Kelechi Emeteole (1951 ruo 21 Jụn 2017) bụ onye Naijiria na-agba bọọlụ na onye nkuzi. Ọ bụ otu n'ime ndị otu mba Naịjirịa na 1976 African Cup of Nations nke e mere na Etiopia. N'oge niile ọ na-arụ ọrụ, ọ bụ onye nkuzi nke otu dị iche iche dị ka Heartland FC, Enugu Rangers, El-Kanemi Warriors FC na otu egwuregwu bọọlụ osimiri nke mba.[1]
Emeteole gbara bọọlụ iri na asaa maka otu egwuregwu bọọlụ Naịjirịa wee gbaa goolu anọ site na 1975 ruo 1977. Ọ bụ otu n'ime ndị otu na 1976 African Cup of Nations ebe Naịjirịa meriri ọla nchara.[2] A na-akpọkarị ya 'Caterpillar' maka "ụdị nchebe siri ike".[3]
Emeteole bụ osote onye nkuzi nke otu Super Eagles na onye isi nchịkwa nke Heartland FC, Enugu Rangers, El-Kanemi Warriors FC na otu egwuregwu bọọlụ osimiri nke mba.[3] Ọ zụrụ otu egwuregwu bọọlụ osimiri, nke a maara dị ka Super Sand Eagles site na 2007 ruo 2009. Mgbe ọ bụ onye nkuzi nke Iwuanyanwu Nationale (nke a na-akpọ Heartland FC ugbu a) na afọ 2009, otu ahụ ruru CAF Champions League finals.[2] N'ọnwa Eprel 2017, ìgwè mmadụ iwe wakporo Emeteole, onye bụ onye nkuzi nke otu Enugu Rangers n'oge ahụ, mgbe ha meriri egwuregwu.[4] A chụrụ ya n'ọrụ dị ka onye nkuzi na Mee 2015 ebe ọ nọ na-elekọta ọnwa atọ.[5] El-Kanemi Warriors nke Maiduguri were ya n'ọrụ dị ka onye nkuzi n'ọnwa Ọgọọst afọ 2015.[6]
Emeteole kọrọ na ọ tụfuru olu mgbe egwuregwu ikpeazụ dị n'etiti El Kanemi Warriors na Heartland Football Club nke Owerri na Disemba 2015. Ọ na-eche nsogbu yiri nke ahụ ihu tupu mgbe ahụ. Na Jenụwarị 2016 Federal Medical Centre, Owerri mere biopsy mana chọpụtara na ọ bụ ọrịa. N'ọnwa Ọktoba n'afọ 2016, a chọpụtara na ọ na-arịa ọrịa kansa akpịrị n'ụlọ ọgwụ nkuzi nke Mahadum Lagos.[7] Maka ọgwụgwọ ya na India, a kọrọ na ọ chọrọ US $ 11,000. Ọ natara enyemaka ego site na Nigeria Soccer Federation-United States of America (NSF-USA), Imo Foundation, Super Eagles defender Kenneth Omeruo, na onye ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị Ugonna Ozurigbo maka ọgwụgwọ ya.[8][9][10][11]
Emeteole nọ na India maka ịwa ahụ mana ọ nwụrụ na 21 Jụn 2017 n'ụlọ ọgwụ dị na New Delhi mgbe ọ dị afọ iri isii na isii mgbe ọ ka na-agwọ ọrịa. Ọ malitere na nsogbu iku ume ma nwunye ya Lolo Emeteole hapụrụ ya.[1][12]