Orji Okwonkwo

Orji Okwonkwo (born 19 January 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Bologna.

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)

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. 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.


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