Raphael Edereho

Raphael Edereho
Personal information
Full name	Raphael Edereho
Date of birth	March 21, 1983 (age 38)
Place of birth	Delta State, Nigeria
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2001
2001–2002
2002–2003
2004	FC Prishtina
2005	RoPS
2005	Tervarit
2005	KuPS
2005–2006	Persepolis
2007	Shakhter Kargandy
2007	AC Oulu
2008	VPS
2011
2012	FC Santa Claus
2012–2013	Najaf FC
2013–2014	Duhok SC
2014	Naft Maysan
2014–2015	Masafi Al-Shamal
National team
	Nigeria U-17
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Raphael Edereho (born March 21, 1983 in Delta State, Nigeria) is a retired Nigerian football player.

Club career[]

Edereho started his career at the Saudi Arabian club in 2000. The following year, he moved back to his homeland, Nigeria, and played for , and then transferred in 2002 to another Nigerian club, . In 2004, Edereho made his first move to Europe and was transferred to KF Prishtina playing in the Football Superleague of Kosovo. The Finnish Veikkausliiga League was his next destination where he played for RoPS Rovaniemi, and KuPS Kuopio where he impressed enough to transfer to Iranian giants Persepolis FC in 2006. In November 2006, it was also found out that KuPS Kuopio did not receive the transfer fee for Edereho from Persepolis. FIFA was investigating the situation and decided that Persepolis must pay the transfer fee.^[1] In 2011, he moved to OPS.^[2] In 2012–13 he played with Najaf FC, in 2013–14 with Duhok SC, in 2014 with Naft Maysan, and in 2014–15 with Masafi Al-Shamal, all in the Iraqi Premier League.^[3]

International career[]

Edereho has represented Nigeria at U17 level.

References[]

External links[]

[1] MTV3 Internet Jalkapallo Futis Veikkausliiga Mestarien liiga Valioliiga Serie A La Liga Bundesliiga

[2] Edereho Ops 2011

[3] Foreign Players in the Iraqi Premier League at RSSSF

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