Odafa Onyeka Okolie
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| Full name | Odafa Onyeka Okolie | ||
| Date of birth | 6 June 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Nigeria | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
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Current team
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Sporting Goa | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2004 | Mohammedan | 0 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Muktijoddha | 28 | (34) |
| 2005–2011 | Churchill Brothers | (106) | |
| 2011–2014 | Mohun Bagan | 92 | (91) |
| 2014– | Churchill Brothers | ||
| 2015– | → Sporting Goa (Loan) | 12 | (9) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:40, 10 January 2016 (UTC) | |||
Odafa Onyeka Okolie (born 1985 in Nigeria), is a Nigerian football player who plays for Sporting Goa in I-League .[1] He is the highest paid footballer in I-league earning INR 3 crore (equivalent to USD 600,000) per year.[2] Odafa is second in the list of all-time leading goalscorer in the I-League and NFL history with 179 goals, and has been the top goal scorer on three consecutive editions.[3] He also holds the record for scoring the most number of hat-tricks in both I-League and NFL combined, with 14 hat-tricks across all seasons, including 13 of those in the I-League.
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Club career
Churchill Brothers
After a lackluster start to his career which saw him play for Indian club Mohammedan S.C. and Bangladesh club Muktijoddha SKC where he only made nil and 28 appearances respectively and scored 34 goals with SKC, Odafe went back to India and signed for Churchill Brothers S.C. in the I-League in 2005. It took him till the 2006–07 season to break out though as he scored 12 goals that season with Churchill. Then during the 2007–08 season, Odafa scored 22 goals in 16 games and was top scorer in the new I-League. Odafa was the all-time leading scorer in the I-League after three seasons and is undoubtedly one of the deadliest strikers ever to have played in India. He was also the former captain of Churchill Brothers.
Mohun Bagan AC
On 1 June 2011, he signed a one-year deal with Mohun Bagan A.C. for approximately $600,000.[2] On October 23, 2011, Odafa scored a hat-trick in his debut for Bagan in a 3–1 victory over Pailan Arrows.[4]
Churchill Brothers
On 13 May 2014, Odafe signed for Churchill Brothers.
Sporting Goa
In March 2015, he signed for I-League strugglers Sporting Clube de Goa.He helped the club narrowly avoid relegation and was subsequently retained for another season.[5]
Honours
Club
Churchill Bros
- I-League: 2008–09
- Durand Cup: 2007, 2009
Muktijoddha SKC
- Federation Cup (Bangladesh) Runner-up: 2005
Individual
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mohun Bagan sign Odafe for record Rs 3 crore one-year deal
- ↑ Mohun Bagan signs Odafe for record Rs. 3 crore one-year deal
- ↑ Goal.com, Match statistics between Mohun Bagan and Pailan Arrows
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Pages with broken file links
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Nigerian footballers
- Expatriate footballers in India
- Nigerian expatriates in India
- Churchill Brothers S.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in Bangladesh
- I-League players
- Mohun Bagan A.C. players
- Sporting Clube de Goa players
- Muktijoddha Sangsad KS players
- Nigerian expatriate footballers
- Association football forwards
