Mike Okoro
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 December 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Enugu, Nigeria | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kogi United F.C.[1] | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000[2] | GKS Katowice | 14 | (1) |
| 2000 | Górnik Zabrze (trial)[3][4] | ||
| 2000–2001[6] | Amica Wronki II[5] | ||
| 2000–2001 | Amica Wronki[2] | 2 | (0) |
| 2001–2002[7] | Indian Telephone Industries | ||
| 2002–2004[8] | East Bengal F.C.[7] | ||
| 2004–2005 | Sparta Szamotuły[9] | ||
| 2005 | Lech Poznań (trial)[9] | ||
| 2005–2006[11] | East Bengal F.C.[10] | ||
| 2006–2009 | Mohammedan SC[11][12] | ||
| 2009 | Sparta Szamotuły | ||
| 2010 | JCT F.C. | 13 | (5[13]) |
| 2011 | Grom Plewiska[14] | ||
| 2011–2013 | Świt Piotrowo[15][16][17] | ||
| 2014–2015[18] | Pogoń Lwówek | 18 | (2) |
| 2015–2016[19] | Sokół Pniewy | 9 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mike Emmanuel Okoro (born 30 December 1981 in Enugu, Nigeria) is a Nigerian retired professional footballer.
Sweden
Had a trial with BoIS alongside Zambian Chitalu Mpundu in 2005.[20]
India
Receiving offers from Germany, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Goa in view of his performances with Indian Telephone Industries during 2001/02,[1] Okoro ended up with East Bengal for the next season,[21] striking a hat-trick in a 4-1 rout of Hindustan Aeronautics.[22] Reuniting with East Bengal from Poland in 2005[23] despite interest from Dempo and Mahindra United months earlier.[24] Skipping the Red & Gold Brigade's encounter away to JCT to renew his Polish citizenship in February 2006,[25] the club reportedly owed Okoro 130000 Rupees when he visited Poland for citizenship reasons.[26] This amount was eventually given to him[26] despite them originally saying that he in fact owed them 334000 Rupees.[27]
Throughout his career, the Nigerian has been committed a series of transgressions, including pushing the referee in 2003[28] slapping a different referee while with Mohammedan in 2008 for "asking uncomfortable questions",[29] and breaching contract regulations by exchanging teams mid-season despite signing a one-year contract with Mohammedan in 2007.[30]
Personal life
His baby, Juliette, died in 2005, the same year she was born.[31] With his Irish girlfriend Barbara, the striker took the educational responsibility of an orphan girl, who was then four years old.[32]
References
- ^ a b Okoro aiming to play in Germany Times of India
- ^ a b Przyszli, odeszli Wyborcza Katowice
- ^ Mercato summer-autumn 2000 Pawel Mogielnicki's Page
- ^ 15.07.2000 - Górnik Zabrze - Hetman Zamość 1:0 WikiGórnik
- ^ Puchar Polski okręgu poznańskiego dla rezerw Amiki Wronki Wyborcza Poznań
- ^ Czerwone derby w Kościanie NaszeMiasto.pl
- ^ a b Season ending transfers 2002 IndianFootball.Com
- ^ Season ending transfers 2004 IndianFootball.Com
- ^ a b Gorący sparing NaszeMiasto.pl
- ^ Season ending transfers 2005 IndianFootball.com
- ^ a b Season ending transfers 2006 IndianFootball.com
- ^ I-League: Okoro Inspires Mohammedan Victory Goal.com
- ^ I-League Comment: The Two Nigerian Strikers Have Come To JCT’s Rescue Goal.com
- ^ Match report Łączy nas piłka
- ^ Lista piłkarzy z Afryki w Polsce (3) AfrykaGola.pl
- ^ Znamy już listę kandydatów w konkursie SMS "Piłkarz Amator 2012" Gloswielkopolski.pl
- ^ Dobra passa Świtu! lzs świt piotrowo - Futbolowo.pl
- ^ 21 osobowa kadra, transfery Pogoni Pogoń Lwówek
- ^ "Trzy szybkie do..." Sokół Pniewy Peryferia Futbolu
- ^ Två testspelare hos BoIS SvenskaFans.com
- ^ Okoro ours, say East Bengal Times of India
- ^ Okoro scores thrice for East Bengal Rediff.com
- ^ Mike Okoro raring to go Telegraph India
- ^ Okoro's NFL foray held up in Poland Times of India
- ^ Is everything OK with Okoro? Times of India
- ^ a b Okoro-EB standoff put to rest, for a while Telegraph India
- ^ New twist to Mike Okoro episode Telegraph India
- ^ IFA lets off players lightly - Barreto, Okoro among 7 banned for a match The Telegraph - Calcutta
- ^ Journalist slapped by Mohammedan Sporting's Nigerian player Sify.com
- ^ IFA slaps heavy fines on Okoro and Tombo Zee News
- ^ Okoro loses baby Telegraph India
- ^ EB's Okoro scores winner Times of India
External links
- Expatriate footballers in India
- Expatriate footballers in Poland
- Nigerian expatriate footballers
- Amica Wronki players
- Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata) players
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in India
- I-League players
- Ekstraklasa players
- Nigerian footballers
- GKS Katowice players
- East Bengal F.C. players
- JCT FC players
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Association football forwards
- Kogi United F.C. players