Michael Egbele, (born July 14, 1988 in Nigeria), is a Nigerian soccer Midfielder. He currently plays for the St. Paul Twin Stars, an amateur men's team in the NPSL. Career Michael is currently plaing with the Twinstars, and has been there ever since the 2006 season, under head coach Youssef Darbaki. In 2006, he helped Twinstars to a third place finish. In 2007, once again, starting most of his games, helped a developing Twinstars team to another third place finish. In 2008, he gained a full time starting position on the team, and his performances as an attacking midfielder earned the Twinstars win their first NPSL Midwest title, and later advance the Semi-final of the Final Four national tournament winning on penalties, then advancing to the final game of the tournament, losing 2-1 to the Pennsylvania Stoners. In the 2009 season, he had a succesful season, and once again contributed to the Twinstars second succesive Midwest title by helping the team score 14 goals, following up with a Semi-Finalist appearance in the Final Four, but defeated by eventual winners Sonoma County Sol. Personal honors *2008 Champion of the NPSL Midwest Conference. *2008 2nd in the Final Four in New York and Second in the Nation. *2009 Champion of the NPSL Midwest Conference. *2009 Semi Finalist in the Final Four.
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