Ugo Ehiogu

**Ugochuku Ehiogu** (; 3 November 1972 – 21 April 2017) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre back from 1989 to 2009. He was the coach of the Tottenham Hotspur U23 team until his death in April 2017.

He played in the Premier League with Aston Villa and Middlesbrough. He also played in the Football League for West Bromwich Albion, Leeds United and Sheffield United, as well as a spell in the Scottish Premier League with Rangers.

Ehiogu won two Football League Cups, with Aston Villa in 1996 and then with Middlesbrough in 2004. Ehiogu was an England international, with a record of 4 caps and 1 goal.

In 1993, playing for the England under-21 team, he became the first black player to captain an England team in a competitive match. In 2012, he came out of brief retirement by signing for non-league side Wembley to participate in the club's FA Cup games alongside other retired veteran players.

Ehiogu died on 21 April 2017 after suffering a cardiac arrest at Tottenham Hotspur's training ground in London, aged 44.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|West Bromwich Albion|1990–91|Second Division|2|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|2|0||
|rowspan="11"|Aston Villa|1991–92|First Division|8|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|10|0|
|1992–93|Premier League|4|0|0|0|1|0|—|5|0||||
|1993–94|Premier League|17|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|19|0|||
|1994–95|Premier League|39|3|2|0|3|0|4|1|48|4|||
|1995–96|Premier League|36|1|5|0|8|1|—|49|2||||
|1996–97|Premier League|38|3|3|1|2|0|2|0|45|4|||
|1997–98|Premier League|37|2|4|0|1|0|6|0|48|2|||
|1998–99|Premier League|25|2|2|0|1|0|3|0|31|2|||
|1999–2000|Premier League|31|1|6|0|7|0|—|44|1||||
|2000–01|Premier League|2|0|—|—|2|0|4|0|||||
|rowspan="8"|Middlesbrough|2000–01|Premier League|21|3|3|0|0|0|—|24|3||
|2001–02|Premier League|29|1|2|1|2|0|—|33|2||||
|2002–03|Premier League|32|3|0|0|0|0|—|32|3||||
|2003–04|Premier League|16|0|1|0|2|0|—|19|0||||
|2004–05|Premier League|10|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|12|0|||
|2005–06|Premier League|18|0|3|0|2|0|7|0|30|0|||
|2006–07|Premier League|0|0|1|0|0|0|—|1|0||||
|Leeds United (loan)|2006–07|Championship|6|1|—|—|—|6|1|||||
|rowspan="3"|Rangers|2006–07|Scottish Premier League|9|1|—|—|2|0|11|1|||
|2007–08|Scottish Premier League|0|0|—|1|0|0|0|1|0||||
|rowspan="3"|Sheffield United|2007–08|Championship|10|0|—|—|—|10|0||||
|2008–09|Championship|16|1|0|0|1|0|0|0|17|1|||

### International

|National team||Year||Apps||Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|England|1996|1|0|||
|2001|2|1|||||
|2002|1|0|||||

- _Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Ehiogu goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|28 February 2001|Villa Park, Birmingham, England|2||3–0|3–0|Friendly||||||||

## Honours

**Aston Villa**
- FA Cup runner-up: 1999–2000
- Football League Cup: 1995–96

**Middlesbrough**
- Football League Cup: 2003–04

**Individual**
- PFA Team of the Year: 1995–96 Premier League

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Ugo Ehiogu
- **image**: Ugo Ehiogu.jpg
- **caption**: Ehiogu in 2013
- **fullname**: Ugochuku Ehiogu
- **birth place**: London Borough of Hackney, Hackney, London, England
- **death place**: London, England
- **position**: Centre back
- **youthyears1**: ?–?
- **youthclubs1**: Senrab F.C., Senrab
- **youthyears2**: 1985–1989 Globe Town F.C
- **youthclubs2**: West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion
- **years1**: 1989–1991
- **clubs1**: West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion
- **caps1**: 2
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 1991–2000
- **clubs2**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **caps2**: 237
- **goals2**: 12
- **years3**: 2000–2007
- **clubs3**: Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough
- **caps3**: 126
- **goals3**: 7
- **years4**: 2006–2007
- **clubs4**: → Leeds United F.C., Leeds United (loan)
- **caps4**: 6
- **goals4**: 1
- **years5**: 2007–2008
- **clubs5**: Rangers F.C., Rangers
- **caps5**: 9
- **goals5**: 1
- **years6**: 2008–2009
- **clubs6**: Sheffield United F.C., Sheffield United
- **caps6**: 26
- **goals6**: 1
- **years7**: 2012
- **clubs7**: Wembley F.C., Wembley
- **caps7**: 0
- **goals7**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 406
- **totalgoals**: 22
- **nationalyears1**: 1992–1993
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-21 football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 15
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 1994
- **nationalteam2**: England national football B team, England B
- **nationalcaps2**: 1
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 1996–2002
- **nationalteam3**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps3**: 4
- **nationalgoals3**: 1
- **manageryears1**: 2014–2017
- **managerclubs1**: Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Reserves and Academy, Tottenham Hotspur (Under 23s)