Solomon Okoronkwo
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Solomon Ndubisi Okoronkwo Template:IPAc-en(born 2 March 1987) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Career
He was discovered in 2004 by FIFA agent Marcelo Houseman, who got his guardianship and took him to Hertha BSC. In October 2004, his agent recommended Okoronkwo to coach Samson Siasia and he was fundamental for Nigeria's U-20 qualifying for the African Youth Championship in Benin 2005. He was also on the Nigerian Under 23 team that won silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[1] Okoronkwo was called up for his first senior cap in October 2008 by Nigeria coach Shaibu Amodu.[2]
On 28 January 2011, Okoronkwo moved to Aalesund in the Norwegian Premier League.
After playing in the lower tiers of German football for several Berlin-based clubs, including BFC Dynamo, CFC Hertha 06, Berlin Türkspor, and BFC Meteor 06 from 2017 to 2024, Okoronkwo left senior football and transitioned to veterans football, rejoining many former Hertha BSC players in the Ü32 team.[3][4]
Career statistics
| Season | Club | Division | League | Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2011 | Aalesund | Tippeligaen | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 2 |
| 2011–12 | Pécsi | OTP Bank Liga | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 2012–13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | ||
| 2013–14 | Erzgebirge Aue | 2. Bundesliga | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Career Total | 41 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 49 | 7 | ||
References
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Nigeria men's international footballers
- Nigeria men's under-20 international footballers
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Nigeria
- Olympic silver medalists for Nigeria
- Olympic medalists in football
- Pepsi Football Academy players
- Ifeanyi Ubah F.C. players
- Hertha BSC players
- Rot-Weiss Essen players
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye players
- Aalesunds FK players
- Pécsi MFC players
- FC Erzgebirge Aue players
- SV Sandhausen players
- 1. FC Saarbrücken players
- TSG Neustrelitz players
- Berliner FC Dynamo players
- BSV Schwarz-Weiß Rehden players
- HSC Hannover players
- CFC Hertha 06 players
- Brandenburger SC Süd 05 players
- BFC Meteor 06 players
- Russian Premier League players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Eliteserien players
- Men's association football forwards
- Footballers from Enugu
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen