Noah Ohio
{{Short description|Dutch footballer (born 2003)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Noah Ohio
| image = FC RB Salzburg gegen FK Austria Wien (8. August 2021) 82 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Ohio playing for Austria Wien in 2021
| fullname = Noah Chidiebere Junior Anyanwu Ohio{{cite web |url=https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gc-media-assets.gc.eflservices.co.uk/e19424f0-c744-11ee-853d-45dc8c5cdb15.pdf |title=EFL – Squad List 2023/24: Hull City – In Squad Players |publisher=English Football League |page=14 |accessdate=15 February 2024}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|1|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Almere, Netherlands
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Utrecht
| clubnumber = 11
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2015
| youthclubs1 = FC Almere
| youthyears2 = 2015–2016
| youthclubs2 = Manchester United
| youthyears3 = 2016–2019
| youthclubs3 = Manchester City
| youthyears4 = 2019–2021
| youthclubs4 = RB Leipzig
| years1 = 2021–2022
| clubs1 = RB Leipzig
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2021
| clubs2 = → Vitesse (loan)
| caps2 = 4
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2021
| clubs3 = → Austria Wien II (loan)
| caps3 = 1
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2021–2022
| clubs4 = → Austria Wien (loan)
| caps4 = 30
| goals4 = 5
| years5 = 2022
| clubs5 = Standard Liège II
| caps5 = 4
| goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2022–2024
| clubs6 = Standard Liège
| caps6 = 41
| goals6 = 5
| years7 = 2024
| clubs7 = → Hull City (loan)
| caps7 = 8
| goals7 = 3
| years8 = 2024–
| clubs8 = Utrecht
| caps8 = 23
| goals8 = 5
| years9 = 2025–
| clubs9 = Jong Utrecht
| caps9 = 3
| goals9 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2018
| nationalteam1 = Netherlands U15
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| nationalyears2 = 2018–2019
| nationalteam2 = Netherlands U16
| nationalcaps2 = 4
| nationalgoals2 = 4
| nationalyears3 = 2018–2019
| nationalteam3 = England U16
| nationalcaps3 = 6
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| nationalyears4 = 2022
| nationalteam4 = Netherlands U19
| nationalcaps4 = 3
| nationalgoals4 = 1
| nationalyears5 = 2023–
| nationalteam5 = Netherlands U21
| nationalcaps5 = 10
| nationalgoals5 = 7
| club-update = 18:51, 27 May 2025 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 08:12, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
}}
Noah Chidiebere Junior Anyanwu Ohio (born 16 January 2003) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for {{Dutch football updater|Utrecht}} club Utrecht.
Club career
Born in the Netherlands, Ohio joined Manchester United in 2015 before joining Manchester City the following year.{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11679/11729645/noah-ohio-turns-down-new-contract-at-manchester-city|title=Noah Ohio turns down new contract at Manchester City|publisher=Sky Sports|date=27 May 2019|access-date=28 January 2021}} In June 2019, he agreed to join the youth academy of Bundesliga side RB Leipzig.{{cite web|url=https://www.footballinsider247.com/man-city-player-agrees-to-join-leipzig/|title=Exclusive: Man City striker agrees to join Bundesliga club|website=footballinsider247.com|date=11 June 2019|access-date=28 January 2021}} In January 2021, Ohio joined Eredivisie side Vitesse on an 18-month loan deal.{{cite web|url=https://www.vitesse.nl/nl/nieuws/detail/8795/noah-ohio-op-weg-naar-vitesse|title=NOAH OHIO OP WEG NAAR VITESSE|publisher=SBV Vitesse|date=5 January 2021|access-date=28 January 2021|language=Dutch}} On 27 January 2021, he made his professional debut, coming on as a late substitute in a defeat against VVV-Venlo.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2021/01/27/netherlands/eredivisie/vvv-venlo/sbv-vitesse/3304660/|title=VVV VS. VITESSE 4 - 1|website=Soccerway|date=27 January 2021|access-date=28 January 2021}}
On 14 July 2022, Ohio joined Standard Liège on a four-year contract.{{Cite web |date=14 July 2022 |title=Noah Ohio tekent bij de Rouches |url=https://standard.be/nl/news/noah-ohio-tekent-bij-de-rouches |access-date=14 July 2022 |website=Standard Liege |language=dutch}}
On 30 January 2024 he moved on loan to English cub Hull City.{{cite news | title = Ohio completes loan move | url = https://www.wearehullcity.co.uk/news/2024/january/30/ohio-completes-loan-move/ | accessdate = 30 January 2024 | publisher = Hull City A.F.C. | date = 30 January 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68130981|title=Hull City sign Luton's Giles and Liege's Ohio|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=30 January 2024|date=30 January 2024}} He made his debut for the club as a 74th-minute substitute for Anass Zaroury on 3 February in the home 1–0 win against Millwall.{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68114772 | title = Hull City 1–0 Millwall | date = 3 February 2024 | work = BBC Sport | accessdate = 3 February 2024}} On his second appearance on 13 February, as a 67th-minute substitute for Zaroury he scored the winning goal in a 2–1 away match against Rotherham United.{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68212933 | title = Rotherham United 1–2 Hull City | date = 13 February 2024 | work = BBC Sport | accessdate = 13 February 2024}} In July 2024, Ohio joined Eredivisie side Utrecht on a three-year deal.{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/fc-utrecht-sign-noah-ohio-114700859.html|title=FC Utrecht sign Noah Ohio from Standard Liège following loan spell with Hull City|website=sports.yahoo.com|date=8 July 2024|accessdate=15 July 2024}}
International career
Ohio was born in the Netherlands to Igbo Nigerian parents and moved to England at a young age.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraaf.nl/sport/719585889/wie-is-noah-ohio-de-nieuwe-spits-van-vitesse|title=Wie is Noah Ohio, de nieuwe spits van Vitesse?|date=23 January 2021|website=Telegraaf}} Ohio is eligible to play for Nigeria, England, and the Netherlands at international level. He played for Netherlands U15 in 2018 before representing both England and the Netherlands at under-16 level the following year. He represented the Netherlands at the U19 and U21 levels, including scoring seven goals in nine U21 European championship qualifying matches.{{worldfootball.net|noah-ohio}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 18 May 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Austrian Cup, Belgian Cup}} !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| RB Leipzig
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vitesse (loan)
|4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Austria Wien (loan)
|30 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 6 | |
| Austria Wien II (loan)
|Austrian Football Second League |1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Standard Liège
|27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 5 | |
| 2023–24
|Belgian Pro League |14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 1 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!41 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 6 | |
| Standard Liège II
|4 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 2 | ||
| Hull City (loan)
|8 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 3 | ||
| Utrecht
|Eredivisie |23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 5 | |
| Jong Utrecht
|3 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 2 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!114 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 121 | 24 |
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References
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External links
- {{soccerway|noah-ohio/571268}}
{{FC Utrecht squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ohio, Noah}}
Category:Footballers from Almere
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