Adriano Onyegbule

Brian Adriano Ogechukwu Onyegbule (born 23 June 2006) is a German footballer who plays for Swiss Super League club FC Basel, as midfielder.[1][2]

Adriano Onyegbule
Personal information
Full name Brian Adriano Ogechukwu Onyegbule
Date of birth (2006-06-23) 23 June 2006
Place of birth Würzburg, Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 FC Basel
Number 29
Youth career
0000–2022 RB Leipzig
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– FC Basel 1 (0)
International career‡
2021–2022 Germany U16 4 (0)
2022– Germany U17 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 Mai 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2023

Football career

Onyegbule played his youth football with RB Leipzig, advancing through the ranks to their U-17 team.[3]

At the beginning of June 2022 Onyegbule was invited to join FC Basel during their pre-season trials. He played in a test game in the Youth Campus Basel against Xamax on 18 June and with his play and his goal in the 43rd minute he impressed and the club offered him a three-year contract, which he signed on the day after his 16th birthday.[4] Following the trainings camp in Gmund am Tegernsee, Onyegbule then joined Basel's U-21 team under coach Ognjen Zaric and played in the team regularly in the Promotion League, the third tier of Swiss football. During the winter break of the 2022–23 League season he advanced to the first team, under head coach Alexander Frei and later, interims coach Heiko Vogel.

After playing in seven test games, Onyegbul played his domestic league debut for Basel's first team in the away game in the Kybunpark on 14 May 2023, coming on as substitute in the 60th minute, as they were defeated 6–1 by St. Gallen.[5]

International career

Onyegbul represented Germany four times at U-16 level. He played his debut in the German U-16 team on 2 September 2021 against Austria, as the two teams played a 3–3 draw. He has also represented them at U-17 level, playing his debut on 25 November 2022 against the Turkish U-17 team, as they played a 2–2 draw.[6]

References
  1. "Akahomen und Onyegbule: Versprechen für die Zukunft?". srf.ch. 15 May 2023.
  2. "10 Super-League-Spieler to watch". bolzplazz.com.
  3. sport.ch (15 May 2023). "Profile Adriano Onyegbule" (in German). sport.ch. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  4. FC Basel 1893 (24 June 2022). "FCB verpflichtet Adriano Onyegbule" [FCB signs Adriano Onyegbule]. www.fcb.ch (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  5. FC Basel 1893 (14 May 2023). "1:6 in St.Gallen – Der FCB bleibt in der Ostschwiez chancenlos" [1: 6 in St.Gallen – FCB has no chance in Eastern Switzerland] (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  6. Redaktion DFB e.V. (28 November 2022). "Profile and performance data Adriano Onyegbule" (in German). dfb.de. Retrieved 2023-05-15.

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