Abdul Iyodo

Abdul Iyodo (born 10 October 1979) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a striker.[1][3]

Abdul Iyodo
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-10-10) 10 October 1979
Place of birth Kano, Nigeria
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1996 Kano Pillars
1996–1999 FC Martigues
1999–2002 SG Wattenscheid 09 79 (36)
2002–2004 Schalke 04 4 (0)
2002–2004 Schalke 04 II 58 (30)
2004–2005 Karlsruher SC 7 (0)
2005–2006 SG Wattenscheid 09[2] 32 (20)
2006–2009 SV Elversberg 67 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Iyodo started his senior career with Kano Pillars. He first moved to Europe in 1996 joining French club FC Martigues. In 1999, he signed with German club SG Wattenscheid 09 where he scored 36 goals in three years[4] and attracted offers from professional clubs in 2002.[5] After a move to FC St. Pauli fell through,[6][7] he joined Schalke 04's reserves.[4] At Schalke he had disciplinary problems[8] and made six appearances for the first team.

After that, he played for German clubs Karlsruher SC,[9] SG Wattenscheid 09, and SV Elversberg. In December 2008, Elversberg announced Iyodo was free to find a new club.[10] After the 2008–09 season, he played for the club's reserve team.[11]

From 2010 he played for lower-league clubs CSV Bochum-Linden,[12] Holzwickeder SC,[13][14] SG Wattenscheid 09 II,[15][16][17] SW Eppendorf,[18][19] 1. SG Regental,[20] and TSV Nittenau.[21][22][23]

References
  1. Abdul Iyodo at WorldFootball.net
  2. SG WATTENSCHEID 09 AOKTraditionsmasters
  3. "Fußball im Westen 2005" (PDF). Deutscher Sportclub für Fußballstatistiken (in German). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  4. "Iyodo jetzt auf Schalke". kicker (in German). 23 July 2002. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  5. Tartemann, Thomas (27 March 2002). "Goalgetter Iyodo muss gehen". kicker (in German). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  6. Bönig, Christian (12 July 2002). "Neuer Brennpunkt: Demuth kontra Aufsichtsrat". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  7. Pletz, Christian (18 November 2012). "Ein Waffenhändler am Tisch". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  8. "SCHALKE U 23: Die wundersame Wandlung des Abdul Iyodo". RevierSport (in German). 3 October 2003. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  9. "KSC verpflichtet Stürmer Abdul Iyodo und Torhüter Jean Francois Kornetzky". Karlsruher SC (in German). 15 June 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  10. "Jansen, Iyodo, Akwuegbu können gehen". Saarbrücker Zeitung (in German). 11 December 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  11. VfR Wormatia 08 Worms e.V. (PDF) (in German) https://www.wormatia.de/fileadmin/archiv/Stadionzeitungen/2009-2010/2009-09-05_Elversberg.pdf. Retrieved 28 April 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ""Es waren keine Spieler da"". RevierSport (in German). 15 November 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  13. Krug, Sebastian (2 October 2011). "HSV siegt 3:0 bei RW Horn - Abdul Iyodo verpflichtet". Westfalenpost (in German). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  14. "Iyodo soll für Durchschlagskraft sorgen". RevierSport (in German). 3 October 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  15. Moritz, Alexander (29 August 2012). "Iyodo wieder bei der SG 09". Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  16. Baguitte, Robert (6 September 2012). "Ex-Profi Iyodo ist zurück". RevierSport (in German). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  17. Moritz, Alexander (13 May 2013). "Iyodo bricht den Bann - SW 08 II lässt Federn". Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  18. Mohr, Peter (1 February 2012). "Echter Knaller: Abdul Iyodo kickt jetzt in Eppendorf" (in German). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  19. "Wintertransfers in Bochum in der Übersicht". RevierSport (in German). 12 February 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  20. Lanzl, Bernhard (15 August 2014). "SG Regental macht halbes Dutzend voll gegen Pemfling!". FuPa.net (in German). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  21. Grabowski, Philipp (29 December 2017). "Iyodo: Nigeria, Schalke, jetzt Kreisliga". fussball.de (in German). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  22. "„Don Jupp" als Starthilfe für Kreisliga". Mittelbayerische (in German). 29 November 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  23. "Vereinsblatt SG Gleiritsch/Trausnitz" (PDF). DJK Gleiritsch (in German). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
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