Orji Okwonkwo
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-01-19) 19 January 1998[1]
Place of birth Benin City, Nigeria[2]
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[3]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Bologna
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) 15 (1)
2021 → Reggina (loan) 12 (0)
2021–2022 → Cittadella (loan) 20 (7)
International career‡
Nigeria U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:03, 7 March 2022 (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 as a striker for Serie A club Bologna.

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]

On 1 February 2021, Okwonkwo moved to Serie B side Reggina, on a loan deal until the end of the season.[11]

On 24 July 2021 he joined Cittadella on loan.[12]

International career

Okwonkwo represented Nigeria under-17 at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, winning the tournament.[1][13]

Career statistics

As of 25 October 2019[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bologna 2016–17 Serie A 902000110
2017–18 1030000103
2018–19 80100090
Total 2733000303
Brescia (loan) 2017–18 Serie B 1310000131
Montreal Impact (loan) 2019 MLS 2880000288
Career total 681230007112

Honours

Montreal Impact

Nigeria U17

References

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  10. ↑ "Orji Okwonkwo: Nigerian 'feels lucky' to play under Thierry Henry". BBC Sport. 27 January 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  11. ↑ "Calciomercato Reggina: ufficiale, arrivano Orji Okwonwko e Michael Kingsley" [Reggina transfer market: official, Orji Okwonwko and Michael Kingsley arrive]. CityNow (in Italian). 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  12. ↑ "🆕 𝐎𝐑𝐉𝐈 𝐎𝐊𝐖𝐎𝐍𝐊𝐖𝐎". Twitter (in Italian). Cittadella. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  13. ↑ "Time on Okwonkwo's side". FIFA. 7 November 2015. Archived from the original on 9 November 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  14. ↑ Orji Okwonkwo at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  15. ↑ "Montréal takes 2019 Canadian Championship title". Retrieved 28 September 2019.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.