Mike Okoro

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Mike Okoro
Personal information
Date of birth 30 December 1981
Place of birth Enugu, Nigeria
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
– Kogi United F.C.[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000[2] GKS Katowice 14 (1)
2000 Górnik Zabrze (trial)[3][4]
2000–2001[6] Amica Wronki II[5]
2000–2001 Amica Wronki[2] 2 (0)
2001–2002[7] Indian Telephone Industries
2002–2004[8] East Bengal F.C.[7]
2004–2005 Sparta Szamotuły[9]
2005 Lech Poznań (trial)[9]
2005–2006[11] East Bengal F.C.[10]
2006–2009 Mohammedan SC[11][12]
2009 Sparta Szamotuły
2010 JCT F.C. 13 (5[13])
2011 [14]
2011–2013 Świt Piotrowo[15][16][17]
2014–2015[18] Pogoń Lwówek 18 (2)
2015–2016[19] 9 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Mike Emmanuel Okoro (born 30 December 1981 in Enugu, Nigeria) is a Nigerian retired professional footballer.[20]

Sweden[]

Had a trial with BoIS alongside Zambian in 2005.[21]

India[]

Receiving offers from Germany, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Goa in view of his performances with Indian Telephone Industries during 2001/02,[1] Okoro ended up with East Bengal for the next season,[22] striking a hat-trick in a 4-1 rout of Hindustan Aeronautics.[23] Reuniting with East Bengal from Poland in 2005[24] despite interest from Dempo and Mahindra United months earlier.[25] Skipping the Red & Gold Brigade's encounter away to JCT to renew his Polish citizenship in February 2006,[26] the club reportedly owed Okoro 130000 Rupees when he visited Poland for citizenship reasons.[27] This amount was eventually given to him[27] despite them originally saying that he in fact owed them 334000 Rupees.[28]

Throughout his career, the Nigerian has been committed a series of transgressions, including pushing the referee in 2003[29] slapping a different referee while with Mohammedan in 2008 for "asking uncomfortable questions",[30] and breaching contract regulations by exchanging teams mid-season despite signing a one-year contract with Mohammedan in 2007.[31]

Personal life[]

His baby, Juliette, died in 2005, the same year she was born.[32] With his Irish girlfriend Barbara, the striker took the educational responsibility of an orphan girl, who was then four years old.[33]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Okoro aiming to play in Germany Times of India
  2. ^ a b Przyszli, odeszli Wyborcza Katowice
  3. ^ Mercato summer-autumn 2000 Pawel Mogielnicki's Page
  4. ^ 15.07.2000 - Górnik Zabrze - Hetman Zamość 1:0 WikiGórnik
  5. ^ Puchar Polski okręgu poznańskiego dla rezerw Amiki Wronki Wyborcza Poznań
  6. ^ Czerwone derby w Kościanie NaszeMiasto.pl
  7. ^ a b Season ending transfers 2002 IndianFootball.Com
  8. ^ Season ending transfers 2004 IndianFootball.Com
  9. ^ a b Gorący sparing NaszeMiasto.pl
  10. ^ Season ending transfers 2005 IndianFootball.com
  11. ^ a b Season ending transfers 2006 IndianFootball.com
  12. ^ I-League: Okoro Inspires Mohammedan Victory Goal.com
  13. ^ I-League Comment: The Two Nigerian Strikers Have Come To JCT’s Rescue Goal.com
  14. ^ Match report Łączy nas piłka
  15. ^ Lista piłkarzy z Afryki w Polsce (3) AfrykaGola.pl
  16. ^ Znamy już listę kandydatów w konkursie SMS "Piłkarz Amator 2012" Gloswielkopolski.pl
  17. ^ Dobra passa Świtu! lzs świt piotrowo - Futbolowo.pl
  18. ^ 21 osobowa kadra, transfery Pogoni Pogoń Lwówek
  19. ^ "Trzy szybkie do..." Sokół Pniewy Peryferia Futbolu
  20. ^ Shukla, Abhishek (7 July 2018). "I-League 2010/11 final standings". indianfooty.com. Indian Footy. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  21. ^ Två testspelare hos BoIS SvenskaFans.com
  22. ^ Okoro ours, say East Bengal Times of India
  23. ^ Okoro scores thrice for East Bengal Rediff.com
  24. ^ Mike Okoro raring to go Telegraph India
  25. ^ Okoro's NFL foray held up in Poland Times of India
  26. ^ Is everything OK with Okoro? Times of India
  27. ^ a b Okoro-EB standoff put to rest, for a while Telegraph India
  28. ^ New twist to Mike Okoro episode Telegraph India
  29. ^ IFA lets off players lightly - Barreto, Okoro among 7 banned for a match The Telegraph - Calcutta
  30. ^ Journalist slapped by Mohammedan Sporting's Nigerian player Sify.com
  31. ^ IFA slaps heavy fines on Okoro and Tombo Zee News
  32. ^ Okoro loses baby Telegraph India
  33. ^ EB's Okoro scores winner Times of India

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