Lawrence Akandu

Lawrence Akandu
Personal information
Full name	Lawrence Chimezie Akandu
Date of birth	December 10, 1974 (1974-12-10) (age 34)
Place of birth	Nigeria
Height	1.88 m
Playing position	Striker / Centre back
Club information
Current club	Shatin
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994–1996 1996–? ?–2002 2002–2003 2003–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–	Frankwell Five-One-Seven Tung Po Kitchee Happy Valley Tung Po HKFC Shatin	0? 0(?) 0? 0(?) 0? 0(?) 0? (15) 0? (13) 0? (21) 11 0(1)
National team2
2003–2004	Hong Kong	7 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 July 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 18 July 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Lawrence Chimezie Akandu (Chinese: 羅倫士 Lawrence, born December 10, 1974 in Nigeria) is a Nigerian-born football player who currently playing for Hong Kong FC, the Hong Kong Second Division Champion, and is now in the Hong Kong First Division.

Akandu started his career and made his name as a centre forward but has become a defender since joining Hong Kong FC.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early career 1.2 Happy Valley 1.3 Later career 1.4 International career 2 Honours 3 Career statistics 3.1 Club career 3.2 International career 4 Trivia 5 Notes and references 6 See also 7 Accolades

Biography

Early career

Akandu moved to Hong Kong from a Polish^{[citation needed]} club in 1994. He played for Hong Kong First Division side Frankwell, Five-One-Seven, Tung Po. ^[1]

In the summer of 2002, Akandu joined Hong Kong Second Division club Kitchee. As a physically powerful centre forward, he scored 15 goals in the 2002-03 season, helping Kitchee earn promotion to the Hong Kong First Division.

Happy Valley

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Later career

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International career

In November 2003, Akandu acquired Hong Kong permanent resident status and played as a striker in the Hong Kong representative team. He scored on his debut for Hong Kong in the East Asian Football Championship 2003 against Korea Republic on December 4, 2003, ^[2]

Honours

With Kitchee:

• Hong Kong Second Division League: 2002-03

With Happy Valley:

• Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2003-04
• Hong Kong FA Cup: 2003-04

With Tung Po:

• Hong Kong Junior Shield: 2005-06

Career statistics

Club career

As of January 15, 2007

Club	Season	League		League Cup		Senior Shield		FA Cup		AFC Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Happy Valley	2003-04	?	9	?	1	?	0	?	1	?	3	?	14
	2004-05	?	4	?	0	?	0	?	1	—	—	?	5
	Total		13		1		0		2		3		19
Club	Season	League		—		Junior Shield		—		—		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tung Po	2005-06	?	21	—	—	2	2	—	—	—	—	?	23
	Total		21	—	—	2	2	—	—	—	—		23
Club	Season	League		League Cup		Senior Shield		FA Cup		AFC Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hong Kong FC	2006-07	12	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	15	2
	Total									—	—
Career Total

International career

As of January 15, 2007

#	Date	Venue	Opponents	Result	Goals	Competition
1	December 4, 2003	Tokyo, Japan	Korea Republic	1-3	1	East Asian Cup 2003
2	December 7, 2003	Saitama, Japan	Japan	0-1	0	East Asian Cup 2003
3	December 10, 2003	Yokohama, Japan	China PR	1-3	0	East Asian Cup 2003
4	February 19, 2004	Kuantan, Malaysia	Malaysia	3-1	0	FIFA World Cup 2006 Qual.
5	June 9, 2004	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Kuwait	0-4	0	FIFA World Cup 2006 Qual.
6	September 8, 2004	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	Kuwait	0-2	0	FIFA World Cup 2006 Qual.
7	November 17, 2004	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	China PR	0-7	0	FIFA World Cup 2006 Qual.

Trivia

Notes and references

See also

• List of Asian footballers with foreign heritage

Accolades