Kingsley Michael

Kingsley Michael

Personal information
Full name	Kingsley Dogo Michael[1]
Date of birth	(1999-08-26) 26 August 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Owerri, Nigeria
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	DSV Leoben
Number	14
Youth career
0000–2017	Abuja
2017–2018	Bologna
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2023	Bologna	3	(0)
2018–2019	→ Perugia (loan)	25	(1)
2019–2020	→ Cremonese (loan)	10	(0)
2021	→ Reggina (loan)	3	(0)
2022–2023	→ SV Ried (loan)	13	(0)
2023–	DSV Leoben	16	(0)
International career^‡
2015	Nigeria U17	7	(1)
2021–	Nigeria	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2021

Kingsley Dogo Michael (born 26 August 1999) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian club DSV Leoben and the Nigeria national team[2]

Club career

He joined Italian club Bologna on 29 August 2017[3] and was assigned to their Under-19 team. At the end of the 2017–18 Serie A season he made some bench appearances for Bologna's senior squad, but did not see any time on the field.[4]

On 15 August 2018, he joined Serie B club Perugia on a season-long loan.[5] He made his Serie B debut for Perugia on 24 August 2018 in a game against Brescia as a 79th-minute substitute for Raffaele Bianco.[6]

He made his Serie A debut for Bologna on the opening day of the 2019–20 season, he started the game against Verona on 25 August 2019.

On 2 September 2019, Michael joined Cremonese on loan until 30 June 2020.[7]

On 1 February 2021, Michael moved to Serie B side Reggina, on a loan deal until the end of the season.[8]

On 9 August 2022, Michael was loaned to SV Ried in Austria.[9] On 2 May 2023, the loan was terminated early.[10]

International

He represented Nigeria national under-17 football team at the 2015 African U-17 Championship,[11] where Nigeria finished 4th, and 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, which Nigeria won. Michael scored a goal in the 3–0 quarterfinal victory over Brazil,[12] but did not appear in the semifinal or final.

He made his debut for the Nigeria national football team on 7 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Cape Verde, a 2–1 away victory. He started the game and played the whole match.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 August 2023[14]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup[a]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Perugia (loan)	2018–19	Serie B	25	1	0	0	—		—		25	1
Bologna	2019–20	Serie A	1	0	1	0	—		—		2	0
	2020–21		0	0	1	0	—		—		1	0
	2021–22		2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	Total		3	0	2	0	—		—		5	0
Cremonese (loan)	2019–20	Serie B	10	0	0	0	—		—		10	0
Reggina (loan)	2020–21	Serie B	3	0	0	0	—		—		3	0
SV Ried (loan)	2022–23	Austrian Bundesliga	13	0	1	0	—		—		14	0
DSV Leoben	2023–24	Austrian 2. Liga	16	0	3	0	—		—		19	0
Career total			70	1	6	0	—		—		76	1

1. Includes Coppa Italia, Austrian Cup

References

1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Nigeria" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
2. "2022 World Cup: Nigeria announce expanded squad for qualifiers". BBC. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
3. "Kingsley Michael signs for Bologna". Bologna. 29 August 2017.
4. "Cagliari v Bologna game report". ESPN. 22 April 2018.
5. "Kingsley joins Perugia". Bologna. 15 August 2018.
6. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 24 August 2018.
7. "UFFICIALE: Bologna, Kingsley Michael in prestito alla Cremonese". Retrieved 3 September 2019.
8. "Calciomercato Reggina: ufficiale, arrivano Orji Okwonwko e Michael Kingsley" [Reggina transfer market: official, Orji Okwonwko and Michael Kingsley arrive]. CityNow (in Italian). 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
9. "Kingsley Michael spielt für die SV Guntamatic Ried" (in German). SV Ried. 9 August 2022. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
10. "LEIHVERTRAG MIT KINGSLEY MICHAEL WURDE AUFGELÖST" [Loan of Kingsley Michael terminated] (in German). SV Ried. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
11. "Nigeria v Guinea game report". Confederation of African Football. 1 March 2015.
12. "Brazil v Nigeria game report". FIFA. 1 November 2015. Archived from the original on 3 November 2015.
13. "Cape Verde v Nigeria game report". FIFA. 7 September 2021.
14. Kingsley Michael at Soccerway

External links

• Kingsley Michael at Soccerway