Junior Torunarigha

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Junior Torunarigha
Personnel
birthday April 18, 1990
place of birth Ibadan ,  Nigeria
size 191 cm
position striker
Juniors
Years station
0000-2001 SV Fortuna Furth Glösa
2001-2006 Chemnitzer FC
2006-2009 Hertha BSC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2009-2011 Hertha BSC II 46 (11)
2011–2012 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 20 0(1)
2011–2012 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen II 6 0(1)
2012-2013 TSG Neustrelitz 19 0(4)
2013-2014 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 13 0(3)
2013-2014 FC Carl Zeiss Jena II 4 0(3)
2014-2015 ZFC Meuselwitz 18 0(1)
2015-2016 FC Amberg 17 0(2)
2016-2017 Fortuna Sittard 23 0(3)
2016-2017 Fortuna Sittard II 1 0(0)
2017-2018 Alemannia Aachen 21 0(9)
2018 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 10 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of December 11, 2018

Junior Torunarigha (born April 18, 1990 in Ibadan , Nigeria ) is a German- Nigerian soccer player .

Player career

Junior Torunarigha had played in the youth team of SV Fortuna Furth Glösa before moving to the youth department of Chemnitzer FC in 2001 . In 2006 he joined Hertha BSC's B youth team. At Hertha he was promoted to the second team by coach Karsten Heine in 2009 . There Torunarigha scored six goals in 24 games in the Regionalliga season 2009/10 and secured relegation with his club. In 2010/11 he scored five goals in 22 appearances.

After the end of the season he left Berlin and joined Rot-Weiß Oberhausen in the 3rd division . There he injured himself in preparation, which meant he missed the start of the 2011/12 season. After his recovery, Torunarigha played his first competitive game against Werder Bremen's second team on matchday 11 when he came on for Marvin Ellmann in the 62nd minute .

On August 2, 2013 Toruranrigha signed a one-year contract with the regional league club FC Carl Zeiss Jena after a three-week trial training session . After being out of a club on July 1, 2014, he joined ZFC Meuselwitz at the end of August 2014 . A year later followed the change to the promoted from the league, the FC Amberg , with which Torunarigha missed relegation in the regional league. He then went to the Dutch second division Fortuna Sittard for one season . In June 2017 he moved to Alemannia Aachen . He signed a contract that ran until June 30, 2018.

For the 2018/19 season he went to the Polish first division club Zagłębie Sosnowiec . His contract was terminated in December 2018.

Private

Torunarigha's father is former second division professional and coach Ojokojo Torunarigha . His younger brother Jordan Torunarigha is under contract with Hertha BSC .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cfc-fanpage.de: Portrait of Junior Torunarigha , accessed on July 24, 2011
  2. ↑ steilflanke.de: I was loved as a footballer and rejected as a person , accessed on July 24, 2011
  3. ↑ spox.com: RWO signs Junior Torunarigha , accessed on July 24, 2011
  4. ↑ kicker.de: RWO unlucky - newcomer Torunarigha injured , accessed on July 24, 2011
  5. ↑ kicker.de: Rot-Weiß Oberhausen - Werder Bremen II , accessed on September 24, 2011
  6. ^ Obligation of Junior Torunarigha under wraps
  7. ↑ Meuselwitz brings Junior Torunarigha to www.4-liga.com, accessed on September 14, 2014
  8. ↑ Junior Torunarigha nieuwste aanwinst Fortuna Sittard. In: fortunasittard.nl. Fortuna Sittard BV, July 20, 2016, accessed February 5, 2017 (Dutch).
  9. ↑ Alemannia sign Junior Torunarigha
  10. ↑ Rozwiązany kontrakt z Juniorem Torunarighą. In: zaglebie.eu. December 10, 2018, accessed December 11, 2018 (Polish).
  11. ↑ After only five months: Torunarigha terminates contract with Zaglebie Sosnowiec. Retrieved December 11, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Christian Ewers: I will run like a black man to live like a white man: The tragedy of African football. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2010, ISBN 978-3579068725 .
  13. ↑ Jordan Torunarigha turns pro! In: herthabsc.de. Hertha BSC , December 19, 2016, accessed on February 5, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Torunarigha, junior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Nigerian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Ibadan , Nigeria