Jonas Okétola
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jonas Flavien Okétola | ||
Date of birth | 27 August 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Benin City, Nigeria | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2004 | Dragons de l'Ouémé | ||
2004–2005 | Enyimba | ||
2006–2008 | Kwara United | ||
2008–2009 | Thanda Royal Zulu | ||
2009–2010 | USS Kraké | ||
2010–2012 | Küçük Kaymaklı Türk S.K. | ||
2012–2013 | Eco FC | ||
National team | |||
1998–2008 | Benin | 28+ | (2+) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Jonas Okétola (born August 27, 1983, in Nigeria) is a retired Nigerian-Beninese former footballer. He last played for Thanda Royal Zulu.
Career[]
Born in Nigeria, Okétola played professional football for local side Kwara United F.C. before signing with South African club Thanda Royal Zulu in 2008.[1]
The assessed a two-year ban on Okétola in January 2009, as a result of a doping violation.[2] A random test after a league match turned up a positive result for amphetamines, a prohibited substance.[2]
International career[]
He was part of the Beninese 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of their group in the first round of competition, thus failing to qualify for the quarter-finals.
External links[]
- Jonas Okétola at National-Football-Teams.com
References[]
- ^ "Thanda to sign Benin national captain". Kick Off. 3 January 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Benin's Oketola handed drugs ban", BBC Sport, January 16, 2009.
Categories:
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Nigerian people of Beninese descent
- Beninese footballers
- Benin international footballers
- 2004 African Cup of Nations players
- 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Association football midfielders
- AS Dragons FC de l'Ouémé players
- Enyimba F.C. players
- Kwara United F.C. players
- Thanda Royal Zulu F.C. players
- USS Kraké players
- People from Benin City
- Doping cases in association football
- Beninese sportspeople in doping cases
- Beninese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate soccer players in South Africa
- Beninese expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
- Expatriate footballers in Northern Cyprus
- Beninese expatriate sportspeople in Northern Cyprus
- Beninese football biography stubs