Orji Okwonkwo
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 19 January 1998||
Place of birth | Benin City, Nigeria[2] | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Montreal Impact (on loan from Bologna) | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
FC Abuja Academy | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016– | Bologna | 27 | (3) |
2018 | → Brescia (loan) | 13 | (1) |
2019 | → Montreal Impact (loan) | 28 | (8) |
2020– | → Montreal Impact (loan) | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
Nigeria U17 | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:23, 8 October 2019 (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 Canadian club Montreal Impact, on loan from Italian club Bologna, as a striker.
Club career
He signed for Bologna in August 2016.[4] On 20 November 2016, Okwonkwo made his debut in Serie A with Bologna in a victory against Palermo.[5] On 24 September 2017, Okwonkwo scored his first Serie A goal against Sassuolo.[6]
On 31 January 2018, Okwonkwo signed a loan contract with Brescia until 30 June 2018.[7]
On 12 February 2019, Okwonkwo signed a loan contract with the Montreal Impact until 31 December 2019.[8] On 24 January 2020, Montreal Impact re-acquired Okwonkwo on a loan with a purchase option at the end of the 2020 season.[9] He said he was looking forward to working with manager Thierry Henry.[10]
International career
Okwonkwo represented Nigeria under-17 at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, winning the tournament.[1][11]
Career statistics
- As of 25 October 2019[12]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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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 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
Total | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | ||
Brescia (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie B | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
Montreal Impact (loan) | 2019 | MLS | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 8 |
Career total | 68 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 12 |
Honours
Club
Montreal Impact
International
Nigeria U17
References
- ^ a b c Orji Okwonkwo – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Orji Okwonkwo at BDFutbol
- ^ "Orji Okwonkwo | Montreal Impact".
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Impact acquires Nigerian striker Orji Okwonkwo on loan". montrealimpact.com. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ Bogert, Tom (24 January 2020). "Montreal Impact re-acquire attacker Orji Okwonkwo on loan from Bologna". Retrieved 25 January 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Orji Okwonkwo: Nigerian 'feels lucky' to play under Thierry Henry". 27 January 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Time on Okwonkwo's side". FIFA. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ Orji Okwonkwo at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ "Montréal takes 2019 Canadian Championship title". Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Association football forwards
- Bologna F.C. 1909 players
- Brescia Calcio players
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate soccer players in Canada
- Montreal Impact players
- Nigerian expatriate footballers
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Nigerian footballers
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Sportspeople from Benin City
- Major League Soccer players
- Nigerian football forward stubs