{{Short description|Nigerian footballer (born 1984)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Austin Ejide | image = Austin Ejide.jpg | caption = Ejide with Hapoel Hadera in 2019 | full_name = Augustine Amamchukwu Ejide | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|4|8|df=y}} | birth_place = Onitsha, Nigeria | height = 1.89 m | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = | years1 = 1999–2002 | clubs1 = Gabros International | caps1 = 100 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2002–2006 | clubs2 = Étoile Sportive du Sahel | caps2 = 120 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2006–2009 | clubs3 = Bastia | caps3 = 44 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2009–2012 | clubs4 = Hapoel Petah Tikva | caps4 = 57 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2012–2015 | clubs5 = Hapoel Be'er Sheva | caps5 = 94 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2017–2020 | clubs6 = Hapoel Hadera | caps6 = 79 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2020–2021 | clubs7 = Sektzia Ness Ziona | caps7 = 31 | goals7 = 0 | totalcaps = 525 | totalgoals = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2001–2014 | nationalteam1 = Nigeria | nationalcaps1 = 34 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's football}} {{MedalCountry|{{fb|NGA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Africa Cup of Nations}} {{Medal|W|2013 South Africa|}} }} '''Augustine "Austin" Amamchukwu Ejide''' {{Audio|LL-Q33578 (ibo)-Vivian Amalachukwu-Augustine "Austin" Amamchukwu Ejide.wav|Listen|help=no}} {{post-nominals|country=NGA|MON}} (born 8 April 1984) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Ejide played for Gabros International and Bastia in Corsica, which competed in Ligue 2. He played for Israeli Premier side Hapoel Be'er Sheva until May 2015, and later played for Hapoel Hadera.
==Club career== Ejide was born in Onitsha, Anambra State. He started his career with Gabros International where he had an good season before joining Étoile du Sahel.<ref name=fifa>{{cite news|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/players/player=184856/profile-detail.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614163745/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/players/player=184856/profile-detail.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 June 2014|title=Austine EJIDE|access-date=20 June 2014|publisher=FIFA}}</ref> With the Tunisian club, he reached two CAF Champions League finals.<ref name=fifa/> In 2006, Ejide joined Bastia of the French Ligue 2, where he spent three years before moving to Israeli team Hapoel Petah Tikva,<ref name=fifa/> where he rescued the team from relegation. Ejide moved to Hapoel Be'er Sheva in 2012, where he played until the end of the 2014–15 season.<ref name=fifa/> 2017–18 Ejide kept 27 games and kept 15 clean sheets. The shot stopper earned a spot for Hapoel Hadera in the Israeli Premier League.
==International career== Ejide made his debut for Nigeria against Namibia on 16 June 2001.<ref name=fifa/> He has been named in three FIFA World Cup squads: 2002 in Japan and South Korea, 2010 in South Africa, and 2014 in Brazil.<ref name=fifa/> He has also been a member of the Super Eagles' squad at five Africa Cup of Nations tournaments: 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2013, winning the competition in the latter.<ref name=fifa/> In 2013, he was selected for Nigeria's squad at the FIFA Confederations Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22827902|title=Nigeria to take new-look squad to Confederations Cup|date=9 June 2013|access-date=10 June 2013|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> In the 2008, Africa Cup of Nations hosted in Ghana, Nigeria coach Berti Vogts selected Ejide as first choice goalkeeper, ahead of Vincent Enyeama, in all of Super Eagles' four matches.<ref name=fifa/> On 21 January 2008, he played his first AFCON game as Nigeria lost 2–1 to Ivory Coast in the first match of Group B. However, he kept clean sheets in Nigeria's 0–0 draw with Mali and 2–0 win over Benin.
==Personal life== His name, Amamchukwu, means "''I know God''".<ref>https://www.nigerian.name/w/index.php?title=Amamchukwu Meanining of Amamchukwu</ref>
==Honours== '''Orders''' * 60x60px Member of the Order of the Niger<ref>{{cite news |last=Okeleji |first=Oluwashina |author-link=Oluwashina Okeleji |date=13 February 2013 |title=Presidential reward for Super Eagles |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/21450619 |department=Sport |work=BBC |location=Lagos |access-date=19 March 2024}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category}} *{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206184328/http://www.sc-bastia.com/index.aspx?id_joueur=81 |title=Player profile – SC-Bastia.com}} *{{Lequipe|16314}} *{{NFT player|id=4840}} *{{Soccerway}}
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