Cornelius Udebuluzor

Cornelius Chi-Dubem Udebuluzor (Chinese: 哥連斯; born 27 August 1974) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Cornelius Udebuluzor

Personal information
Full name	Cornelius Chi-Dubem Udebuluzor
Date of birth	(1974-08-27) 27 August 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996	Jasper United
1996–1997	Górnik Zabrze	17	(4)
1997–2000	Ionikos	20	(4)
2000	Proodeftiki	2	(0)
2000–2001	Sun Hei		(12)
2001–2002	Hong Kong Rangers		(12)
2002–2003	Sun Hei		(16)
2003–2004	Hong Kong Rangers
2004–2005	Sun Hei		(5)
2005–2007	Hong Kong Rangers
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Udebuluzor started his career at Jasper United, before joining Polish club Górnik Zabrze in 1996. He represented Hong Kong League XI in various friendly matches, including the Lunar New Year Cup. In 2001, he helped Hong Kong XI beating Paraguay at the Lunar New Year Cup. The following year, he again represented Hong Kong XI in the Lunar New Year Cup and then a pre-World Cup 2002 tournament held in Hong Kong against Scotland. In 2002–2003, he also won Hong Kong FA Cup with Sun Hei, as well as the League Cup final. In the league they finished runners-up, one point behind the champions. Was the second best league scorer with 16 goals in 2002–2003.

Personal life

Udebuluzor's son Michael (born 1 April 2004) currently plays for VfR Mannheim, and has represented Hong Kong at international level.^[1]

Honours

Sun Hei^[2]

• Hong Kong First Division League: 2004–05
• Hong Kong FA Cup: 2002–03, 2004–05
• Hong Kong League Cup: 2002–03, 2004–05

Individual

• Hong Kong First Division League top scorer: 2001–02^[2]