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Kalu Uche
Personal information
Full name Kalu Uche
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Position(s) Winger, striker
Team information
Current team
UD Almería
Number 5
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 August 2007

Kalu Uche (born 15 November 1982 in Aba) is a Nigerian football (soccer) midfielder who plays for UD Almería of La Liga. He is the older brother of Ikechukwu Uche.

His career began in Nigeria with Enyimba FC and Iwuanyanwu Nationale. He joined Spanish team RCD Espanyol but did not play any senior games. He joined the Polish team Wisła Kraków in 2001 and played there until 2006, except for the 2004-05 season when he played for Girondins de Bordeaux. With Wisła he won the Polish League in 2003 and the Cup in 2002 and 2003.

He played with the Nigerian Olympic team in the qualifications for the 2000 Olympics, but did not make his full international debut for Nigeria until 2003 in an African Nations Cup qualifier against Angola.