Kingsley Ebete Umunegbu (born 28 October 1989) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ospedaletto Euganeo Calcio.
Career After playing in their youth team, Umunegbu made his official debut for Milan in a Coppa Italia game against Catania on 20 December 2007, coming off the bench at half time.
For the 2008–09 season he was loaned out to Serie B club Salernitana. He left the club after only six months, due to lack of playing time, and was subsequently loaned to Prima Divisione side Portogruaro. The following season, he was sent on loan to Varese, but finished the season with no league appearances. At the start of the 2010–11 season he was loaned out again, this time to Seconda Divisione club Renate.
At the beginning of the 2011–12 season, Umunegbu signed for Chiasso on a free transfer, but during the January transfer window he came back to Milan as they needed a player to fill in their second non-EU spot, which otherwise would have been lost.
On 26 July 2012, Umunegbu signed for Bologna on a free transfer. However the deal also cost Bologna €175,000. Umunegbu immediately transferred to Belgian club Boussu for free.Bologna FC 1909 SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
After a spell in Turkey,Tavşanlı Linyitspor: preso l’ex Milan e Portogruaro Kingsley Umunegbu , calcioturco.com, 19 October 2016 Umunegbu returned to Italy and re-joined US Arcella in the Italian Promozione, the club he played for as a child.SEI GOL ALL’ALBIGNASEGO E DUE PUNTI ROSICCHIATI ALLA CAPOLISTA: ALL’ARCELLA SARÀ UN BUON NATALE! , calcio.usarcella.com, 17 December 2019 He then moved to Thermal Abano Teolo in the Prima Categoria for the 2018-19 season.Thermal Teolo - Rosa Squadra - Veneto - 2018-19, tuttocampo.it In the summer 2019 he joined Sarcedo Calcio. However, he left the club again a few months later due to the long distance between his home in Padua and Sarcedo.Sarcedo transfer market, the Rossoneri release the Kingsley Umunegbu striker, tuttocampo.it, 7 November 2019 In December 2019, he then joined Promozione club ACD Villafranchese.Profile at TuttoCampo, tuttocampo.it
For the 2021-22 season, Umunegbu joined Italian Prima Categoria club Ospedaletto Euganeo Calcio.
References
External links Profile at Assocalciatori.it Kingsley Umunegbu at TFF