Ifeanyi Mathew

Ifeanyi Mathew
Personal information
Full name	Ifeanyi Mathew
Date of birth	20 January 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth	Kano, Nigeria
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Neftçi
Number	18
Senior career*
Years	Team
	El-Kanemi Warriors
2016	Kano Pillars
2016–2023	Lillestrøm
2019	→ Osmanlıspor (loan)
2023–2025	FC Zürich
2025-	Neftçi
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 October 2025

Ifeanyi Mathew (born 20 January 1997) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Azerbaijan Premier League club Neftçi.^[1]

Career

In July 2016, Mathew signed a four-year contract with Tippeligaen side Lillestrøm.^[2]

As of match played 19 July 2022^[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lillestrøm	2016	Tippeligaen	8	2	0	0	-		-		8	2
	2017	Eliteserien	30	3	7	1	-		-		37	4
	2018		30	4	6	3	2	0	1	0	39	7
	2019		11	0	0	0	-		-		11	0
	2020	OBOS-ligaen	29	0	0	0	-		-		29	0
	2021	Eliteserien	30	2	2	1	-		-		32	3
	2022	Eliteserien	15	2	3	1	-		-		18	3
	Total		153	13	18	6	2	0	1	0	174	19
Osmanlıspor (loan)	2018–19	TFF First League	10	0	0	0	-		-		8	2
Osmanlıspor (loan)	Total		10	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	10	0
Career total			163	13	18	6	2	0	1	0	184	19

Individual

^ ^a ^b Ifeanyi Mathew at Soccerway
^ "Ifeanyi Mathew og Tomas Malec signerte for LSK". www.lsk.no (in Norwegian). Lillestrøm SK. 28 July 2016. Archived from the original on 31 July 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
^ "Ifeanyi Mathew er månedens spiller i november" (in Norwegian). OBOS-ligaen. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2025.