| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (2003-12-12) 12 December 2003 (age 21) | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Mjällby | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| De-Royal Academy | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 0000–2019 | Crown FC | ||
| 2019–2020 | Sunshine Stars | 11 | (2) |
| 2020–2022 | Nasarawa United | 42 | (20) |
| 2022– | Mjällby | 42 | (9) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 November 2024 | |||
Silas Nwankwo (born 12 December 2003) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Swedish club Mjällby in the Allsvenskan.
Career
Nwankwo started his football career at De-Royal Football Academy in Lagos before moving to Crown FC and later Sunshine Stars in 2019. One year later, he went on to play for Nasarawa United in the NPFL making 35 appearances and scoring 19 goals in the 2020–21 season.
On 3 February 2022, Nwankwo signed a four-year contract with Swedish club Mjällby.
Honours
Individual
- NPFL Eunisell Golden Boot: 2020–21
External links
- Silas Nwankwo at Soccerway
References
- Silas Nwankwo at Soccerway
- "Silas Nwankwo: Mjallby AIF sign Nigerian youngster from Nasarawa United | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- I decided to play football so as to make money for my mum –Silas Nwankwo, newtelegraphng.com, 4 September 2021
- "SILAS NWANKWO STRIKES TO HAND SUNSHINE STARS A PRECIOUS WIN OVER AKWA UNITED". Latest Sports and Football News in Nigeria | Sports247. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "Eunisell Golden Boot: Nwankwo, Atshimene emerge joint winners". Vanguard News. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- Mjällby AIF värvar ny spelare, sverigesradio.se, 3 February 2022
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- 2003 births
- Living people
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Crown F.C. players
- Sunshine Stars F.C. players
- Nasarawa United F.C. players
- Mjällby AIF players
- Nigeria Professional Football League players
- Allsvenskan players
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen
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