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Benik Tunani Afobe is a male association football player born in Leyton in 1993. He holds United Kingdom citizenship and represents England and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in sport. His primary position on the team is forward, and he wears the number 9. He speaks English.
Afobe has played for several clubs, including Arsenal F.C., Bolton Wanderers F.C., Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Huddersfield Town A.F.C., and Al Dhafra. His career in the Premier League began in the 2010–11 season. He is recognized as a soccer player and forward.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Thesportsdb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- 2008
- England U16
- 2012
- → Reading (loan)
- 2013
- → Millwall (loan)
- 2014
- → Sheffield Wednesday (loan)
- 2018
- → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)
- 2023
- Hatta
- 2025
- Al-Arabi
- Full name
- Benik Tunani Afobe
- Date of birth
- ( 1993-02-12 ) 12 February 1993 (age 33)
- Place of birth
- Leyton , London, England
- Height
- 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
- Position
- Striker
- Current team
- Al-Arabi
- 2001 2010
- Arsenal
- Years
- Team
- 2010 2015
- Arsenal
- 2010 2011
- → Huddersfield Town (loan)
- 2012 2013
- → Bolton Wanderers (loan)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Al Dhafra
- Position
- Forward
- Nationality
- DR Congo
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Leyton
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- DR Congo men's national football team
- Position played
- forward
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Mass
- 78
- Image
- Benik Afobe 2017.jpg
- Height
- 183
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- Commons category
- Benik Afobe
- date of birth
- 1993-02-12
- sport number
- 9
- birth name
- Benik Tunani Afobe
- name in native language
- Benik Afobe
- start of work period
- 2010-11-02
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:10, 20 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 November 2021
Benik Tunani Afobe (born 12 February 1993) is a professional footballer who plays for Al-Arabi as a striker. Born in England, he represented the DR Congo national team on six occasions between 2017 and 2018.
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