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Orji Okwonkwo
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-01-19) 19 January 1998 (age 26)[1]
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]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup 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 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

  1. ^ a b c Orji Okwonkwo – FIFA competition record (archived)
  2. ^ Orji Okwonkwo at BDFutbol
  3. ^ "Orji Okwonkwo | Montreal Impact".
  4. ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (24 August 2016). "Orji Okonkwo: Nigerian teenage striker joins Bologna". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Debutto in Serie A per Orji Okwonkwo" (in Italian). calciomercato.com. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Primo gol in Serie A per Okwonkwo" (in Italian). Quotidiano.net. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Okwonkwo in prestito al Brescia" (in Italian). tuttomercatoweb.com. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Impact acquires Nigerian striker Orji Okwonkwo on loan". montrealimpact.com. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  9. ^ Bogert, Tom (24 January 2020). "Montreal Impact re-acquire attacker Orji Okwonkwo on loan from Bologna". Retrieved 25 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Orji Okwonkwo: Nigerian 'feels lucky' to play under Thierry Henry". 27 January 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  11. ^ "Time on Okwonkwo's side". FIFA. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  12. ^ Orji Okwonkwo at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  13. ^ "Montréal takes 2019 Canadian Championship title". Retrieved 28 September 2019.


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