Kelechi Iheanacho, who turned 30 on 3 October 2026, leads the Turkish second tier with 17 league goals for Bursaspor as of 8 November 2026. Nigeria coach Eric Chelle still left him out of the squad for the Tanzania qualifier in Uyo, and readers searching for his wife and his pay will find far less certainty than the goals suggest.
| At a glance | As of 8 November 2026 |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 October 1996, aged 30 |
| Club | Bursaspor, Turkish 1. Lig (second tier) |
| League goals this season | 17 in 14 appearances |
| Scoring run | 12 league games in a row, ended on 31 October |
| Previous club | Celtic, 2025/26 |
| Wife | No public record |
| Salary | Guaranteed 1.4 million euros a year, per the club president |
| Next Nigeria game | Tanzania, 13 November, not selected |
Kelechi Iheanacho wife: no public record
No public record.
Iheanacho has made no public statement about a marriage, a wedding date or children, and he has not published family details in an interview or an official club profile that we could find.
That is where the record stops. We have dropped the older family claims that sat on this page for years. None can be traced to him.
Bursaspor goals and the Chelle omission
He left Celtic after a single season. Bursaspor signed him in July 2026 on a three-year contract that the club president described at a press conference. The Turkish Football Federation second division is not covered by our Sportmonks data, so the goal count here comes from the press and from club statements. Soccernet put him on 17 goals on 8 November. Top of the chart.
The run behind that number was historic.
As we reported, he scored in 12 consecutive league matches, a sequence that reached its twelfth game in the 4-2 win at Keçiörengücü on 25 October. It was a record. It broke the Bursaspor club mark of eight set by Fernandao in 2014/15 and the Turkish top-flight marks of nine games each held by Metin Oktay at Galatasaray in 1962/63 and Saffet Sancakli at Kocaelispor in 1995/96. It ended on 31 October. Bursaspor beat Bandirmaspor 3-0 and he did not score.
Chelle named his squad for the Tanzania double header without him. No reason was given.
Victor Osimhen is injured, which makes the absence of the division's top scorer look odd on paper, particularly as Chelle picked Tolu Arokodare, Taiwo Awoniyi and Akor Adams to lead the line instead. Iheanacho had scored Nigeria's opening goal in the 3-3 friendly with Russia in October, per Sportmonks, in 46 minutes of play, which makes the omission harder to read. Our Tanzania qualifier venue guide has the Uyo details, and we have a separate profile of Eric Chelle.
Whether the second tier counts for less in Chelle's eyes is a fair argument. Still, 17 goals in 14 games is hard to wave away.
Career table, club by club
The table gives league appearances and goals, compiled by us from his public career record, with Bursaspor added from this season's reports.
| Club | Years | League apps | League goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester City | 2015 to 2017 | 46 | 12 |
| Leicester City | 2017 to 2024 | 173 | 35 |
| Sevilla | 2024 to 2025 | 9 | 0 |
| Middlesbrough (loan) | 2025 | 15 | 1 |
| Celtic | 2025 to 2026 | 13 | 5 |
| Bursaspor | 2026 to date | 14 | 17 |
He joined the Manchester City academy on 10 January 2015, after winning the 2013 under-17 World Cup with Nigeria. Leicester City signed him in August 2017 for a reported 25 million pounds, and he left when his deal ended in June 2024. Then Sevilla. They let him go by mutual consent on 1 September 2025. Celtic signed him on 2 September on a one-year deal with a further year as an option.
At Bursaspor he averages 1.2 league goals a game. At Leicester City it was one every five.
Celtic in 2025/26: the goals by competition
According to Sportmonks data, Iheanacho scored nine times for Celtic across 22 appearances (Wikipedia counts 24) and 794 minutes, one goal every 88 minutes. We compiled the split below, and the Premiership figures match the league totals on his public career record, which lists 13 games and five goals.
| Competition | Apps | Minutes | Goals | Minutes per goal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish Premiership | 13 | 489 | 5 | 98 |
| Scottish Cup | 2 | 70 | 3 | 23 |
| Europa League | 7 | 235 | 1 | 235 |
| Champions League | 0 | 0 | 0 | none |
Only four of his 13 league games were starts, and the average league outing lasted under 38 minutes, so the nine goals came largely from a player used as a substitute. Brief. The Scottish Cup return stands out. Three goals in 70 minutes. Small sample.
Salary and net worth
The salary is the one figure with an official voice behind it. Bursaspor president Enes Celik said the club agreed a guaranteed 1.4 million euros a year over three years. Spread across 52 weeks that is about 27,000 euros, which is our own arithmetic rather than a published wage. Bonuses and image rights are not public.
Net worth has no official figure, and nobody connected to the player, his agency or his clubs has published one. Sportsbrief's profile carried an estimate of about 3.6 million dollars in 2022. It predates Sevilla, Celtic and Bursaspor. Treat it as a dated estimate. Nothing firmer. We removed the 60,000 pounds a week at Leicester City, the five million dollar fortune, the cars and the houses once printed here. None was sourced. For wider Nigerian tracking see our Super Eagles abroad tracker.
