Emmanuel Amunike (born 25 December 1970) is a Nigerian professional football manager and former footballer who played as a winger.[2][3]
Amunike played for Zamalek, Sporting CP, Barcelona, and Albacete. He played 28 times for Nigeria, scoring 10 goals.[4] He was part of the team that participated at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States, scoring against Bulgaria and Italy;[5][6] also in that year, he helped the Super Eagles win the 1994 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia, and was voted African Footballer of the Year.
Amunike played all of Nigeria's games at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, scoring the winning goal in the final as the national team won the gold medal.[7] Knee problems kept him out of the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
After retiring at the end of 2004, Amunike moved to Cantabria in 2006, where he lived with his Spanish wife, Fatima, and took coaching courses.[8] At the same time, he was also coaching some youth teams at SD Reocín.[8] After a spell at Saudi club Al Hazm as an assistant coach, Amunike took charge of the local Nigerian club Julius Berger in August 2008.[9]
On 23 December 2008, Amunike took on training duties for some teams in Nigeria, after completing two years of training courses in Europe.[10][11][12] In November 2009, he took charge of Ocean Boys.[13]
Amunike coached the Nigeria U17 national team to win the World Cup in 2015. On 6 August 2018, he was appointed as the coach of the Tanzania national team.[14] He managed to qualify for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, but he resigned from training the team after losing all three games.[15][16] In November 2019, he said he was looking for a new job.[17]
Amunike was appointed the manager of Egyptian Premier League club, Misr Lei Makkasa in February 2021.[18] In March 2021, his role was changed to director of academies.[19]
He became assistant coach of the Nigeria national team in February 2022.[20]
Amunike's younger brothers, Kingsley and Kevin, have also been footballers.[21] Both also played several years in Portugal, amongst other countries.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 23 April 1993 | Lagos, Nigeria |  Sudan |
2–0 | 4–0 | 1994 African Cup of Nations qualification |
| 2. | 4–0 | |||||
| 3. | 10 April 1994 | Tunis, Tunisia |  Zambia |
1–1 | 2–1 | 1994 African Cup of Nations |
| 4. | 2–1 | |||||
| 5. | 21 June 1994 | Dallas, United States |  Bulgaria |
3–0 | 3–0 | 1994 FIFA World Cup |
| 6. | 5 July 1994 | Foxborough, United States |  Italy |
1–0 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | |
| 7. | 10 November 1995 | Lagos, Nigeria |  Uzbekistan |
1–0 | 1–0 | 1995 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations |
| 8. | 27 April 1997 | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |  Burkina Faso |
2–0 | 2–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 9. | 7 June 1997 | Lagos, Nigeria |  Kenya |
2–0 | 3–0 |
Julius Berger
Zamalek
Sporting CP
Barcelona
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