Crown Legacy FC announced the signing of Nigerian forward Emmanuel Uchegbu on March 13, 2025. Uchegbu joins the Club from Slovakian side AS Trenčín.
Uchegbu appeared in 30 total matches for Trenčín’s senior squad, scoring five goals and adding two assists in all competitions. Uchegbu began his stint with the Slovakian club with its U-19 squad in the 2023/24 season, featuring 13 times, scoring twice and assisting once before being promoted to the First Team. A product of the Golden Boot Soccer Academy, Uchegbu began his professional career in Nigeria with Ifeanyi Ubah FC in the 2020/21 season where he made nine appearances, scoring and assisting once, before making a move to fellow NPFL club Plateau United FC in September 2021.
On the international level, Uchegbu has three official appearances with Nigeria’s U-20 squad, having made his youth international debut on Feb. 19, 2023, in a friendly against Senegal. He also scored off the bench in a 2-1 comeback over the Democratic Republic of Congo in an unofficial friendly in preparation for the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations in February 2023.
