{{Short description|Nigerian footballer (born 1976)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Use Nigerian English|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Duke Udi | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1976|5|5}} | birth_place = Nigeria | height = {{Height|m=1.78|precision=0}} | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1993 | years2 = 1994–1995 | years3 = 1995–1996 | years4 = 1996–1997 | years5 = 1997–1999 | years6 = 1999 | years7 = 2000 | years8 = 2001 | years9 = 2002 | years10 = 2002–2004 | years11 = 2005–2006 | years12 = 2007 | years13 = 2007 | years14 = 2008 | years15 = 2008 | clubs1 = Concord | clubs2 = Shooting Stars | clubs3 = Grasshoppers | clubs4 = Slovan Bratislava | clubs5 = Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion | clubs6 = Plateau United | clubs7 = Enyimba | clubs8 = Julius Berger | clubs9 = Krylia Sovetov | clubs10 = Kwara United | clubs11 = Lobi Stars | clubs12 = Shooting Stars | clubs13 = Sunshine Stars | clubs14 = Akwa United | clubs15 = Niger Tornadoes | caps1 = | caps2 = | caps3 = 7 | caps4 = 8 | caps5 = 30 | caps6 = 18 | caps7 = | caps8 = | caps9 = 3 | goals1 = | goals2 = | goals3 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | goals5 = 12 | goals6 = 0 | goals7 = | goals8 = | goals9 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1998–2002 | nationalteam1 = Nigeria | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = 2014 | managerclubs1 = Giwa FC | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }} '''Duke Udi''' (born 5 May 1976) is a Nigerian former football player.
== Career == Udi started his career with Concord FC in 1993 and was part of the Shooting Stars F.C. team that won the Nigeria Premier League in 1995. He then moved to Grasshopper Club in Switzerland and played in the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mannamart.blogspot.com/2011/08/lifes-boring-without-football-duke-udi.html|title=Mannamart BlogSpot: Life's boring without football – Duke Udi|date=2011-08-03|website=Mannamart BlogSpot|access-date=2018-05-14}}</ref><ref>[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/52147--real-madrid-vs-grasshoppers/ UEFA.com]</ref>
In 2002, he featured in the Russian league with FC Krylia Sovetov Samara.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ks.samara.ru/cgi-bin/news.cgi?n=36|title="Крылья Советов" (Самара) - Официальный сайт|website=ks.samara.ru|access-date=2018-05-14|archive-date=4 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004021859/http://ks.samara.ru/cgi-bin/news.cgi?n=36|url-status=dead}}</ref> 2006 features for Lobi Stars F.C. before staging a return to Shooting Stars. On 28 August 2008, he left Akwa United F.C. and returned to Niger Tornadoes.<ref>[http://www.kickoffnigeria.com/static/news/article.php?id=2529 Udi returns with Tornadoes]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
After earning a coaching license in the United States, he was hired to coach Giwa F.C. in July 2014.<ref>[http://www.punchng.com/sports/duke-udi-leads-giwa-against-abs/ http://www.punchng.com/sports/duke-udi-leads-giwa-against-abs/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705155041/http://www.punchng.com/sports/duke-udi-leads-giwa-against-abs/ |date=2014-07-05 }}</ref>
== International == He played on international stage for Nigeria, with his last game in the 2002 World Cup Qualifiers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Duke Udi - InfoHub|url=https://infohub.xyz.ng/duke-udi|website=infohub.xyz.ng|access-date=2020-05-29}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{NFT player|pid=15073}}
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