Valentine Ozornwafor

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Valentine Ozornwafor
Personal information
Full name Valentine James Ozornwafor
Date of birth (1999-06-01) 1 June 1999 (age 22)
Place of birth Nsukka, Nigeria
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Sporting Charleroi
(on loan from Galatasaray)
Number 25
Youth career
Brown Ideye Challenge
2017–2019 Enyimba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Enyimba 2 (0)
2019– Galatasaray 1 (0)
2019–2020 → Almería (loan) 4 (0)
2021– → Sporting Charleroi (loan) 1 (0)
National team‡
2019 Nigeria U20 7 (0)
2019 Nigeria U23 1 (0)
2021– Nigeria 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 02:21, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

Valentine Ozornwafor (born 1 July 1999) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Belgian First Division A club Sporting Charleroi, on loan from Galatasaray.

Club career[]

Born in Port Harcourt, Ozonwafor joined Enyimba in 2017, after impressing while playing for a local side in a friendly against the club.[1] He made his first team debut on 3 March, in a 0–0 away draw against Bendel Insurance,[2] and played his second match on 17 March, in a draw at Sunshine Stars for the same scoreline.[3]

Galatasaray[]

On 28 June 2019, it was announced that Ozornwafor signed a four year deal with Galatasaray,[4] for a rumoured fee of €300,000.[5]

UD Almería (loan)[]

On 22 August, he joined Spanish club UD Almería on loan for the 2019-20 season.[6] Ozornwafor made his league debut on 6 October 2019, coming on as a second-half substitute for Jonathan in a 0–0 away draw against Deportivo de La Coruña.[7]

Sporting Charleroi (loan)[]

In the statement made by the Galatasaray club on 21 August 2021, "An agreement has been reached with Sporting Charleroi for the temporary transfer of our professional football player Ozornwafor for one year. We wish our player success in his new club."[8][9]

International career[]

Ozornwafor represented Nigeria at under-20 level in the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations[10] and in the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[11] He was first called up to the full side in March 2019, for a friendly game against Seychelles and Egypt,[12] but was only an unused substitute.[13] He debuted with Nigeria in a 1–0 friendly loss to Cameroon on 4 June 2021.[14]

Honours[]

Galatasaray

References[]

  1. ^ "Enyimba defender Valentine Ozornworfor gets Super Eagles chance without any top-flight experience". Pulse Nigeria. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Bendel Insurance fail to fire past below par Enyimba in stalemate". NPFL. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Flying Eagles defender Ozornwafor makes Enyimba debut". RealSportsCast24.co.uk. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Valentine Ozornwafor Galatasaray'da" [Valentine Ozornwafor joins Galatasaray]. galatasaray.org (in Turkish). Galatasaray SK. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Ozornwafor Joins Galatasaray From Enyimba For €300K". Complete Sports. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Valentine Ozornwafor UD Almeria'ya kiralandı" [Valentine Ozornwafor on loan at UD Almería]. galatasaray.org (in Turkish). Galatasaray SK. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Arvin Appiah y Ozornwafor debutan oficialmente como rojiblancos" [Arvin Appiah and Ozornwafor officially debut as rojiblancos] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  8. ^ "BIENVENUE, VALENTINE !". www.sporting-charleroi.be. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Galatasaray, Valentine Ozornwafor'u Charleroi'ya kiraladı". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Nigeria name squad for 2019 Africa U20 Cup of Nations". Goal.com. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Manchester City's Tom Dele-Bashiru leads Nigeria U20's World Cup squad". Goal.com. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  12. ^ "Mikel missing, Iheanacho dropped for Nigeria's matches vs. Seychelles, Egypt". Goal.com. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  13. ^ "Match report: Nigeria vs Egypt". www.skysports.com. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  14. ^ "Match Report of Nigeria vs Cameroon - 2021-06-04 - FIFA Friendlies - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com.

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