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Ugochuku "Ugo" Ehiogu (born
November 3 1972 in
Homerton,
London) is an
English football player who currently plays for
English side
Sheffield United.
Club career
West Brom and Aston Villa
Ehiogu (pronounced
Eheeog) began his career at
West Bromwich Albion as a trainee, turning professional in 1989. After just a few games for Albion in the
Second Division,
Ron Atkinson brought him to
First Division Aston Villa for £40,000 in
August 1991. By
1994, he'd replaced
Shaun Teale as the main central defensive partner to
Paul McGrath.
He remained at the club for nine years, making over 300 appearances in all competitions. He was part of the Villa team that won the
1996 League Cup as Villa beat Leeds 3-0. Ehiogu also won a runners-up medal when Villa lost 1-0 to
Chelsea in the
2000 FA Cup Final. He joined
Middlesbrough from Villa in November 2000 for, at the time, a club record fee of £8 million. The deal went ahead after negotiations between Villa and West Bromwich Albion, whose 50% sell-on clause on the player had been seen as a stumbling block to the move.
Middlesbrough
His career at Boro got off on the wrong foot when he was forced to limp off four minutes into his debut with a hamstring injury which kept him out for months. Whilst at Middlesbrough, Ugo quickly became a mainstay in the central defence since joining the club and rejoining his former team mate
Gareth Southgate in central defence. He missed the start of the 2003-04 season with a knee injury but returned to play his part in Boro's Carling Cup success against
Bolton Wanderers. This knee injury returned in the 2004-05 season and again he was forced to miss many important games, although Boro still managed to scrape into the
UEFA Cup for a second successive season.
He agreed a move to West Bromwich Albion, the club where he'd started as a 16 year-old, during the January
transfer window of 2006, but this move was cancelled when a number of Middlesbrough players became injured. On
23 November 2006 he moved to
Leeds United on loan for 2 months until January. Ehiogu was a regular in Leeds' starting lineup during his loan move, usually alongside
Matt Heath in central defence. He scored one goal and one own goal during his spell at Leeds which expired on
1 January 2007 after he admitted to manager,
Dennis Wise that he couldn't play two matches in three days.
Rangers
Ehiogu was released from his contract at Middlesbrough and started talks with
Rangers over a proposed transfer to the
Scottish Premier League club. On
22 January, 2007, he signed an 18-month contract with Rangers after completing a medical. Once the technicalities of the transfer were concluded, Ehiogu officially joined Rangers three days later. His first goal for Rangers came with a spectacular overhead kick in his first
Old Firm game, giving Rangers a 1–0 win. On
April 16 2007 Ehiogu's goal against Celtic was voted Rangers'
Goal of the Season at an award ceremony as voted for by the club's fans.
Ehiogu found his first team opportunities limited at the start of the
2007-08 season, with
Carlos Cuéllar and
David Weir being preferred by manager
Walter Smith. On
16 January 2008 it was repored that
Sheffield United were interested in signing Ehiogu. The next day he was released by Rangers and travelled down to Sheffield for talks with club manager
Bryan Robson. He completed the move on
18 January 2008.
Sheffield United
Ehiogu made his first team debut for the Blades in a 1–1 home draw with
Watford at the end of January.
International career
He was called up for his first England international game in 1996 against
Italy. He went on to win another three caps and scored once for his country, in a 3-0 victory over
Spain.
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