Wilson Oruma
Wilson Oruma | ||
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Personnel | ||
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birthday | December 30, 1976 | |
place of birth | Warri , Nigeria | |
position | attacking midfield | |
Juniors | ||
Years | station | |
1993-1994 | RC Lens | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
1994-1996 | RC Lens | 35 | (2)
1996-1997 | AS Nancy | 22 | (0)
1997-1998 | RC Lens | 7 | (0)
1998-1999 | Samsunspor | 21 | (4)
1999-2000 | Olympique Nîmes | 25 | (2)
2000-2002 | Servette Geneva | 49 (12) |
2002-2005 | FC Sochaux | 77 | (6)
2005-2008 | Olympique Marseille | 56 | (3)
2008-2009 | EA Guingamp | 24 | (5)
2009-2010 | AO Kavala | 23 | (0)
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) |
1994-2006 | Nigeria | 19 | (3)
1 Only league games are given. |
Wilson Oruma (born December 30, 1976 in Warri ) is a former Nigerian football player who was mainly used as a midfielder.
Career
society
Oruma started his career in France with RC Lens . When he had passed through the youth there, he advanced to the professionals in 1994. After two years and 35 games, Oruma was loaned to AS Nancy . Here he came to 22 games in the entire season. After returning to Lens, he played just seven games and was retired shortly thereafter. So he moved to Turkey to Samsunspor , where he became a regular and scored four goals in 21 games. But it didn't last long here either. In the summer of 1999, he was drawn to Olympique Nîmes in Ligue 2 , France's second-highest division. Here he completed 25 missions and scored twice for Nîmes. However, his time here was not forever, so he finally switched to Servette Geneva , where he ran 49 times in two years and was successful twelve times. In the summer of 2002 he moved back to France, this time to FC Sochaux , where he stayed for three years before moving to Olympique Marseille in 2005 on a free transfer . In the summer of 2008 he then signed a contract with the French second division club EA Guingamp , with which Wilson Oruma was able to celebrate winning the French Cup ten months later . On July 27, 2009 he signed a one-year contract with the Greek first division promoted AO Kavala. There he ended his career in the summer of 2010.
National team
For his country Nigeria he was on the pitch at the 1998 World Cup . In 1996 he won the Olympic gold medal in Atlanta with the "Supereagles", as Nigeria's team is also known . In 2006 Oruma took part in the African Championship in Egypt with Nigeria and came third.
successes
society
- 1998: French champion with RC Lens
- 2003: Finalist of the Coupe de la Ligue with FC Sochaux
- 2004: Finalist of the Coupe de la Ligue with FC Sochaux
- 2005: Intertoto Cup with Olympique de Marseille
- 2006: Final of the Coupe de France with Olympique Marseille
- 2007: Final of the Coupe de France with Olympique Marseille
- 2007: French runner-up with Olympique Marseille
- 2009: French cup winner with EA Guingamp
National team
- 1993: World champion and top scorer at the U-17 soccer world championship in Japan
- 1996: Gold medal at the Olympic Games in Atlanta
swell
- Wilson Oruma in the database of transfermarkt.de
- Player's career statistics
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Oruma, Wilson |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nigerian soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1976 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Warri |