#14 Kelechi Iheanacho

Leicester

Championship League level: England

Second Tier Joined: Aug 3, 2017 Contract expires: Jun 30, 2024

Date of birth/Age: Oct 3, 1996 (27)
Place of birth: Imo
Citizenship: Nigeria

Height: 1,85 m
Position: Centre-Forward
Agent: ROGON

Current international: Nigeria
Caps/Goals: 47 / 13

€13.00m

Last update: Mar 7, 2024

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Nigeria
14		Nigeria	Nov 13, 2015	47	13	Sunday Oliseh	19 years 01 month 10 days
	Nigeria U20
10		Nigeria U20	Jun 1, 2015	2	-	Manu Garba	18 years 07 months 29 days
	Nigeria U17
10		Nigeria U17	Apr 14, 2013	12	11	Manu Garba	16 years 06 months 11 days

Stats of Kelechi Iheanacho

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			53	15	8	-	16	24	4	-	-	1	210'	3.156'
	International Friendlies	18	7	3	-	6	6	2	-	-	1	150'	1.049'
	World Cup qualification	14	5	1	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	175'	877'
	Afrika-Cup Quali	12	2	3	-	2	9	1	-	-	-	382'	763'
	Africa Cup of Nations	6	1	1	-	2	4	1	-	-	-	318'	318'
	World Cup	3	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	149'

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	Matchday	Venue	Date			Result	Pos.
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Second Round 1st leg	Lobamba	Nov 13, 2015	Swaziland	Nigeria	0:0	SS				66'		24'
	Second Round 2nd leg		Nov 17, 2015	Nigeria	Swaziland	2:0	on the bench
	African Nations Championship
	Group C		Jan 18, 2016	Nigeria	Niger	4:1	no information available
	International Friendlies
			Jan 22, 2016	Nigeria	Tunisia	1:1	Not in squad
	African Nations Championship
	Group C		Jan 22, 2016	Tunisia	Nigeria	1:1	no information available
	Group C		Jan 26, 2016	Nigeria	Guinea	0:1	no information available
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group G	Kaduna	Mar 25, 2016	Nigeria	Egypt	1:1	AM		1			62'	62'
	Group G	Alexandria	Mar 29, 2016	Egypt	Nigeria	1:0	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Le Petit-Quevilly	May 27, 2016	Nigeria	Mali	1:0	CF	1			74'		16'
		Luxemburg	May 31, 2016	Luxembourg	Nigeria	1:3	SS	1	1				90'
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group G		Sep 3, 2016	Nigeria	Tanzania	1:0	CF	1					90'
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group B	Ndola	Oct 9, 2016	Zambia	Nigeria	1:2	CF	1					90'
	Group B		Nov 12, 2016	Nigeria	Algeria	3:1	CF						90'
	International Friendlies
			Mar 23, 2017	Nigeria	Senegal	1:1	CF	1					90'
			Jun 1, 2017	Nigeria	Togo	3:0	CF	1				70'	70'
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group E		Jun 10, 2017	Nigeria	South Africa	0:2	CF					71'	71'
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group B		Sep 1, 2017	Nigeria	Cameroon	4:0	CF	1			61'		29'
	Group B		Sep 4, 2017	Cameroon	Nigeria	1:1	CF				80'		10'
	Group B		Oct 7, 2017	Nigeria	Zambia	1:0	on the bench
	Group B	Constantine	Nov 10, 2017	Algeria	Nigeria	3:0	RW						90'
	International Friendlies
			Nov 14, 2017	Argentina	Nigeria	2:4	CF	1	2	17'		70'	70'
	African Nations Championship
	Group C	Tanger	Jan 15, 2018	Nigeria	Rwanda	0:0	Not in squad
	Group C	Tanger	Jan 19, 2018	Libya	Nigeria	0:1	Not in squad
	Group C	Bata	Jan 23, 2018	Equat. Guinea	Nigeria	1:3	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	Tanger	Jan 28, 2018	Nigeria	Angola	2:1 AET	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals	Marrakech	Jan 31, 2018	Sudan	Nigeria	0:1	Not in squad
	Final	Casablanca	Feb 4, 2018	Morocco	Nigeria	4:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Wroclaw	Mar 23, 2018	Poland	Nigeria	0:1	SS					82'	82'
			Mar 27, 2018	Nigeria	Serbia	0:2	Broken finger
			May 28, 2018	Nigeria	DR Congo	1:1	CF					46'	45'
		London	Jun 2, 2018	England	Nigeria	2:1	CF				77'		13'
		Schwechat	Jun 6, 2018	Nigeria	Czechia	0:1	CF				80'		10'
	World Cup 2018
	Group D		Jun 16, 2018	Croatia	Nigeria	2:0	CF				72'		18'
	Group D		Jun 22, 2018	Nigeria	Iceland	2:0	CF					85'	85'
	Group D		Jun 26, 2018	Nigeria	Argentina	1:2	CF					46'	45'
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group E	Roche Caïman	Sep 8, 2018	Seychelles	Nigeria	0:3	SS			59'		64'	64'
	Group E		Oct 13, 2018	Nigeria	Libya	4:0	on the bench
	Group E	Sfax	Oct 16, 2018	Libya	Nigeria	2:3	on the bench
	Group E	Johannesburg	Nov 17, 2018	South Africa	Nigeria	1:1	CF					69'	69'
	International Friendlies
			Nov 20, 2018	Nigeria	Uganda	0:0	CF				88'		2'
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group E		Mar 22, 2019	Nigeria	Seychelles	3:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			Mar 26, 2019	Nigeria	Egypt	1:0	Not in squad
			Jun 8, 2019	Nigeria	Zimbabwe	0:0	on the bench
			Jun 16, 2019	Senegal	Nigeria	1:0	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations
	Group B	Alexandria	Jun 22, 2019	Nigeria	Burundi	1:0	Not in squad
	Group B	Alexandria	Jun 26, 2019	Nigeria	Guinea	1:0	Not in squad
	Group B	Alexandria	Jun 30, 2019	Madagascar	Nigeria	2:0	Not in squad
	Round of 16	Alexandria	Jul 6, 2019	Nigeria	Cameroon	3:2	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	al-Qāhirah, Kairo	Jul 10, 2019	Nigeria	South Africa	2:1	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals	al-Qāhirah, Kairo	Jul 14, 2019	Algeria	Nigeria	2:1	Not in squad
	Third Place Play-Off		Jul 17, 2019	Tunisia	Nigeria	0:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Dnipropetrovsk	Sep 10, 2019	Ukraine	Nigeria	2:2	on the bench
		Singapur	Oct 13, 2019	Brazil	Nigeria	1:1	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	group L		Nov 13, 2019	Nigeria	Benin	2:1	Not in squad
	group L	Rantsala	Nov 17, 2019	Lesotho	Nigeria	2:4	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		St. Veit	Oct 9, 2020	Nigeria	Algeria	0:1	CF				67'		23'
		St. Veit	Oct 13, 2020	Nigeria	Tunisia	1:1	AM	1		76'			90'
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	group L		Nov 13, 2020	Nigeria	Sierra Leone	4:4	CF				61'		29'
	group L	Freetown	Nov 17, 2020	Sierra Leone	Nigeria	0:0	CF					84'	84'
	group L		Mar 27, 2021	Benin	Nigeria	0:1	SS					71'	71'
	group L	Abuja	Mar 30, 2021	Nigeria	Lesotho	3:0	SS		1			86'	86'
	International Friendlies
			Jun 4, 2021	Nigeria	Cameroon	0:1	CF					67'	67'
			Jun 8, 2021	Cameroon	Nigeria	0:0	AM						90'
		Los Angeles, California	Jul 4, 2021	Mexico	Nigeria	4:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group C	Abuja	Sep 3, 2021	Nigeria	Liberia	2:0	AM	2				85'	85'
	Group C		Sep 7, 2021	Cape Verde	Nigeria	1:2	Not in squad
	Group C	Lagos	Oct 7, 2021	Nigeria	Central Africa	0:1	CF					46'	45'
	Group C	Bangui	Oct 10, 2021	Central Africa	Nigeria	0:2	CF						90'
	Group C	Tanger	Nov 13, 2021	Liberia	Nigeria	0:2	CF					87'	87'
	Group C	Lagos	Nov 16, 2021	Nigeria	Cape Verde	1:1	CF				78'		12'
	Africa Cup of Nations
	Group D	Garoua	Jan 11, 2022	Nigeria	Egypt	1:0	CF	1				80'	80'
	Group D	Garoua	Jan 15, 2022	Nigeria	Sudan	3:1	CF					65'	65'
	Group D	Garoua	Jan 19, 2022	Guinea-Bissau	Nigeria	0:2	CF		1			85'	85'
	Round of 16	Garoua	Jan 23, 2022	Nigeria	Tunisia	0:1	CF			20'		59'	59'
	World Cup qualification Africa
	3rd round 1st leg	Kumasi	Mar 25, 2022	Ghana	Nigeria	0:0	SS						90'
	3rd round 2nd leg	Abuja	Mar 29, 2022	Nigeria	Ghana	1:1	on the bench
	International Friendlies
			May 29, 2022	Mexico	Nigeria	2:1	Not in squad
		Harrison, New Jersey	Jun 3, 2022	Ecuador	Nigeria	1:0	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group A	Abuja	Jun 9, 2022	Nigeria	Sierra Leone	2:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Agadir	Jun 13, 2022	São Tomé and P.	Nigeria	0:10	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Bilda	Sep 27, 2022	Algeria	Nigeria	2:1	SS					85'	85'
		San José	Nov 10, 2022	Costa Rica	Nigeria	2:0	Not in squad
		Lissabon	Nov 17, 2022	Portugal	Nigeria	4:0	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group A	Abuja	Mar 24, 2023	Nigeria	Guinea-Bissau	0:1	CF					46'	45'
	Group A		Mar 27, 2023	Guinea-Bissau	Nigeria	0:1	on the bench
	Group A	Monrovia	Jun 18, 2023	Sierra Leone	Nigeria	2:3	RW	1			71'		19'
	Group A		Sep 10, 2023	Nigeria	São Tomé and P.	6:0	RW		1			73'	73'
	International Friendlies
		Portimão	Oct 13, 2023	Saudi Arabia	Nigeria	2:2		1			65'		25'
		Albufeira	Oct 16, 2023	Mozambique	Nigeria	2:3	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group C		Nov 16, 2023	Nigeria	Lesotho	1:1	RW		1				90'
	Group C		Nov 19, 2023	Zimbabwe	Nigeria	1:1	RW	1			46'		45'
	International Friendlies
		Conakry	Jan 8, 2024	Guinea	Nigeria	2:0	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations
	Group A		Jan 14, 2024	Nigeria	Equat. Guinea	1:1	on the bench
	Group A		Jan 18, 2024	Ivory Coast	Nigeria	0:1	on the bench
	Group A	Abidjan	Jan 22, 2024	Guinea-Bissau	Nigeria	0:1	on the bench
	Round of 16	Abidjan	Jan 27, 2024	Nigeria	Cameroon	2:0	on the bench
	Quarter-Finals	Abidjan	Feb 2, 2024	Nigeria	Angola	1:0	on the bench
	Semi-Finals		Feb 7, 2024	Nigeria	South Africa	4:2 on pens					102'		18'
	Final		Feb 11, 2024	Nigeria	Ivory Coast	1:2					79'		11'
	International Friendlies
		Marrakech	Mar 22, 2024	Nigeria	Ghana	2:1	CF						90'
		Bamako	Mar 26, 2024	Mali	Nigeria	2:0	CF						90'
Squad: 67, Starting eleven: 37, Substituted in: 16, On the bench: 14, Suspended: 0, Injured: 1,