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Theophilus Awua
Nigerian footballer
Theophilus Aondofa Awua (born 24 April 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie C Group A club Atalanta Under-23 on loan from Crotone.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Theophilus Aondofa Awua | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-04-24) 24 April 1998 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Atalanta Under-23 | ||
| Number | 86 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2016 | Abuja | ||
| 2016–2017 | Spezia | ||
| 2016–2017 | → Inter (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2021 | Spezia | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Juve Stabia (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Rende (loan) | 31 | (4) |
| 2019–2020 | → Bari (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 2020 | → Livorno (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Cittadella (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Pro Vercelli (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Pro Vercelli | 14 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Crotone (loan) | 46 | (2) |
| 2023– | Crotone | 0 | (0) |
| 2023– | → Atalanta Under-23 (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:43, 4 September 2023 (UTC) | |||
Awua made his Serie C debut for Juve Stabia on 16 September 2017 in a game against Trapani.[1]
Having returned to Spezia, he scored a goal against Pro Vercelli in the match that Spezia went on to win 5–1.
On 5 July 2018, he joined Serie C club Rende on a season-long loan.[2]
On 2 September 2019, he joined Serie C club Bari on loan from Spezia.[3][4] On 30 January 2020, he was loaned to Livorno.[5]
On 8 September 2020, he joined Cittadella on loan.[6][7]
On 21 January 2021, he joined Pro Vercelli on loan.[8][9] In June 2021, he joined the club permanently.[10]
On 12 January 2022, he went to Crotone on loan.[11][12] On 19 July 2022, Awua returned to Crotone on a new loan with an obligation to buy.[13]
On 29 August 2023, Crotone announced Awua's loan to Atalanta with an option to buy and a conditional obligation to buy.[14] He plays with the club's reserve team in Serie C.
- "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 16 September 2017.
- "Il centrocampista Awua primo tassello. Arriva in prestito dallo Spezia" (Press release) (in Italian). Rende. 5 July 2018.
- "Mercato: Theophilus Awua in prestito al Bari" (Press release) (in Italian). Spezia. 8 September 2020.
- "Benvenuti Awua e Bianco!" (Press release) (in Italian). Bari. 2 September 2019.
- "Due Nuovi Acquisti del Livorno" (Press release) (in Italian). Livorno. 30 January 2020.
- "Mercato: Theophilus Awua in prestito al Cittadella" (Press release) (in Italian). Spezia. 8 September 2020.
- "Theophilus Awua" (Press release) (in Italian). Cittadella. 8 September 2020.
- "Theophilus Awua in prestito alla Pro Vercelli" (Press release) (in Italian). Spezia. 21 January 2021.
- "Benvenuto Theophilus Awua!" (Press release) (in Italian). Pro Vercelli. 21 January 2021.
- "Ufficiale: la Pro Vercelli ingaggia il nigeriano Awua". lasesia.vercelli.it (in Italian). Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- "Theophilus Awua ceduto al Crotone" (Press release) (in Italian). Pro Vercelli. 12 January 2022.
- "Awua è del Crotone. Benvenuto Theo!" (Press release) (in Italian). Crotone. 12 January 2022.
- "Awua, Panico e Vitale sono rossoblù!" (in Italian). Crotone. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- "Awua all'Atalanta" [Awua to Atalanta] (in Italian). Atalanta. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- Theophilus Awua at Soccerway
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