Jerome Okimo

Jerome Okide O. N. Okimo (born 8 June 1988) is a semi-professional footballer who is currently a player/coach for Barnet.

Jerome Okimo
Personal information
Full name Jerome Okide O. N. Okimo[1]
Date of birth (1988-06-08) 8 June 1988
Place of birth Ealing, England
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Barnet (player/coach)
Number 6
Youth career
0000–2006 Chalfont St. Peter
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2013 Chalfont St. Peter
2012 → Wingate & Finchley (loan) 1 (0)
2013–2014 Wealdstone 38 (0)
2014–2016 Stevenage 42 (1)
2016–2017 Braintree Town 46 (1)
2017–2022 Wealdstone 195 (6)
2022– Barnet 44 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:01, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Non-league football

Okimo began his career at Chalfont St. Peter where he made 308 appearances. During his time there, Okimo went on trial at Football League side Gillingham in 2009 but missed out on a contract after injuring his Achilles tendon. After seven years at Chalfont St. Peter, Okimo moved to Isthmian League Premier Division side Wealdstone in the summer of 2013, going on to play an instrumental role in their promotion to the Conference South in 2014, making 38 league appearances.[2]

Stevenage

In August 2014, Okimo followed former Wealdstone teammate Tom Pett (who signed for them in June 2014) to Stevenage, making his debut as an 83rd-minute substitute in a 1–0 win over Hartlepool United on 9 August 2014.[3] Okimo was released after two seasons at the club in May 2016.[4]

Braintree Town

In July 2016, he signed for National League side Braintree Town on a free transfer following his release from Stevenage.[5]

Wealdstone

After leaving Braintree, Okimo re-signed for Wealdstone in July 2017.[6] He captained the club to their 2019–20 National League South title win, playing 32 of the 33 league games and scoring 3 goals before the season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Wealdstone promoted on points per game.[7] He was named in the National League South Team of the Year as a result of his performances.[7] Okimo started and captained every game of the 2020-21 season, scoring a solitary goal against rivals Barnet[8] as Wealdstone ended the season in 19th place. On 14 June 2022 Jerome Okimo left the club to seek regular first team football.[9]

Barnet

On 17 June 2022, Okimo agreed to join Barnet in the role of player/coach.[10]

Career statistics
As of match played 2 May 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chalfont St Peter 2010–11[11] Spartan South Midlands League - Premier Division 31010—6[lower-alpha 1]1381
2011–12[11] Southern League - Division One Central 37020—1[lower-alpha 2]0400
2012–13[11] Southern League - Division One Central 41250—2[lower-alpha 3]0482
Total 109280—911283
Wealdstone 2013–14[11] Isthmian League - Premier Division 38011—5[lower-alpha 4]0441
Stevenage 2014–15[12] League Two 29010103[lower-alpha 5]0340
2015–16[13] League Two 131001000141
Total 421102030481
Braintree Town 2016–17[14] National League 46130—4[lower-alpha 6]1532
Wealdstone 2017–18[15] National League South 42020—7[lower-alpha 6]0510
2018–19[15] National League South 43110—1[lower-alpha 6]0451
2019-20[15] National League South 32320—1[lower-alpha 6]1344
2020-21[15] National League 42110—3[lower-alpha 6]0461
2021-22[15] National League 36110—1[lower-alpha 6]0381
Total 195670001612187
Barnet 2022-23[15] National League 44140—6[lower-alpha 7]0541
Career total 420102312039248413
  1. Three appearances and one goal in FA Vase, three in Spartan South Midlands Football League Challenge Trophy
  2. Appearance(s) in Southern League Cup
  3. One appearance in FA Trophy, one in Southern League Cup
  4. Three appearances in FA Trophy, two in Isthmian League Cup
  5. One appearance in Football League Trophy, two in League Two play-offs
  6. Appearances in FA Trophy
  7. Five appearances in FA Trophy, one in National League playoffs

References
  1. "Player search". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  2. "Wealdstone FC » First Team (2013-14)". wealdstone-fc.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014.
  3. "Stevenage 1-0 Hartlepool United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  4. "Okimo among eight released by Stevenage". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  5. "THREE MORE SIGN FOR BRAINTREE". Non League Pitchero. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  6. @WealdstoneFC (8 July 2017). "A champion returns. We've re-signed Jerome Okimo. Jerome was a member of our Ryman League winning squad in 2014" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. Ranson, Jacob (4 August 2020). "Four Wealdstone players named in the National League South team of the season". Kilburn Times. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  8. "England - J. Okimo - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
  9. "PLAYER NEWS | Okimo departs club". 14 June 2022.
  10. "Jerome Okimo joins the Bees". www.barnetfc.com. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  11. "Jerome Okimo – Aylesbury United". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  12. "Games played by Jerome Okimo in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  13. "Games played by Jerome Okimo in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  14. "Games played by Jerome Okimo in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  15. Jerome Okimo at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
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