Isaac Promise
Personal information
Full name	Isaac Promise
Date of birth	2 December 1987 (1987-12-02) (age 22)
Place of birth	Zaria, Nigeria
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Manisaspor
Number	20
Youth career
2003–2005	Grays International
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005–2008 2008–2009 2009–present	Gençlerbirliği Trabzonspor → Manisaspor (loan)	88 (27) 23 0(2) 03 0(2)
National team
2009–	Nigeria	03 0(1)
Competitor for  Nigeria
Men's Football
Silver	2008 Beijing	Team Competition
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 September 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Isaac Promise (born 2 December 1987, in Zaria) is a Nigerian football player, who currently plays for Turkish team Manisaspor on loan from Trabzonspor as role of striker.

[edit] Career

[edit] Club career

When young, Promise went on trials with Nigerian second division side Grays International. Attracting attention from several big name football clubs in Europe, he went on trials with Manchester United alongside John Obi Mikel, but found the trials unsuccessful. After being linked with Dutch outfit Feyenoord Rotterdam he eventually signed for Turkcell Süper Lig club Genclerbirligi in a three year deal in August 2005.

In the Turkcell Super League 2006-07 season Promise scored 12 goals. He more than doubled the number of his total goals for Gençlerbirliği. On 15 July 2008, Isaac agreed a 4 year deal with Trabzonspor.^[1]

[edit] International career

Isaac was named as the captain of Nigeria squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics. On 13 August 2008 at Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium of China, Promise scored Nigeria's first goal against USA in the preliminary stage, Nigeria went ahead to win the match by 2–1.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Nigerian Players Patabase
• TS Club Profile

v • d • e Nigeria squad – 2008 Summer Olympics Silver Medalists 1 Vanzekin • 2 C. Okonkwo • 3 - • 4 Apam • 5 Adeleye • 6 James • 7 Obasi • 8 Kaita • 9 Obinna • 10 Promise • 11 S. Okoronkwo • 12 Ajilore • 13 Adefemi • 14 Odemwingie • 15 Ambrose • 16 Anichebe • 17 Ekpo • 18 Ezenwa • 19 Oladapo • Coach: Siasia

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