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Nduka Charles Usim (born 23 March 1985) is a retired Nigeria-born naturalized Azerbaijani footballer who played as a defender, most notably for AZAL in the Azerbaijan Premier League.
Career
Club
Nduka began to play football in Nigeria for the youth teams. In 2004, he went on a trial for AZAL PFC and signed a one-year contract. For the next season he renewed his contract and made his debut in Azerbaijan Premier League. Since then Nduka plays for AZAL PFC becoming most capping player with more than 200 games.
In July 2013, after 208 games for AZAL, Usim moved to TFF First League side Tavşanlı Linyitspor on a one-year contract. After only six-months in Turkey, Usim signed a six-month contract with Simurq on 25 January 2014.
International
In early 2007, Usim was called up to the Azerbaijan U21 Usim was called for Azerbaijan national football team for the games versus Finland and Belgium in UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group A. He also played during the 2010 World Cup qualifier matches.
After football
Following his retirement from football, Usim ran a construction business in Nigeria.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 25 January 2014
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2005–06 | AZAL | Azerbaijan Premier League | 22 | 1 | — | 22 | 1 | |||
| 2006–07 | 22 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | |||||
| 2007–08 | 26 | 1 | — | 26 | 1 | |||||
| 2008–09 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| 2009–10 | 29 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | |||||
| 2010–11 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | 36 | 3 | |||
| 2011–12 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | Tavşanlı Linyitspor | TFF First League | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | Simurq | Azerbaijan Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | Azerbaijan | 208 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 220 | 0 | |
| Turkey | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 221 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 235 | 0 | ||
International
| Azerbaijan | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 |
| 2008 | 7 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 0 |
Statistics accurate as of 6 August 2014