Kelechi Iheanacho, born on 3 October 1996 (age 29), is a Nigerian striker now with Bursaspor. His current market value is around £2.5m, according to Transfermarkt.
His career is still shaped most clearly by Leicester City. Across seven seasons there, Iheanacho made 173 league appearances and scored 35 league goals, with his best league return coming in 2020-21, when he scored 12 times in 25 appearances. That was the period in which he moved beyond promise and became a recognised Premier League forward, even if consistency was never quite as tidy as the highlights suggested.
Celtic came later, in September 2025, when he joined from Sevilla. His stay in Glasgow was brief but not empty: he was part of the side that won the Premiership in 2025-26. By July 2026 he had moved on again, leaving Celtic for Bursaspor.
At Bursaspor in 2026-27, Iheanacho has scored twice in one league appearance. He has also remained involved with Nigeria, making three appearances in African World Cup qualifying and scoring once.
Iheanacho’s career has taken him from Leicester’s long, productive spell to shorter stops at Sevilla, Celtic and Bursaspor. Leicester remains the substantial body of work; the later moves have been about finding the next settled phase.
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