Pascal Ojigwe

Pascal Ojigwe

Personal information
Full name	Pascal Karibe Ojigwe
Date of birth	(1976-12-11) 11 December 1976
Place of birth	Aba, Nigeria
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender, defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1995	Enyimba
1995–1999	1. FC Kaiserslautern	6	(0)
1999–2000	1. FC Köln	32	(2)
2000–2003	Bayer Leverkusen	30	(0)
2003–2004	Borussia Mönchengladbach	7	(0)
2004–2006	1860 Munich	1	(0)
2006–2007	Enyimba
International career
1994–2002	Nigeria	17	(2)
Medal record Winner FIFA U-17 World Cup 1993
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pascal Karibe Ojigwe (born 11 December 1976) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a defender or defensive midfielder. He also holds German citizenship.

Club career

Ojigwe was born in Aba, Nigeria. After a good season with 1. FC Köln in the 1999–2000 2. Bundesliga, Ojigwe moved to Champions League participant and local rival Bayer 04 Leverkusen. The transfer fee was believed to be DM 3.5 million (about €1.75 million) and had been paid to 1. FC Kaiserslautern who only had loaned Ojigwe to Köln. On the occasion of the transfer there had been a huge public argument between then Köln and Leverkusen managers, Johannes Linßen and Reiner Calmund.

Honours

• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2001–02
• Bundesliga: 1997–98; runner-up: 2001–02
• DFB-Pokal finalist: 2001–02