Ugo Ehiogu

Ugo Ehiogu's story moves me precisely because it refuses one lane. A towering, uncompromising English centre-back becomes a record-label co-founder of Dirty Hit, then circles back into the game as Tottenham's Under-21 coach. That arc, from defending to building to mentoring, speaks of a restless, generous intelligence I deeply admire. His death in 2017 at just 44 feels like a chapter torn out too soon; you sense he had more worlds left to open. I think of him as a builder more than a stopper, someone whose fingerprints quietly sit on careers and culture far beyond his own playing days.

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Name (English)

Ugo Ehiogu

Name (Japanese)

ウーゴ・エヒオグ

Reading

うーご・えひおぐ

Born

November 3, 1972 – April 21, 2017

Origin

London Borough of Hackney, United Kingdom

Height

188 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rat

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugo%20Ehiogu
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%92%E3%82%AA%E3%82%B0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1341518

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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