Saviour Godwin
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Saviour Amunde Godwin | ||
| Date of birth | 22 August 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Jos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Okhdood | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Sports Jos | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | KV Oostende | 6 | (1) |
| 2016–2020 | Roeselare | 84 | (14) |
| 2020–2023 | Casa Pia | 90 | (22) |
| 2023– | Al-Okhdood | 33 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | Nigeria U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2015 | Nigeria U20 | 4 | (2) |
| 2022– | Nigeria | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022 | |||
Saviour Amunde Godwin (born 22 August 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Saudi Pro League club Al-Okhdood.[1]
Career
[edit]On 7 September 2023, Godwin joined Saudi Pro League club Al-Okhdood,[2] for a reported fee of €2.5 million.[3]
International career
[edit]He was selected by Nigeria for their 35-man provisional squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]
Godwin made his debut for the Nigeria national football team on 27 September 2022 in a friendly game against Algeria.[5]
Honours
[edit]Nigeria U17
Individual
- Liga Portugal 2 Team of the Season: 2021–22[7]
- Liga Portugal 2 Forward of the Month: August 2021[8]
References
[edit]- ^ SAVIOUR SIGNS 3-YEAR CONTRACT WITH KSV ROESELARE‚ africanfootball.com, 26 August 2016
- ^ "من هو جودوين لاعب الأخدود الجديد؟".
- ^ "Godwin deixa o Casa Pia e ruma à Arábia" [Godwin leaves Casa Pia and heads to Arabia] (in European Portuguese). Jornal de Notícias. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (24 June 2016). "Kelechi Iheanacho included in Nigeria's Olympics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ "Algeria v Nigeria game report". ESPN. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ "U17 World Cup-Winning Striker Scores First Career Brace For KSV Roeselare". allNigeriasoccer. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ^ "Saviour Godwin integrates the Liga Portugal SABSEG Team of the Year". Liga Portugal. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ^ "Best of August: Godwin Saviour wins the Burger King Award for Best Forward of the Month in the Liga Portugal SABSEG". Liga Portugal. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
External links
[edit]- Saviour Godwin at Soccerway
- Saviour Godwin at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- 1996 births
- Footballers from Jos
- Living people
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Nigeria men's youth international footballers
- Nigeria men's under-20 international footballers
- Nigeria men's international footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- K.V. Oostende players
- K.S.V. Roeselare players
- Casa Pia A.C. players
- Al-Okhdood Club players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Challenger Pro League players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Primeira Liga players
- Saudi Pro League players
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia