Julius Aghahowa
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Julius Efosa Aghahowa | ||
Date of birth | 12 February 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Benin City, Nigeria | ||
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Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
Police Machines | |||
Bendel Insurance | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–1999 | Bendel Insurance | ||
1999–2000 | Espérance | ||
2000–2007 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 89 | (32) |
2007–2008 | Wigan Athletic | 20 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Kayserispor | 29 | (6) |
2009–2012 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 10 | (1) |
2010–2011 | → Sevastopol (loan) | 10 | (1) |
Total | 158 | (40) | |
International career | |||
2000-2007 | Nigeria | 32 | (14) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Julius Aghahowa (Ukrainian: Джуліус Агахова; born 12 February 1982 in Benin City) is a retired Nigerian footballer. He is known for his pace and his back-flips when he scores goals. Aghahowa became the first foreign national outside of the former Soviet Union who was among the best scorers in the Ukrainian Premier League (2000-01).
Aghahowa has played for Nigeria at four Africa Cup of Nations, the 2002 World Cup and the 2000 Olympics, as well as playing top-flight football in Tunisia, Ukraine, England and Turkey.
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Club career
Early career
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.[1]
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,[2] playing his first Premiership match for them against Portsmouth on 3 February.[3] Aghahowa did not score for Wigan in one and half years and on 20 June 2008, he signed for Kayserispor.[4]
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[5] 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 PFC 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.[6]
International career
Aghahowa has played 32 matches and scored 14 goals for the Nigerian 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
Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Ukraine | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
2000-01 | Shakhtar | Premier League | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 |
2001-02 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 10 | ||
2002-03 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 3 | ||
2003-04 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 10 | ||
2004-05 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 33 | 16 | ||
2005-06 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
2006-07 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 3 | ||
England | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
2006-07 | Wigan Athletic | Premier League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
2007-08 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
Turkey | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
2008-09 | Kayserispor | Süper Lig | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6 |
Ukraine | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
2009-10 | Shakhtar | Premier League | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
2010-11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Ukraine | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
2010-11 | Sevastopol | Premier League | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
Total | Ukraine | 109 | 34 | 261 | 10 | 43 | 8 | 178 | 54 | |
England | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
Turkey | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6 | ||
Career total | 158 | 40 | 261 | 10 | 43 | 8 | 227 | 60 |
International
Nigeria national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2000 | 4 | 3 |
2001 | 5 | 2 |
2002 | 12 | 7 |
2003 | - | - |
2004 | 5 | 1 |
2005 | 2 | 1 |
2006 | 3 | 0 |
2007 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 32 | 14 |
Honours
- Espérance
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- 2000
- Shakhtar Donetsk
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- 2002, 2004
References
- ↑ Lars Bøgeskov, "Jyder snydt for supertalent", Politiken, 27 August 1999.
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External links
- Julius Aghahowa career statistics at Soccerbase
- Nigerian Players
- Football Database
- Time for Aghahowa to stop blowing hot and cold
- Julius Aghahowa at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Julius Aghahowa at Soccerway
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- Living people
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