Celestine Echezona Anyichie (born 14 May 1990) is a Nigerian professional footballer who last played as a defender for George Telegraph in the Calcutta Football League.
Eche had a trial in Finland for top tier Finnish club HJK Helsinki, but failed to earn a contract. He then signed for another Veikkausliiga side AC Oulu.
After the stint in Finland he returned to Nigeria to play for Dolphins F.C. in the Nigeria Premier League.
He had a brief spell in Thailand Premier League for Samut Songkhram F.C.
Southern Samity signed Echezona for the 2012 I-League 2nd Division. Though his team failed to qualify his performance was appreciated, and thus Mohun Bagan AC signed him up on a 1-year contract for 2012âÂÂ13 I-League. He has also played for Chennai City during the 2016âÂÂ17 I-League Season. In 2020âÂÂ21, he appeared with Calcutta Football League club Bhawanipore.
Anyichie has represented Nigeria in the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship. He started all the matches for his country in the group stages and played alongside the likes of Mikel John Obi and Chinedu Obasi.