Irélé Apo
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Irélé Apo is a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 footballer
Football (soccer)
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, who currently plays in France
France
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 for FC Nantes.

Career

He is 1m69 tall, weighs 66 kg and plays side defender or medium ground with. Apo has played for the reserve from AJ Auxerre
AJ Auxerre
Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise is a French association football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Auxerre plays its home matches at the Stade l'Abbé-Deschamps on the banks of the...

 66 games and shooted 4 goals, he left in summer 2008 the club.

The sentence of its trainer: Irélé Apo seen by Christian Henna
Christian Henna
Christian Henna is a retired French professional footballer who played several seasons in Ligue 1 for AJ Auxerre.Christian was signed by AJ Auxerre from FC Mulhouse.-References:...

 (trainer of the 16ans to AJA) in June 2003: “an excellent, sharp, very intelligent player in the play, the placement, the revival. Its big problem: its size…” On 30 January 2010 signed with Terrassa FC
Terrassa FC
Terrassa Futbol Club, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Terrassa, Barcelona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1906, it currently plays in 3ª - Group 5, holding home matches at Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, with a capacity of 11.500 spectators.-History:In 1914, Terrassa's...

Terrassa FC
Terrassa FC
Terrassa Futbol Club, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Terrassa, Barcelona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1906, it currently plays in 3ª - Group 5, holding home matches at Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, with a capacity of 11.500 spectators.-History:In 1914, Terrassa's...

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International career

He was on 14 December 2007 nominated for the Benin national football team
Benin national football team
The Benin national football team, nicknamed Les Écureuils , is the national football team of Benin and is controlled by the Fédération Béninoise de Football. They were known as the Dahomey national football team until 1975, when Dahomey became Benin. They have never made the World Cup but have...

, formerly has played with the France U-16 U-17 U-18 team, here has presented France 2005 at UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup
UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup
The UEFA/CAF Meridian Cup features Under-18 representative sides from Europe and Africa, and is part of the co-operation programme between UEFA and the CAF.-Meridian Project:...

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Personal life

Apo Irélé is of Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

lese and Benin
Benin
Benin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. Its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin is where a majority of the population is located...

ese descent, he was born in Paris
Paris
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 - France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. His younger brother Ojé (*1 February 1992) plays currently for the U-19 of FC Nantes.

Honours

  • 2002 : Winner of the Tournament of the Valley-of-Marne (team of France 15 years])
  • Juin 2002: Finalist of the 15 year old France (Auxerre)
  • April 2003: Finalist of the Tournament of Montaigu (team of France 15 years)
  • 2003: Champion of the 16 year old France (Auxerre)
  • May 2004: Champion of Europe of less than 17 years (team of France 17 years)
  • February 2005: Winner of the Meridian Cup in Egypt (team of France 17 years)
  • 2008 CFA All Star team

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