Emmanuel Emegha
_35_(Emanuel_Emegha).jpg) Emegha with Sturm Graz in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Emmanuel Esseh Emegha[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 February 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | The Hague, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Chelsea | ||
| Youth career | |||
| KRSV Vredenburch | |||
| –2020 | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020 | Jong Sparta | 5 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | Sparta Rotterdam | 36 | (3) |
| 2022 | Antwerp | 1 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Sturm Graz | 27 | (9) |
| 2023–2026 | Strasbourg | 65 | (26) |
| 2026– | Chelsea | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Netherlands U15 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Netherlands U19 | 7 | (5) |
| 2023 | Netherlands U20 | 1 | (2) |
| 2023–2024 | Netherlands U21 | 6 | (2) |
| 2025– | Netherlands | 2 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:13, 3 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 00:28, 17 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Emmanuel Esseh Emegha (born 3 February 2003) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Chelsea and the Netherlands national team.
Club career
[edit source]Born in the Schilderswijk, The Hague, Emegha started playing football at Vredenburch in Rijswijk.[2]
Sparta Rotterdam
[edit source]Emegha started his professional career at Sparta Rotterdam in 2020. In his first season, he played 16 matches. In the 2021–22 season, he appeared in every match until January.
Royal Antwerp
[edit source]On 31 January 2022, Emegha signed a five-year contract with Royal Antwerp in Belgium.[3]
Sturm Graz
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In August 2022, after having played only a few minutes for Antwerp, Emegha moved to Sturm Graz in Austria and signed a contract for four years there.[4]
On 30 April 2023, Emegha started in Sturm Graz's 2-0 win over Rapid Wien in the Austrian Cup final where he assisted the go-ahead goal that was scored by Manprit Sarkaria, and would score the cup securing goal himself 15 minutes later. It was the first trophy that he won in his football career.[5]
Strasbourg
[edit source]On 22 July 2023, Emegha signed for Strasbourg on a five-year deal for €13 million.[6] On 27 July 2025, Emegha was named Strasbourg captain following the transfer of former captain Habib Diarra.[7]
Chelsea
[edit source]On 12 September 2025, Premier League club Chelsea announced an agreement with Strasbourg for Emegha to join the club in the summer of 2026.[8]
International career
[edit source]Born in the Netherlands to a Togolese-French father and Nigerian mother, Emegha is a youth international for the Netherlands. He also holds Togolese, French and Nigerian nationalities.[9]
On 11 November 2025, he was called up to the senior Netherlands squad for the first time by manager, Ronald Koeman, after Wout Weghorst had to pull out as he was not fully fit due to his physical condition.[10] Subsequently, on 14 November 2025, Emegha made his debut for the senior Netherlands team as a late substitute for Memphis Depay in the 1–1 draw vs Poland in 2026 World Cup qualification match.[11]
Personal life
[edit source]For years, Emegha spelled his first name with just one "m" citing: "I was lazy and thought one 'm' was enough”. Jong Sparta adopted that spelling, but the Royal Dutch Football Association uses the official spelling with a double "m".[12]
Career statistics
[edit source]Club
[edit source]- As of match played 3 May 2026[13]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong Sparta | 2019–20 | Tweede Divisie | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 2020–21 | Tweede Divisie | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| Sparta Rotterdam | 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 21 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 39 | 3 | ||||
| Antwerp | 2021–22 | Belgian Pro League | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Sturm Graz | 2022–23 | Austrian Bundesliga | 27 | 9 | 4 | 0 | — | 5[b] | 1 | — | 36 | 10 | ||
| Strasbourg | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 31 | 9 | |||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 29 | 14 | ||||
| 2025–26 | Ligue 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 7[c] | 4 | — | 18 | 8 | |||
| Total | 65 | 26 | 6 | 1 | — | 7 | 4 | — | 78 | 31 | ||||
| Career total | 134 | 39 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 45 | ||
- ↑ Includes KNVB Cup, Austrian Cup, Coupe de France
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
International
[edit source]- As of match played 17 November 2025[13]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit source]Sturm Graz
References
[edit source]- ↑ https://www.rcstrasbourgalsace.fr/en/first-team-2024-2025/
- ↑ Mooiman, Ronald (27 May 2026). "Geen WK voor oud-Vredenburch jeugdspeler Emmanuel Emegha". In Rijswijk (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 June 2026.
- ↑ "THE GREAT OLD VERSTERKT ZICH MET EMANUEL EMEGHA" (Press release) (in Dutch). Antwerp. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ↑ "Emanuel Emegha unterschreibt in Graz". SK Sturm (in German). Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ↑ "Austria » ÖFB-Cup 2022/2023 » Final » Rapid Wien – Sturm Graz 0:2". World Football. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
- ↑ "Emanuel Emegha joins Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace". 22 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ↑ "Official | Emanuel Emegha named Strasbourg captain – Get French Football News". 27 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ↑ "Chelsea agree deal to sign Emanuel Emegha". 12 September 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ↑ "Emanuel Emegha, 17, on top of the world after Sparta Rotterdam start". Score Nigeria. 28 August 2020. Archived from the original on 15 October 2020.
- ↑ "Emanuel Emegha called up to the senior Netherlands national team for the 1st time ever". X. 11 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ↑ "Emanuel Emegha's debut for the senior Netherlands national team". BBC Sport. 14 November 2025. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ↑ "Oranje-debutant schreef zijn voornaam jarenlang verkeerd: 'Ik was lui en vond één 'm' genoeg'". AD.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 November 2025.
- 1 2 "Emanuel Emegha". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
External links
[edit source]- Emanuel Emegha at Soccerway.com
- Emanuel Emegha at WorldFootball.net
- Emanuel Emegha at Soccerbase.com
- Emanuel Emegha at National-Football-Teams.com
- Emanuel Emegha at FBref.com
- Emmanuel Emegha at ÖFB (in Austrian German)
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