Paschal Okoli
{{Short description|Nigerian footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Paschal Okoli
| image =
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| fullname = Paschal Onyedika Okoli
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|10|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Nigeria
| height =
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Čelik Zenica
| clubnumber = 4
| youthyears1 = 2016–2017
| youthclubs1 = Bursaspor
| years1 = 2017–2018
| clubs1 = Bursaspor
| caps1 = 1
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2017–2018
| clubs2 = Bursaspor U21
| caps2 = 5
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2018
| clubs3 = → Čelik Zenica (loan)
| caps3 = 7
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2018–2019
| clubs4 = Bursaspor
| caps4 = 0
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2019–
| clubs5 = Čelik Zenica
| caps5 = 11
| goals5 = 0
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 =
| nationalcaps1 =
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| pcupdate = 25 May 2019
| ntupdate =
}}
Paschal Onyedika Okoli (born 17 October 1997) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina club NK Čelik Zenica.
Club career
=Early career=
Okoli signed his first professional contract with Turkish Süper Lig club Bursaspor on 14 July 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.bursaspor.org.tr/bs//haber?id=22849|title=Bursaspor Kulübü Resmi İnternet Sitesi|last=Bursaspor|website=www.bursaspor.org.tr|access-date=2017-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116131643/https://www.bursaspor.org.tr/bs//haber?id=22849|archive-date=2018-11-16|url-status=dead}} He made his professional debut with Bursaspor in a 2–1 league loss to Galatasaray on 24 September 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=528&macId=180384|title=BURSASPOR GALATASARAY A.Ş. - Match Details TFF|website=www.tff.org}}
While at the club, Okoli also played for the U21 team of Bursaspor, making 5 appearances and scoring one goal.
From February to June 2018, he was loaned out to Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina club NK Čelik Zenica.{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/novo-pojacanje-celika-dolazi-iz-bursaspora/269516|title=Novo pojačanje Čelika dolazi iz Bursaspora|date=28 February 2018|access-date=28 February 2018|language=Bosnian|author=A. Pašić|publisher=sportsport.ba}} He played 7 matches for Čelik and scored one goal in that period.
After coming back to Bursaspor in June 2018, Okoli didn't make a single appearance in the 2018–19 Süper Lig season, and in February 2019, he left Bursaspor.
=Čelik Zenica=
On 18 February 2019, shortly after leaving Bursaspor, Okoli returned to and signed for Čelik Zenica.{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/zenicani-se-pojacali-okoli-potpisao-za-nk-celik/307002|title=Zeničani se pojačali: Okoli potpisao za NK Čelik|date=18 February 2019|access-date=18 February 2019|language=Bosnian|author=S.Mlaćo|publisher=sportsport.ba}}
He made his debut for Čelik on 2 March 2019, in a 1–1 league draw against FK Tuzla City.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/03/02/bosnia-herzegovina/premier-liga/sloga/nk-celik-zenica/2940965/|title=Tuzla City vs Čelik Zenica|date=2 March 2019|access-date=2 March 2019|language=English|publisher=Soccerway.com}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 25 May 2019}}{{Soccerway|paschal-onyedika-okoli/496630}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Bursaspor
|1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | ||
| Čelik Zenica (loan)
|7 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 1 | |||
| Bursaspor
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| Čelik Zenica
|11 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 0 | |||
| colspan=3|Career total
!19||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||20||1 |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{TFF player|1977674}}
- {{Mackolik player|491774}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Okoli, Paschal}}
Category:Nigerian men's footballers
Category:Bursaspor footballers
Category:NK Čelik Zenica players
Category:Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina