
2017	Kano Pillars
2018–2019	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
2020	Tobol
2020–2021	Jamshedpur
2021–2022	NK Solin
2022–2023	Queen's Park
2023–2024	Quang Nam
2024–	Jamshedpur
International career‡
2015–2018	Nigeria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:16, 30 December 2024 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 July 2019

Stephen Eze (born 8 March 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Indian Super League club Jamshedpur.

He has also represented the Nigeria national team, winning 13 caps.

Career

In Nigeria

Eze started his professional career at Lobi Stars. He played regularly during two seasons, before moving to Sunshine Stars in September 2014.^[1]

After two seasons with Sunshine, Eze joined Ifeanyi Ubah where he won Nigeria Super Cup in early 2017. On 9 November 2017, Eze joined Kano Pillars.^[2]

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

Two months later, on 18 January 2018, Eze joined Bulgarian First League club Lokomotiv Plovdiv, signing a two-year contract.^[3] On 18 February, he made his league debut for Lokomotiv, coming on as a substitute for Asen Georgiev against Pirin Blagoevgrad.^[4] On 16 April 2019, Eze scored his first goal for Lokomotiv in a Bulgarian Cup match against Septemvri Sofia, which Lokomotiv won 4–0.^[5]

Tobol

On 21 January 2020, Eze joined Kazakhstan Premier League club FC Tobol.^[6] An injury sustained in a pre-season friendly match meant he never got to feature in an official game for the team, as he had to undergo an operation in Turkey. Eze parted ways with Tobol in July 2020.^[7]

Jamshedpur FC

On 10 September 2020, Eze joined Indian Super League side Jamshedpur.^[8] After his one year contract was completed, on 1 July 2021, Eze left Jamshedpur FC and became a free agent.^{[citation needed]}

NK Solin

On 17 February 2022, Eze joined Croatian First League club NK Solin. He made his debut coming off the bench in a 3-0 loss against NK Dugopolje.^[9]

Queen's Park

After a year with Croatian club NK Solin, Eze signed for Scottish club Queen's Park in August 2022.^[10] In June 2023, Stephen Eze departed the club by mutual consent ^[11]

International career

Eze was invited to play for the Nigeria national team. He was named in the Super Eagles' 23-man A' team which played in the Caf CHAN 2016, led by coach Sunday Oliseh. Eze played all the group games, but the team was eliminated in the first round. His performances led to an invitation to the full Nigeria team. He was also in the A' team in the 2016 African Nations Championship where results improved, Nigeria progressing to the final before losing to the hosts Morocco.^[12]^[13]

In May 2018 he was named in the preliminary 30-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia;^[14] however, he did not make the final 23.^[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 September 2019^[update]

Club	League	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	League	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	First League	2017–18	13	0	0	0	—		—		13	0
		2018–19	25	0	6	1	—		—		31	1
		2019–20	10	1	0	0	4	0	1^[a]	0	15	1
Career statistics			48	1	6	1	4	0	1	0	59	2