Onyekachi Okafor

Onyekachi Okafor (born 2 June 1994, in Aba) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a forward for Küçük Kaymaklı Türk S.K. in Cyprus.[1][2][3]

Onyekachi Okafor
Personal information
Full name Onyekachi Okafor
Date of birth (1994-06-02) 2 June 1994
Place of birth Aba, Nigeria
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Küçük Kaymaklı
Number 29
Youth career
2011–2013 Enyimba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Crown 21 (10)
2014–2015 Warri Wolves 23 (8)
2015–2016 Rivers United 24 (16)
2016–2017 Giresunspor 9 (0)
2017–2018 Yalova SK 13 (11)
2018–2019 Doğan Türk Birliği 36 (26)
2019– Küçük Kaymaklı 18 (16)
International career
2015 Nigeria 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:22, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

Career

Okafor began his football youth career at Enyimba International F.C. and professional career with Crown F.C. before moved to Warri Wolves in 2014. He played two seasons at Rivers United before he moved to Turkey to play for Giresunspor in 2014.[4][5][6][7][8] In August 2016, he signed at Giresunspor in TFF First League.[9][10][11][12][13][14] In the summer of 2017, he joined Yalova SK.[15] He later joined Doğan Türk Birliği in the winter of 2018.[16][15][17]

International appearances

He was called up to the senior team for the first time in March 2015 for a friendly against the Cranes of Uganda and South Africa’s Bafana Bafana.[18][19][20]

References
  1. "ONYEKACHI OKAFOR Informations". www.ktff.net.
  2. "Onyekachi Okafor". eurosport.com. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  3. "Giresunspor'a Nijeryalı forvet". www.trtspor.com.tr.
  4. "Crown FC striker Onyekachi Okafor named NPL star of Week 3". 25 March 2014.
  5. "Warri Wolves Promote Two Reserve Players". www.sl10.ng.
  6. "NPFL: Warri Wolves striker Okafor hopes for more games, sets 12-goal target". 4 July 2015.
  7. "Onyekachi Okafor absconds from Rivers United". goal.com. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  8. "Premier League player absconds from camp". 30 March 2016.
  9. "ONYEKACHİ OKAFOR GİRESUNSPOR'DA - Yeni Giresun Gazetesi Haber Sitesi. Giresunu, Giresunsporu ve Yeşilgiresun Belediyesporu buradan takip edin". yenigiresun.net/. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
  10. edin, Spor28, Giresun'un 1 Numaralı Spor Portalı, Giresunspor'u buradan takip. "ONYEKACHİ OKAFOR GİRESUNSPOR'DA - Haberler - Spor28, Giresun'un 1 Numaralı Spor Portalı, Giresunspor'u buradan takip edin". www.spor28.com.
  11. "Onyekachi Okafor career stats, height and weight, age". www.tablesleague.com.
  12. LiveScore, SofaScore.com. "Onyekachi Okafor Giresunspor videos, transfer history and stats - SofaScore". www.sofascore.com.
  13. "GİRESUN SPOR GAZETE". www.giresunsporgazete.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-31.
  14. "Onyekachi Okafor". worldfootball.net.
  15. "YALOVA SK - BİNATLI YSK Match Details". www.ktff.org.
  16. "GÖRNEÇ KSK - DOĞAN TÜRK BİRLİĞİ SK Mac Detayı". www.ktff.org.
  17. "Onyekachi Okafor - Türkiye Kupası Puan Durumu Fikstür ve Sonuçları - Sabah". www.sabah.com.tr.
  18. "Onyekachi Okafor thrilled with Eagles' chance - Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  19. "Warri Wolves Striker Onyekachi Okafor Replaces Crocked Brown Ideye:: All Nigeria Soccer - The Complete Nigerian Football Portal". www.allnigeriasoccer.com.
  20. "Okafor called up to replace Ideye".
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