fullname years clubs caps goals birth_place nationalteam height position nationalcaps nationalyears birth_date article_title name nationalgoals
uche alozie okechukwu 1988 2002 -- 2006 2007 -- 2008 2008 -- 2009 -- 1990 1990 -- 1993 1993 -- 2002 iwuanyanwu nationale brøndby fenerbahçe İstanbulspor ocean boys bayelsa united 61 191 75 10 19 8 lagos , nigeria nigeria 1.89 centre back 46 1990 -- 2002 27 september 1967 uche okechukwu
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uche okechukwu

uche alozie okechukwu -lrb- born 27 september 1967 -rrb- , known as uche for short , is a nigerian retired footballer who played as a central defender .
`` uche '' is a nickname for the igbo name `` uchechukwu '' -lrb- meaning '' `` god ´ s will '' '' -rrb- .
he was also honored as the foreign player who played in turkey for the longest period of time -lrb- 13 years -rrb- , going on to obtain turkish citizenship under the name deniz uygar .
playing nearly 50 caps for nigeria , uche represented the nation in two world cups and as many africa cup of nations , winning the latter tournament once .
he is the 1996 olympic champion .
