Patrick Friday Eze

Patrick Friday Eze
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-12-22) 22 December 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Kaduna, Nigeria
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Mladost Lučani
Number 45
Youth career
Ajiya Babes
Zamfara United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Africa Sports
2013 Rad 2 (0)
2014 Napredak Kruševac 3 (0)
2014–2015 Mladost Lučani 26 (15)
2015–2017 Fujairah 24 (14)
2016–2017 → Al Qadsiah (loan) 24 (5)
2017–2018 Konyaspor 7 (2)
2018 → Denizlispor (loan) 6 (0)
2019 Raków Częstochowa 6 (1)
2019–2020 Al-Ramtha
2020–2021 Kukësi 33 (15)
2021–2022 Al Ahli 11 (4)
2022–2023 Ankara Keçiörengücü 12 (0)
2023– Mladost Lučani 40 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 December 2024

Patrick Friday Eze (born 22 December 1992) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serbian club Mladost Lučani.

Career

Born in Kaduna, Eze played with Ajiya Babes and Zamfara United in his homeland, before moving abroad to Ivorian club Africa Sports in 2011. He won the national championship in his first season with the side. Eze also appeared for Africa Sports in the qualification phase for the 2012 CAF Champions League.

In the summer of 2013, Eze moved to Europe and signed with Serbian SuperLiga club Rad. He switched to league rivals Napredak Kruševac in the 2014 winter transfer window. In the summer of 2014, Eze was acquired by newly promoted Mladost Lučani.[1] He scored a hat-trick in a 3–2 home league victory over Spartak Subotica on 7 March 2015.[2] Eze finished the season as the league's top scorer with 15 goals.

In July 2015, Eze moved to the United Arab Emirates and signed with Fujairah.[3] He was the team's top scorer in the 2015–16 UAE Pro League, netting 14 goals in 24 appearances, but failed to save the club from relegation. In July 2016, Eze was sent on a season-long loan to Saudi Pro League side Al Qadsiah.[4]

In August 2017, Eze was transferred to Turkish club Konyaspor, penning a three-year contract. He was loaned out to Denizlispor in January 2018.

After spending half a season without a club, Eze moved to Poland and signed with Raków Częstochowa in early 2019.[5] He helped the side win the I liga to earn promotion to the Ekstraklasa.

Career statistics

As of match played 20 December 2024[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rad 2013–14 Serbian SuperLiga 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
Napredak Kruševac 2013–14 Serbian SuperLiga 3 0 0 0 — — 3 0
Mladost Lučani 2014–15 Serbian SuperLiga 26 15 0 0 — — 26 15
Fujairah 2015–16 UAE Pro League 24 14 0 0 3 3 — 27 17
Al Qadsiah (loan) 2016–17 Saudi Pro League 24 5 2 3 1 0 — 27 8
Konyaspor 2017–18 Süper Lig 7 2 2 0 — 2[c] 0 11 2
Denizlispor (loan) 2017–18 TFF First League 6 0 0 0 — — 6 0
Raków Częstochowa 2018–19 I liga 6 1 1 0 — — 7 1
Kukësi 2020–21 Kategoria Superiore 33 15 2 2 — 2[c] 1 37 18
Al Ahli 2021–22 Qatar Stars League 11 4 0 0 7 6 — 18 10
Ankara Keçiörengücü 2022–23 TFF First League 12 0 1 1 — — 13 1
Mladost Lučani 2023–24 Serbian SuperLiga 27 8 1 0 — — 28 8
2024–25 Serbian SuperLiga 13 0 1 0 — — 14 0
Total 40 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 42 8
Career total 194 64 10 6 11 9 4 1 219 80
  1. ^ Includes Saudi Crown Prince Cup, Turkish Cup, Polish Cup, Albanian Cup, Serbian Cup
  2. ^ Includes UAE League Cup, King's Cup, Qatari Stars Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Africa Sports

Raków Częstochowa

Individual

References

  1. ^ "I look up to Ghana captain Gyan – Nigeria striker Eze". goal.com. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Het-trik Frajdeja, remi Čuke, Nišlije posle remija sa "večitima" pobedile Jagodinu" (in Serbian). blic.rs. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  3. ^ "DONE DEAL : Al-Fujairah SC Snap Up Patrick Friday Eze From Mladost Lucani". allnigeriasoccer.com. 18 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Al-Qadisiyah sign Nigerian striker Patrick Eze on loan from Al-Fujairah". goal.com. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Patrick Friday Eze piłkarzem Rakowa" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  6. ^ Patrick Friday Eze at Soccerway