Ikechi Anya, Scottish-Nigerian footballer
Ikechi Anya (born 3 January 1988) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
A versatile player, he has been fielded in a number of other positions, including winger, wing-back and full-back. Anya has previously played for Wycombe Wanderers and Northampton Town and Watford, as well as Spanish sides Celta de Vigo, Sevilla Atlético and Granada.
Eligible to also represent Romania, Nigeria or England internationally, he chose to play for the country of his birth, Scotland. He received his first cap for the Scottish national team on 6 September 2013, coming off the bench in a 2–0 defeat to Belgium and scored his first international goal four days later in Scotland's following match away to Macedonia.
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