Julius Aghahowa
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 Julius Aghahowa 2010
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | February 12, 1982 | |
| place of birth | Benin City , Nigeria | |
| size | 179 cm | |
| position | striker | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Sanco Stars FC | ||
| 1993-1995 | Police Machines Benin City | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1995-1999 | Bendel Insurance | |
| 1999-2000 | Espérance Tunis | |
| 2000-2007 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 87 (32) |
| 2007-2008 | Wigan Athletic | 20 (0) |
| 2008-2009 | Kayserispor | 23 (6) |
| 2009-2010 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 9 (1) |
| 2010– | → PFK Sevastopol (loan) | 8 (1) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
| 1999– | Nigeria | 32 (14) |
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1 Only league games are given. As of December 16, 2010 2 As of July 10, 2009 |
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Julius Aghahowa (born February 12, 1982 in Benin City ) is a Nigerian football player . He currently plays for PFK Sevastopol and the Nigerian national team .
society
Aghahowa began his career in 1997 with the Nigerian association Bendel Insurance . However, he only played there for two years before moving to the top Tunisian club Espérance Tunis . But even there it did not last long and signed a contract with the Ukrainian top club Shakhtar Donetsk , which came into force on January 1, 2000. There he was three times Ukrainian champion (2002, 2005 and 2006) and won the Ukrainian Cup. On January 30, 2007, he moved to the English Premier League club Wigan Athletic , for which he could not score a single goal in a year and a half.
He was signed by Kayserispor on July 20, 2008 for an estimated EUR 1 million transfer fee. On October 5, 2008, he helped his team with his hat trick to a surprising 4-1 away win against runner-up Fenerbahçe Istanbul .
In July 2009 he returned to Shakhtar Donetsk. For the 2010/11 season he is loaned to the PFK Sevastopol .
National team
With the Nigerian national team he took part in the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, where he was particularly noticeable for his acrobatic goal celebration with several forward somersaults in the 1: 2 against Sweden . He also took part in four Africa Cups with Nigeria , in which he came second once (in Ghana and Nigeria in 2000) and three times in third (in Mali in 2002, in Tunisia in 2004 and in Egypt in 2006). So far, Aghahowa has completed 32 games for Nigeria and scored 14 goals.
successes
- Tunisian Championship : 2000
- Ukrainian championship : 2002, 2005, 2006
- Ukrainian Cup : 2001, 2002, 2004
- Participation in the 2002 World Cup (3 appearances / 1 goal)
- Participation in the Africa Cup 2000 (4 appearances / 3 goals)
- Participation in the Africa Cup 2002 (5 appearances / 3 goals)
- Participation in the Africa Cup 2004 (3 missions)
- Participation in the Africa Cup 2006 (3 missions)
- Top scorer at the Africa Cup : 2002
Individual evidence
- ↑ uefa.com: Aghahowa returns to Shakhtar , July 4, 2009
Web links
- Julius Aghahowa in the database of weltfussball.de
- Report on Aghahowa (in English)
- Julius Aghahowa in the database of transfermarkt.de
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Aghahowa, Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nigerian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Benin City , Nigeria |