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Valentine Ozornwafor
Personal information
Full name Valentine James Ozornwafor
Date of birth (1999-06-01) 1 June 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Galatasaray
Number 49
Youth career
Brown Ideye Challenge
2017–2019 Enyimba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Enyimba 2 (0)
2019– Galatasaray 1 (0)
2019–2020 → Almería (loan) 4 (0)
International career‡
2019 Nigeria U20 7 (0)
2019 Nigeria U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 July 2019

Valentine Ozornwafor (born 1 July 1999) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Turkish club Galatasaray.

Club career

Born in Port Harcourt, Ozonwafor joined Enyimba in 2017, after impressing while playing for a local side in a friendly against the club.[1] He made his first team debut on 3 March, in a 0–0 away draw against Bendel Insurance,[2] and played his second match on 17 March, in a draw at Sunshine Stars for the same scoreline.[3]

Galatasaray

On 28 June 2019, it was announced that Ozornwafor signed a four year deal with Galatasaray,[4] for a rumoured fee of €300,000.[5]

UD Almería

On 22 August, he joined Spanish club UD Almería on loan for the 2019-20 season.[6] Ozornwafor made his league debut on 6 October 2019, coming on as a second-half substitute for Jonathan in a 0–0 away draw against Deportivo de La Coruña.[7]

International career

Ozornwafor represented Nigeria at under-20 level in the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations[8] and in the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[9] He was first called up to the full side in March 2019, for a friendly game against Seychelles and Egypt,[10] but was only an unused substitute.[11]

Honours

Galatasaray

References

  1. ^ "Enyimba defender Valentine Ozornworfor gets Super Eagles chance without any top-flight experience". Pulse Nigeria. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Bendel Insurance fail to fire past below par Enyimba in stalemate". NPFL. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Flying Eagles defender Ozornwafor makes Enyimba debut". RealSportsCast24.co.uk. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Valentine Ozornwafor Galatasaray'da" [Valentine Ozornwafor joins Galatasaray]. galatasaray.org (in Turkish). Galatasaray SK. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Ozornwafor Joins Galatasaray From Enyimba For €300K". Complete Sports. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Valentine Ozornwafor UD Almeria'ya kiralandı" [Valentine Ozornwafor on loan at UD Almería]. galatasaray.org (in Turkish). Galatasaray SK. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Arvin Appiah y Ozornwafor debutan oficialmente como rojiblancos" [Arvin Appiah and Ozornwafor officially debut as rojiblancos] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Nigeria name squad for 2019 Africa U20 Cup of Nations". Goal.com. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Manchester City's Tom Dele-Bashiru leads Nigeria U20's World Cup squad". Goal.com. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Mikel missing, Iheanacho dropped for Nigeria's matches vs. Seychelles, Egypt". Goal.com. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Match report: Nigeria vs Egypt". www.skysports.com. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
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