Solomon Okoronkwo

{{Short description|Nigerian footballer (born 1987)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Solomon Okoronkwo

| image = SOkoronkwo.JPG

| image_size = 200px

| fullname = Solomon Ndubisi Okoronkwo

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1987|3|2}}

| birth_place = Enugu, Nigeria

| height = 1.86 m{{cite web |title=Solomon Okoronkwo: FuPa |url=https://www.fupa.net/player/solomon-okoronkwo-43191 |website=FuPa |access-date=19 December 2024 |language=de-DE}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs1 = River Lane Youth Club

| youthclubs2 = Gabros International

| years1 = 2004 | clubs1 = Gabros International | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 2005–2008 | clubs2 = Hertha BSC | caps2 = 39 | goals2 = 4

| years3 = 2007 | clubs3 = → Rot-Weiss Essen (loan) | caps3 = 15 | goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2008–2011 | clubs4 = Saturn Moscow Oblast | caps4 = 14 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2011–2012 | clubs5 = Aalesund | caps5 = 12 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2012–2013 | clubs6 = Pécsi MFC | caps6 = 17 | goals6 = 4

| years7 = 2013–2015 | clubs7 = Erzgebirge Aue | caps7 = 29 | goals7 = 2

| years8 = 2015 | clubs8 = SV Sandhausen | caps8 = 12 | goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2015–2016 | clubs9 = 1. FC Saarbrücken | caps9 = 25 | goals9 = 6

| years10= 2017 | clubs10= TSG Neustrelitz | caps10= 13 | goals10 = 3

| years11= 2017–2018 | clubs11= BFC Dynamo | caps11= 24 | goals11 = 3

| years12= 2018–2019 | clubs12= BSV Rehden | caps12= 17 | goals12 = 2

| years13= 2020 | clubs13= HSC Hannover | caps13= 4 | goals13 = 0

| years14= 2020–2021 | clubs14= CFC Hertha 06 | caps14= 8 | goals14 = 3

| years15= 2021 | clubs15= Brandenburger SC Süd | caps15= 3 | goals15 = 0

| years16= 2021–2022 | clubs16= CFC Hertha 06 | caps16= 25 | goals16 = 6

| years17= 2023 | clubs17= Berlin Türkspor | caps17= 9 | goals17 = 0

| years18= 2023–2024 | clubs18= BFC Meteor 06 | caps18= 21 | goals18 = 10

| totalcaps = 287

| totalgoals = 44

| nationalyears1 = 2003 | nationalteam1 = Nigeria U17 | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2005 | nationalteam2 = Nigeria U20 | nationalcaps2 = 6 | nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2008 | nationalteam3 = Nigeria U23 | nationalcaps3 = 6 | nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 2010–2011 | nationalteam4 = Nigeria | nationalcaps4 = 2 | nationalgoals4 = 0

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{NGR}}}}{{MedalSport|Men's Football}}{{MedalSilver|2008 Beijing|Team Competition}}

}}

Solomon Ndubisi Okoronkwo {{IPAc-en||audio=Ig-Solomon Ndubisi Okoronkwo.ogg}}(born 2 March 1987) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

He was discovered in 2004 by FIFA agent Marcelo Houseman, who got his guardianship and took him to Hertha BSC. In October 2004, his agent recommended Okoronkwo to coach Samson Siasia and he was fundamental for Nigeria's U-20 qualifying for the African Youth Championship in Benin 2005. He was also on the Nigerian Under 23 team that won silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.{{cite web | url = http://www.tribune.com.ng/sun/index.php/sports/1743-5 | title = Okoronkwo replaces IK Uche | publisher = Sunday Tribune | date = 1 August 2010 | access-date = 13 October 2012 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120229175036/http://www.tribune.com.ng/sun/index.php/sports/1743-5 | archive-date = 29 February 2012 }} Okoronkwo was called up for his first senior cap in October 2008 by Nigeria coach Shaibu Amodu.{{cite web | url = http://www.goal.com/en/news/1656/nigeria/2008/10/29/937953/nigeria-name-full-strength-squad-for-colombia-clash | title = Nigeria Name Full-Strength Squad For Colombia Clash | publisher = goalcom | date = 29 October 2008 | accessdate = 13 October 2012}}

On 28 January 2011, Okoronkwo moved to Aalesund in the Norwegian Premier League.

After playing in the lower tiers of German football for several Berlin-based clubs, including BFC Dynamo, CFC Hertha 06, Berlin Türkspor, and BFC Meteor 06 from 2017 to 2024, Okoronkwo left senior football and transitioned to veterans football, rejoining many former Hertha BSC players in the Ü32 team.{{cite web |title=Hertha BSC (Herren Ü32) |url=https://www.fussball.de/mannschaft/hertha-bsc-hertha-bsc-berlin/-/saison/2425/team-id/0128F80TCG000000VV0AG811VTKBOVAC#!/ |website=Fussball.de |access-date=19 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241219112624/https://www.fussball.de/mannschaft/hertha-bsc-hertha-bsc-berlin/-/saison/2425/team-id/0128F80TCG000000VV0AG811VTKBOVAC#!/ |archive-date=19 December 2024 |language=de}}

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
rowspan="2"|Season

!rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Division

!colspan="2"|League

!colspan="2"|Cup

!colspan="2"|Total

AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2011

|rowspan="1" valign="center"|Aalesund

|rowspan="1" valign="center"|Tippeligaen

|12

042162
2011–12

|rowspan="2" valign="center"|Pécsi

|rowspan="2" valign="center"|OTP Bank Liga

|7

10071
2012–13

|10

331134
2013–14

|rowspan="1" valign="center"|Erzgebirge Aue

|rowspan="1" valign="center"|2. Bundesliga

|12

010130
colspan="3"|Career Total

!41

483497

References

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