Chima Okoroji
German footballer
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Chima Sean Okoroji[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1997-04-19) 19 April 1997 (age 27) | ||
Place of birth | Munich, Germany | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | St. Gallen | ||
Number | 36 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2004 | TSV Grünwald | ||
2004–2014 | Bayern Munich | ||
2015–2016 | FC Augsburg | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2017 | FC Augsburg II | 39 | (0) |
2017–2021 | SC Freiburg II | 49 | (1) |
2018–2021 | SC Freiburg | 2 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Jahn Regensburg (loan) | 34 | (1) |
2020–2021 | → SC Paderborn (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2021–2023 | SV Sandhausen | 52 | (1) |
2023– | St. Gallen | 28 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024 |
Chima Sean Okoroji (born 19 April 1997) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Swiss club St. Gallen.[2]
Club career
Okoroji made his professional debut for SC Freiburg in the Bundesliga on 21 October 2018, coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute for Roland Sallai in the 1–1 away draw against Hertha BSC.[3]
On 22 July 2023, Okoroji signed a two-year contract with St. Gallen in Switzerland.[4]
Personal life
Okoroji was born in Germany, to a Nigerian father and an English mother from Liverpool.[5][6][7]
References
- ^ Chima Okoroji at Soccerbase
- ^ a b Chima Okoroji at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Hertha BSC – SC Freiburg 1:1 (Bundesliga 2018/2019, 8. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ^ "FCSG verpflichtet Chima Okoroji" [FCSG signs Chima Okoroji] (in German). FC St. Gallen. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "Chima Okoroji Close Making A First Team Appearance For Bayern Munich". sl10.ng. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ^ "The Englishman who spent 10 years at Bayern & is still in the Bundesliga". Planet Football. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ^ "German Goalie Robin Udegbe Urges Chima Okoroji To Choose Nigeria". sl10.ng. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
External links
- Chima Okoroji at DFB (also available in German)
- Chima Okoroji at kicker (in German)
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FC St. Gallen – current squad
- 1 Ati-Zigi
- 3 Musah Nuhu
- 4 Stanić
- 5 Janitzek
- 6 Sutter
- 7 Schubert
- 8 Quintillà
- 9 Geubbels
- 10 Akolo
- 11 von Moos
- 13 Karlen
- 15 Diaby
- 16 Görtler
- 18 Mambimbi
- 19 Möller
- 20 Vallci
- 23 Fazliji
- 24 Toma
- 25 Watkowiak
- 30 Ruiz
- 31 van der Venne
- 33 Schmidt
- 35 Dumrath
- 36 Okoroji
- 37 Witzig
- 46 Zanotti
- 61 Krasniqi
- 77 Stevanović
- 90 Milošević
- Manager: Maaßen
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