Julius Aghahowa
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| Julius Aghahowa | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Date of birth | February 12, 1982 (age 25) | |
| Place of birth | Benin City, Nigeria | |
| Height | 1.79m | |
| Playing position | striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Wigan Athletic | |
| Number | 15 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1997-1999 1999-2000 2000-2007 2007- |
Insurance Espérance Shakhtar Donetsk Wigan Athletic |
? (?) ? (?) 81 (30) 3 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1999- | Nigeria | 32 (14) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Julius Aghahowa (born February 12, 1982 in Benin City, Nigeria) is a football striker from Nigeria who currently plays for Wigan Athletic in the English Premiership, after playing over six years for the Ukrainian team Shakhtar Donetsk. He has played 32 matches and scored 14 goals for the Nigerian national team, including their only goal at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He became Nigeria's top goalscorer at the 2002 African Nations Cup. He also played at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
He began his career with the Police Machines, a local police team, and went on to Bendel Insurance FC. He signed for Danish lower division team Herning Fremad before the 1999 African Youth Championship, but Aghahowa performed so well there that he wanted to play for a bigger club. He ended up with the Tunisian champions, Espérance, when he procured a contract with the Tunisians which predated the (inferior) Herning Fremad contract. In the middle of the 2000-01 season he transferred to Shakhtar Donetsk, which soon won the Ukrainian league championship. He is famous for his acrobatic goalscoring celebrations.
Aghahowa singlehandedly won the game for Shakhtar in the 2006 Ukrainian Championship against Dynamo Kyiv, heading the winner in extra-time and being named man of the match. His performance in the final has been widely seen as the "saving grace" of his career at Shakhtar, with his future at the club looking bleak earlier in the season.
His work permit was passed and on 30 January 2007 he signed for Wigan Athletic for an undisclosed fee.[1] playing his first Premiership match for them against Portsmouth F.C. on February 3rd. [2]
[edit] References
- ^ Aghahowa close to Wigan deal. TeamTALK (2007-01-29). Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
- ^ Tactical Formation. Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved on February 8, 2007.
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Nigeria squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Shorunmu | 2 Yobo | 3 Babayaro | 4 Kanu | 5 Okoronkwo | 6 West | 7 Ikedia | 8 Adepoju | 9 Ogbeche | 10 Okocha | 11 Lawal | 12 Ejide | 13 Afolabi | 14 Udeze | 15 Christopher | 16 Sodje | 17 Aghahowa | 18 Akwuegbu | 19 Ejiofor | 20 Obiorah | 21 Utaka | 22 Enyeama | 23 Opabunmi | Coach: Onigbinde |
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| Wigan Athletic F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Filan | 2 Granqvist | 4 Jackson | 5 Hall | 6 de Zeeuw | 7 Camara | 8 Kilbane | 9 Heskey | 10 McCulloch | 11 Johansson | 12 Pollitt | 13 Kirkland | 14 Landzaat | 15 Aghahowa | 16 Valencia | 17 Boyce | 18 Scharner | 19 Taylor | 20 Folan | 21 Cywka | 22 Cotterill | 24 Skoko | 25 Unsworth | 26 Baines | 27 Hæstad | 28 Nash | 31 Montrose | 32 Owens | 36 Waterhouse | Manager: Jewell |
Categories: 1982 births | Living people | Nigerian footballers | Nigeria international footballers | FC Shakhtar Donetsk players | Wigan Athletic F.C. players | Olympic competitors for Nigeria | Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Football (soccer) strikers | FIFA World Cup 2002 players | FA Premier League players
