Ash Kigbu

Ahogrenashinme Kigbu (born 5 February 1999) is an English footballer who plays as a defender.

Ash Kigbu
Personal information
Full name Ahogrenashinme Kigbu[1]
Date of birth (1999-02-05) 5 February 1999[1]
Place of birth Manchester, England[1]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2015–2018 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Wolfsberger II 3 (0)
2018–2019 Wolfsberger AC 4 (0)
2019–2020 Stoke City 0 (0)
International career‡
2016 England U18 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:57, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:31, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Career

Growing up, Kigbu trained with both Manchester United and Manchester City but eventually chose to sign for the later after attending St Bede's College.[2] On 31 July 2018, Kigbu joined Austrian Bundesliga side Wolfsberger AC on a two-year deal with the option of a third.[3] Two weeks later, he made his professional debut, playing the last ten minutes in a 0–0 draw with Rapid Wien.[4]

On 8 August 2019, Kigbu signed for Championship side Stoke City joining their under-23 squad.[5] Kigbu was released by Stoke in July 2020.[6]

International career

Born in England, Kigbu is of Nigerian descent.[7] Kigbu was called up to the England under-18 team for the first time in August 2016 for a four-team mini tournament.[8] He went on to make his debut in a 2–1 win over Italy U18.[9]

Career statistics
As of 9 August 2019[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wolfsberger II 2018–19 Austrian Regionalliga 30———30
Wolfsberger AC 2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga 4010——50
Stoke City 2019–20 EFL Championship 000000—00
Career total 7010000080

    References
    1. Ash Kigbu at Soccerway
    2. "KIGBU: OUR OPPONENTS ARE STARSTRUCK BY THE CFA". Manchester City. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
    3. "Official: England youth international leaves Manchester City for Austrian Bundesliga club". mcfcwatch.com. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
    4. "RAPID WIEN VS. WOLFSBERGER AC 0 - 0". uk.soccerway.com. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
    5. "Stoke City beat the clock to sign ex-Man City defender". Stoke Sentinel. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
    6. "Club announce retained list". Stoke City. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
    7. "Nigerian-Born Manchester City Defender Kigbu Makes Debut for England:: All Nigeria Soccer - the Complete Nigerian Football Portal".
    8. "ENGLAND U18S SQUAD NAMED TO FACE ITALY AND ISRAEL NEXT MONTH". The Football Association. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
    9. "MASON MOUNT SCORES TWICE AS ENGLAND UNDER-18S BEAT ITALY". The Football Association. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
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