Kingsley Onuegbu (born 5 March 1986) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for China League One club Nanjing City.

Career

Onuegbu played street football in Nigeria, before his football career began in Germany in the summer of 2005 with SC Idar-Oberstein. In his first professional season for Idar-Oberstein in 2007–08, Onuegbu scored twelve goals in 26 games. In the summer of 2008 he joined Eintracht Braunschweig. On 11 May 2010, he left Braunschweig to sign with SpVgg Greuther Fürth. He signed with MSV Duisburg in 2013. On 9 May 2018, it was announced that he will leave Duisburg at the end of the 2017–18 season. For the 2018–19 season, he joined Cypriot club Nea Salamis Famagusta. On 30 August 2020, Onuegbu signed with Chinese club Shaanxi Chang'an Athletics. On 23 October 2020, Onuegbu joined fellow China League One club Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard on loan. On 3 May 2022, Onuegbu joined fellow China League One club Qingdao Hainiu. In April 2023, Onuegbu joined fellow China League One club Dongguan United. On 7 February 2024, Onuegbu joined fellow China League One club Nanjing City.

Personal life

He was born as Kingsley Ugochuwu and moved with twenty years from Lagos, Nigeria to his father to Paris, France.