Anthony Okpotu

Nigerian footballer

Anthony Okpotu
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-03-03) 3 March 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Makurdi, Nigeria
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Al-Ain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Lobi Stars
2013–2014 Al-Ittihad Tripoli
2015–2018 Lobi Stars
2018–2019 Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi 1 (0)
2019 → Laçi (loan) 10 (1)
2019–2020 US Monastir 25 (13)
2020–2022 Qatar 32 (7)
2022–2023 Al Masry 7 (0)
2023– Al-Ain 0 (0)
International career‡
2018– Nigeria 6 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:59, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 August 2018 (UTC)

Anthony Okpotu (born 3 March 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi club Al-Ain and the Nigerian national team.

Club career

Born in Makurdi, Okpotu spent his early club football with Lobi Stars and Al-Ittihad Tripoli.[1][2] In April 2018 he had a trial at Danish club Brøndby.[3] He joined Morocco side Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi in July 2018.[4] On 31 January 2019, Okpotu was loaned out to Albanian club KF Laçi.[5]

On 10 October 2020, he signed for Qatari club Qatar SC.[6]

On 28 July 2023, Okpotu joined Saudi First Division side Al-Ain.[7]

International career

Okpotu made his international debut for Nigeria in 2018.[1]

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b c "Anthony Okpotu". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Okpotu seeks for space among stars". The Guardian Nigeria. 23 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Truppen til dagens Reserveligakamp mod FCK" (in Danish). Brøndby IF. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  4. ^ Ed Dove (12 July 2018). "NPFL goal king Anthony Okpotu moves to Difaa El Jadida". ESPN. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  5. ^ Anthony Okpotu at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  6. ^ القطرية, العرب (23 October 2020). "نادي قطر يتعاقد مع المهاجم النيجيري انتوني اوكبوتو". العرب القطرية (in Arabic). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  7. ^ "المهاجم النيجيري أنتوني أوكبوتو ، عيناويا".
  8. ^ "جدول ترتيب هدافين الدوري التونسي 2019/2020". جدول. 7 August 2019.
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Al-Ain – current squad
  • 3 Obanor
  • 4 Al-Hulayel
  • 5 Al-Malki
  • 6 Barnawi
  • 7 Okpotu
  • 8 Al-Daajani
  • 9 Al-Mayyad
  • 10 Dodô
  • 11 Maloum
  • 12 Al-Muwallad
  • 16 Dabbaj
  • 17 Baadheem
  • 18 Al-Johani
  • 21 Al-Saleh
  • 24 Daouda
  • 25 Al-Tambakti
  • -28 Al-Jadani
  • 30 Grassi
  • 33 Hawsawi
  • 44 Ouattara
  • 50 Doshi
  • 70 Dagarshawi
  • 71 Al-Shamrani
  • 77 Al-Qarni
  • 87 O. Al-Zahrani
  • 88 Barqawi
  • 93 Al-Osaimi
  • 97 N. Al-Zahrani
  • - Al-Ghamdi
  • Manager: Milinković
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