Maduka Okoye
Maduka Okoye | ||
Personnel | ||
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Surname | Maduka Emilio Okoye | |
birthday | August 28, 1999 | |
place of birth | Dusseldorf , Germany | |
size | 198 cm | |
position | goal | |
Juniors | ||
Years | station | |
SC Flingern 08 | ||
Fortuna Dusseldorf | ||
Borussia Monchengladbach | ||
2009-2017 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | |
2017-2018 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
2017-2020 | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 34 (0) |
2019-2020 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 0 (0) |
2020– | Sparta Rotterdam | 0 (0) |
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
2019– | Nigeria | 1 (0) |
1 Only league games are given. As of June 30, 2020 2 As of October 13, 2019 |
Maduka Emilio Okoye (born August 28, 1999 in Düsseldorf ) is a Nigerian - German football goalkeeper who is under contract with Sparta Rotterdam and is a Nigerian national player.
Career
society
Okoye began playing football at the Düsseldorf district club SC Flingern 08, initially as a striker, then as a goalkeeper. He enjoyed his training in the youth training centers of Borussia Mönchengladbach and eight years in that of Bayer 04 Leverkusen . At the age of 18, the goalkeeper moved to Fortuna Düsseldorf , where he played in the A-Juniors Bundesliga , but also made his first appearances for the regional league team .
From the 2018/19 season he was a permanent member of the team and took turns with Jannick Theißen and Mario Zelic in goal. Under head coach Uwe Rösler , Okoye was in the Bundesliga squad for the first time on matchday 22 of the following season as a backup for Florian Kastenmeier .
On July 13, 2020, he moved to the Dutch first division club Sparta Rotterdam for two years with the option of a further two years .
National team
In mid-October 2019, Okoye made his debut in a friendly between Nigeria and Brazil after substituting for the injured goalkeeper Francis Uzoho .
Personal
Okoye's father is Nigerian , his mother German .
Web links
- Maduka Okoye in the database of weltfussball.de
- Maduka Okoye in the database of transfermarkt.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c "It doesn't matter whether Brazil or Wattenscheid" , rp-online.de, accessed on February 15, 2020
- ↑ a b So emotional was his international game premiere against Brazil , express.de, accessed on February 15, 2020
- ↑ Sparta contracteert doelman Okoye. sparta-rotterdam.nl, July 13, 2020, accessed on July 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Maduka Okoye is living his dream with the "Super Eagles" , wz.de, accessed on February 15, 2020
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Okoye, Maduka |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Okoye, Maduka Emilio (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nigerian-German soccer goalkeeper |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1999 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf , Germany |