Julius Aghahowa

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Julius Aghahowa
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Aghahowa with Shakhtar Donetsk in 2010
Personal information
Full name Julius Efosa Aghahowa
Date of birth (1982-02-12) 12 February 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Benin City, Nigeria
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Police Machines
Bendel Insurance
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–1999 Bendel Insurance
1999–2000 Espérance
2000–2007 Shakhtar Donetsk 89 (32)
2001 → Shakhtar-2 Donetsk 3 (0)
2007–2008 Wigan Athletic 20 (0)
2008–2009 Kayserispor 29 (6)
2009–2012 Shakhtar Donetsk 10 (1)
2010–2011 → Sevastopol (loan) 10 (1)
Total161(40)
International career
2000–2007 Nigeria 32 (14)
2000 Nigeria Olympic 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Julius Efosa Aghahowa (born 12 February 1982) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

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Aghahowa played in Ukraine, England and Turkey during his career. Known for his pace and acrobatic goal celebrations, he performed six consecutive perfect backflips after scoring a goal against Sweden at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. [1]

Club career

Early career

Born in Benin City, Aghahowa began his career with the Police Machines, a local police team, and went on to Bendel Insurance. He signed for Danish lower division team Herning Fremad before the 1999 African Youth Championship, but Aghahowa performed so well there that he wanted to play for a bigger club. He ended up with the Tunisian champions, Espérance, when he procured a contract with the Tunisians which predated the Herning Fremad contract. [2]

Shakhtar Donetsk

In the middle of the 2000–01 season, Aghahowa transferred to Shakhtar Donetsk, who soon won the Ukrainian league championship. Aghahowa won the game for Shakhtar in the 2006 Ukrainian Championship against Dynamo Kyiv, heading the winner in extra-time and being named man of the match. His performance in the final has been widely seen as the "saving grace" of his career at Shakhtar, with his future at the club looking bleak earlier in the season. After playing over six years for Shakhtar Donetsk, Aghahowa left for Wigan Athletic.

Wigan Athletic

His work permit was passed and on 30 January 2007, he signed for Wigan Athletic for an undisclosed fee, [3] playing his first Premiership match for them against Portsmouth on 3 February. [4] Aghahowa did not score for Wigan in one and half years and on 20 June 2008, he signed for Kayserispor. [5]

Return to Shakhtar Donetsk

On 4 July 2009, Shakhtar Donetsk signed Aghahowa on a free transfer after he was released by Kayserispor. He had already played for Shakhtar from 2000 to 2007 [6] and declared a great desire to play for his old club. However, he could not find himself as a regular starter and was loaned out to Sevastopol at the beginning of the 2010–11 season. He was released at the end of the 2011–12 season, announcing his retirement from the game in April 2013. [7]

International career

Aghahowa played 32 matches and scored 14 goals for the Nigeria national team, including their only goal at the 2002 World Cup against Sweden. He became Nigeria's top goalscorer at the 2002 African Nations Cup. He also played at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotalRef.
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Shakhtar Donetsk 2000–01 Vyshcha Liha 8721–00–108
2001–02 17721–62–2510
2002–03 10141–31–173
2003–04 17662–42–2710
2004–05 15853–135–3316
2005–06 13021–50–201
2006–07 9310–701 [lower-alpha 1] 0183
Total89322290038101015051–
Wigan Athletic 2006–07 Premier League 600000––60 [8]
2007–08 1400000––140 [8]
Total20000000000200–
Kayserispor 2008–09 Süper Lig 29640––10346 [8]
Shakhtar Donetsk 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League 9130–501 [lower-alpha 2] 0181 [8]
2010–11 1000–000010 [8]
2011–12 0000–000000 [8]
Total10130005010191–
Sevastopol (loan) 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League10100–––101 [8]
Career total158402990043103023359–
  1. ↑ One appearance in Ukrainian Super Cup
  2. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Super Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year [9]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Nigeria 200043
200152
2002127
200300
200451
200521
200630
200710
Total3214

Honours

Espérance

Shakhtar Donetsk

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References

  1. ↑ Hattenstone, Simon. "Bravo Bernardo, from duffer to dubber". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Lars Bøgeskov, "Jyder snydt for supertalent", Politiken, 27 August 1999.
  3. ↑ "Aghahowa close to Wigan deal". TeamTALK. 29 January 2007. Archived from the original on 18 February 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2007.
  4. ↑ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved 8 February 2007.
  5. ↑ "Striker Aghahowa makes Wigan exit". BBC Sport. 20 June 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2007.
  6. ↑ Julius Aghahowa came back to Shakhtar
  7. ↑ Агахова объявил о завершении карьеры. www.ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). ua-football. 14 April 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Julius Aghahowa at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "Julius Aghahowa". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
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