Orji Okwonkwo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 January 1998[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Benin City, Nigeria[2] | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bologna | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Abuja Academy | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016– | Bologna | 19 | (3) |
| 2018 | → Brescia (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| Nigeria U17 | |||
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:50, 20 July 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 06:08, 20 July 2018 (UTC) | |||
Orji Okwonkwo (born 19 January 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Italian club Brescia, on loan from Bologna, as a striker.
Club career
He signed for Bologna in August 2016.[3] On 20 November 2016, Okwonkwo made his debut in Serie A with Bologna in a victory against Palermo.[4] On 24 September 2017, Okwonkwo score his first Serie A goal against Sassuolo.[5]
On 31 January 2018, Okwonkwo signed a loan contract with Brescia until 30 June 2018.[6]
International career
Okwonkwo represented Nigeria under-17 at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, winning the tournament.[1][7]
Career statistics
- As of 20 July 2018[8]
| Club | Season | League | Copa Italia | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bologna | 2016–17 | Serie A | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2017–18 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | ||
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | ||
| Brescia (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie B | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| Career total | 32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 4 | ||
Honours
Nigeria U17
References
- 1 2 3 Orji Okwonkwo – FIFA competition record (archive)
- ↑ Orji Okwonkwo at BDFutbol
- ↑ Oluwashina Okeleji (24 August 2016). "Orji Okonkwo: Nigerian teenage striker joins Bologna". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ↑ "Debutto in Serie A per Orji Okwonkwo" (in Italian). calciomercato.com. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ↑ "Primo gol in Serie A per Okwonkwo" (in Italian). Quotidiano.net. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ↑ "Okwonkwo in prestito al Brescia" (in Italian). tuttomercatoweb.com. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ↑ "Time on Okwonkwo's side". FIFA. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ↑ Orji Okwonkwo at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
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