Onyekachi Okonkwo

Tico
Personal information
Full name	Onyekachi Donatus Okonkwo
Date of birth	13 May 1982 (age 39)
Place of birth	Aba, Nigeria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, centre back
Club information
Current team	Mosta F.C.
Number	10
Youth career
	Pepsi Football Academy
	Calabar Rovers
Senior career*
Years	Team
–2004	Enyimba
2004–2007	Orlando Pirates
2007–2010	FC Zürich
2010–2012	Al Kharitiyath
2012–2013	Orlando Pirates
2013–	Mpumalanga Black Aces
National team‡
2006–2008	Nigeria
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 July 2013; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 July 2009

Onyekachi Donatus Okonkwo or simply Tico (born 13 May 1982 in Aba, Nigeria) is a Nigerian football (soccer) midfielder who last played for South African side Mpumalanga Black Aces now Cape Town.

Club career[]

Okonkwo was a member of Enyimba's winning side in the 2003 MTN CAF Champions League and 2004 MTN CAF Champions League finals.

During his two-year stay in South Africa he was arguably one of the club's most influential players even scoring the decisive goal against his former club Enyimba to lead the Johannesburg-based club Orlando Pirates to the 2006 MTN CAF Champions League semifinals..

Okonkwo caused a stir in Europe by signing a pre-contract agreement with German side FC Köln only to leave the club a week later to sign a four-year deal at Swiss side FC Zürich saying that he had only ever agreed to a one-week trial at the German team. Despite FC Köln's sporting director Klaus Horstmann threatening to take the matter to FIFA in order for him to fulfil his obligations to his side, Okonkwo says he did not breach any rules in moving to Switzerland. He joined Qatari side Al Kharitiyath in the summer of 2010.

On 26 June 2012 Okonkwo rejoined Orlando Pirates^[1] and next year, on 12 July 2013, signed with local rivals Mpumalanga Black Aces.^[2]

International[]

He won his first international cap for Nigeria in an 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Lesotho in October 2006.

Award[]

FC Zürich

2008-09 Swiss Super League: Champions

References[]

^ "Six new signings for Orlando Pirates". 26 June 2012. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
^ "Okonkwo signs for Aces". Mpumalanga Black Aces F.C. 12 July 2013.

External links[]

Onyekachi Okonkwo at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] "Six new signings for Orlando Pirates". 26 June 2012. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2012.

[2] "Okonkwo signs for Aces". Mpumalanga Black Aces F.C. 12 July 2013.

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