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{{short description|Nigerian football goalkeeper|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Austin Ejide
| image = Austin Ejide.jpg
| caption = 2019 Hapoel Hadera
| full_name = Augustine Amamchukwu Ejide
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|4|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Onitsha]], Nigeria
| height = 1.89 m
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| years1 = 1999–2002
| clubs1 = [[Gabros International F.C.|Gabros International]]
| caps1 = 100
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2002–2006
| clubs2 = [[Étoile Sportive du Sahel]]
| caps2 = 120
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2006–2009
| clubs3 = [[SC Bastia]]
| caps3 = 44
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2009–2012
| clubs4 = [[Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.|Hapoel Petah Tikva]]
| caps4 = 57
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2012–2015
| clubs5 = [[Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C.|Hapoel Be'er Sheva]]
| caps5 = 94
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2017–2020
| clubs6 = [[Hapoel Hadera F.C.|Hapoel Hadera]]
| caps6 = 79
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2020–2021
| clubs7 = [[Sektzia Ness Ziona F.C.|Sektzia Ness Ziona]]
| caps7 = 31
| goals7 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2001–2014
| nationalteam1 = [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]
| nationalcaps1 = 34
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| pcupdate = 3 August 2020
| ntupdate = 
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|NGA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Africa Cup of Nations]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[2013 Africa Cup of Nations|2013 South Africa]]|}}
}}
'''Augustine "Austin" Amamchukwu Ejide''' {{post-nominals|country=NGA|MON}} (born 8 April 1984) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]]. His name, Amamchukwu, means "''I know God''".<ref>https://www.nigerian.name/w/index.php?title=Amamchukwu Meanining of Amamchukwu</ref>

Born in [[Onitsha]], [[Anambra State]], Ejide has played for [[Gabros International]] and [[SC Bastia]] in Corsica, which competes in [[Ligue 2]] of the [[Ligue de Football Professionnel|French Football League]]. He played for [[Israel]]i Premier side [[Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C.|Hapoel Be'er Sheva]] until May 2015, and is now playing for Hapoel Hadera F.C.

==Club career==
Ejide started his career with [[Gabros International F.C.|Gabros International]] where he had an amazing season before joining [[Étoile du Sahel]].<ref name=fifa>{{cite news|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/players/player=184856/profile-detail.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614163745/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/players/player=184856/profile-detail.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 June 2014|title=Austine EJIDE|access-date=20 June 2014|publisher=FIFA}}</ref> With the [[Tunisia]]n club, he reached two [[CAF Champions League]] finals.<ref name=fifa/> In 2006, Ejide joined [[SC Bastia]] of the French [[Ligue 2]], where he spent three years before moving to Israeli team [[Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.|Hapoel Petah Tikva]].<ref name=fifa/> Where he rescued the team from relegation. Ejide moved to [[Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C.|Hapoel Be'er Sheva]] in 2012, where he played until the end of the 2014\2015 season.<ref name=fifa/> 2017/2018 Ejide kept 27 games and gracefully kept 15 clean sheets. The shot stopper earned a spot for Hapoel Hadera F.C in the Israel Premier League. The gentle giant is considered a Saviour in the city of Hadera for bringing them back to League 1 after 39 years of being in the Second or Third League.

==International career==
Ejide made his debut for [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]] against [[Namibia national football team|Namibia]] on 16 June 2001.<ref name=fifa/> He has been named in three [[FIFA World Cup]] squads: [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]] in Japan and South Korea, [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]] in South Africa, and [[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014]] in Brazil.<ref name=fifa/> He has also been a member of the Super Eagles' squad at five [[Africa Cup of Nations]] tournaments: [[2004 Africa Cup of Nations|2004]], [[2006 Africa Cup of Nations|2006]], [[2008 Africa Cup of Nations|2008]], [[2010 Africa Cup of Nations|2010]] and [[2013 Africa Cup of Nations|2013]], winning the competition in the latter.<ref name=fifa/> In 2013, he was selected for Nigeria's squad at the [[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup|FIFA Confederations Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22827902|title=Nigeria to take new-look squad to Confederations Cup|date=9 June 2013|access-date=10 June 2013|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>
 
In the 2008, Africa Cup of Nations hosted in [[Ghana]], Nigeria coach [[Berti Vogts]] selected Ejide as first choice goalkeeper, ahead of [[Vincent Enyeama]], in all of Super Eagles' four matches.<ref name=fifa/> On 21 January 2008, he played his first AFCON game as Nigeria lost 2–1 to [[Ivory Coast national football team|Ivory Coast]] in the first match of Group B. However, he kept clean sheets in Nigeria's 0–0 draw with [[Mali national football team|Mali]] and 2–0 win over [[Benin national football team|Benin]].

==Honours==
'''Orders'''
* [[File:Order_of_the_Niger_civil_division_ribbon.svg|60x60px]] Member of the [[Order of the Niger]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Okeleji |first=Oluwashina |author-link=Oluwashina Okeleji |date=13 February 2013 |title=Presidential reward for Super Eagles |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/21450619 |department=Sport |work=BBC |location=Lagos |access-date=19 March 2024}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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*{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206184328/http://www.sc-bastia.com/index.aspx?id_joueur=81 |title=Player profile – SC-Bastia.com}}
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