Gabriel Okechukwu

{{Short description|Nigerian footballer}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gabriel Okechukwu

| image = Gabriel Okechukwu.jpg

| caption =

| fullname = Gabriel Okechukwu

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|08|28|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Lagos, Nigeria

| height = {{height|m=1.95}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Fukushima United FC
(on loan from Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo)

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 200?–2013

| youthclubs1 = Water FC Academy

| years1 = 2013–2015

| clubs1 = Water FC

| years2 = 2013

| clubs2 = → TEAP (loan)

| years3 = 2014–2015

| clubs3 = → St. George's (loan)

| years4 = 2016

| clubs4 = Karpaty Lviv

| years5 = 2017–2018

| clubs5 = Akwa United

| years6 = 2018–

| clubs6 = Wydad Casablanca

| years7 = 2020

| clubs7 = → Chabab Mohammédia (loan)

| caps1 = 17

| goals2 = 11

| caps2 = 18

| goals1 = 19

| caps3 = 12

| goals3 = 13

| caps4 = 6

| goals4 = 1

| caps5 = 16

| goals5 = 9

| caps6 = 7

| goals6 = 0

| caps7 =

| goals7 =

|years8=2021

|clubs8=Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

|caps8=0

|goals8=0

|years9=2021

|clubs9=Fukushima United FC

|caps9=2

|goals9=0

| totalcaps =

| totalgoals =

| nationalyears1 = 2015–2017

| nationalteam1 = Nigeria U23

| nationalcaps1 = 11

| nationalgoals1 = 9

| nationalyears2 = 2018–

| nationalteam2 = Nigeria

| nationalcaps2 = 5

| nationalgoals2 = 2

| club-update = 19:19, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update =

}}

Gabriel Okechukwu (born 28 August 1995) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for on loan from Chabab Mohammédia Wydad AC as a striker.

Career

Okechukwu is a product of Water FC Academy in Abuja. In February 2016 he signed a contract with Ukrainian club FC Karpaty.

Okechukwu was on the provisional squad for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, but eventually did not play any games for this team. In May 2015 he was called up for the Nigeria national football team in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification to play against Chad national football team, but again he did not play in this match.[http://africanfootball.com/news/536361/Eagles-pick-non-league-striker-Okechukwu-Gabriel Eagles pick non-league striker Okechukwu Gabriel]

In August 2018, Okechukwu joined Wydad Casablanca in Morocco.[https://www.busybuddiesng.com/wydad-casablanca-sign-super-eagles-b-star-gabriel-okechukwu/ Wydad Casablanca Sign Super Eagles B Star Gabriel Okechukwu], busybuddiesng.com, 16 August 2018 After only seven appearances in the 2018-19 season and three in the 2019-20 season, he was loaned out to Chabab Mohammédia in January 2020.[https://m.le360.ma/sport/football/le-wydad-recrute-un-ex-rajaoui-72565 Le Wydad recrute un ex-Rajaoui], m.le360.ma, 2 January 2020

In January 2021, Nigerian forward joined Consadole Sapporo FC in Japan. Gabriel Okechukwu joins the J1 League club on a three-year deal that will keep him at the club until 2024, in a deal worth €800,000[https://panafricanfootball.com/2021/01/29/three-year-deal-flies-super-eagles-striker-from-morocco-to-japan/ Three year deal flies Super Eagles striker from Morocco to Japan], panafricanfootball.com/, 29 January 2021

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first.{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/70089/Gabriel_Okechukwu.html|title=Okechukwu, Gabriel|publisher=National Football Teams|accessdate=1 February 2018}}

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! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition

1.28 January 2018Stade Ibn Batouta, Tangier, Morocco{{fb|ANG}}align=center | 2–1align=center | 2–1 {{aet}}2018 African Nations Championship
2.31 January 2018Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco{{fb|SUD}}align=center | 1–0align=center | 1–02018 African Nations Championship

References

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