Mike Okoro

Mike Emmanuel Okoro (born 30 December 1981 in Enugu, Nigeria) is a Nigerian retired professional footballer.

Mike Okoro
Personal information
Date of birth 30 December 1981
Place of birth Enugu, Nigeria
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
– Kogi United F.C.[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000[2] GKS Katowice 14 (1)
2000 Górnik Zabrze (trial)[3][4]
2000–2001[5] Amica Wronki II[6]
2000–2001 Amica Wronki[2] 2 (0)
2001–2002[7] Indian Telephone Industries
2002–2004[8] East Bengal F.C.[7]
2004–2005 Sparta Szamotuły[9]
2005 Lech Poznań (trial)[9]
2005–2006[10] East Bengal F.C.[11]
2006–2009 Mohammedan SC[10][12]
2009 Sparta Szamotuły
2010 JCT F.C. 13 (5[13])
2011 Grom Plewiska[14]
2011–2013 Świt Piotrowo[15][16][17]
2014–2015[18] Pogoń Lwówek 18 (2)
2015–2016[19] Sokół Pniewy 9 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Sweden

Had a trial with BoIS alongside Zambian Chitalu Mpundu in 2005.[20]

India

Receiving offers from Germany, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Goa in view of his performances with Indian Telephone Industries during 2001/02,[1] Okoro ended up with East Bengal for the next season,[21] striking a hat-trick in a 4-1 rout of Hindustan Aeronautics.[22] Reuniting with East Bengal from Poland in 2005[23] despite interest from Dempo and Mahindra United months earlier.[24] Skipping the Red & Gold Brigade's encounter away to JCT to renew his Polish citizenship in February 2006,[25] the club reportedly owed Okoro 130000 Rupees when he visited Poland for citizenship reasons.[26] This amount was eventually given to him[26] despite them originally saying that he in fact owed them 334000 Rupees.[27]

Throughout his career, the Nigerian has been committed a series of transgressions, including pushing the referee in 2003[28] slapping a different referee while with Mohammedan in 2008 for "asking uncomfortable questions",[29] and breaching contract regulations by exchanging teams mid-season despite signing a one-year contract with Mohammedan in 2007.[30]

Personal life

His baby, Juliette, died in 2005, the same year she was born.[31] With his Irish girlfriend Barbara, the striker took the educational responsibility of an orphan girl, who was then four years old.[32]

References
  1. Okoro aiming to play in Germany Times of India
  2. Przyszli, odeszli Wyborcza Katowice
  3. Mercato summer-autumn 2000 Pawel Mogielnicki's Page
  4. 15.07.2000 - Górnik Zabrze - Hetman Zamość 1:0 WikiGórnik
  5. Czerwone derby w Kościanie NaszeMiasto.pl
  6. Puchar Polski okręgu poznańskiego dla rezerw Amiki Wronki Wyborcza Poznań
  7. Season ending transfers 2002 IndianFootball.Com
  8. Season ending transfers 2004 IndianFootball.Com
  9. Gorący sparing NaszeMiasto.pl
  10. Season ending transfers 2006 IndianFootball.com
  11. Season ending transfers 2005 IndianFootball.com
  12. I-League: Okoro Inspires Mohammedan Victory Goal.com
  13. I-League Comment: The Two Nigerian Strikers Have Come To JCT’s Rescue Goal.com
  14. Match report Łączy nas piłka
  15. Lista piłkarzy z Afryki w Polsce (3) AfrykaGola.pl
  16. Znamy już listę kandydatów w konkursie SMS "Piłkarz Amator 2012" Gloswielkopolski.pl
  17. Dobra passa Świtu! lzs świt piotrowo - Futbolowo.pl
  18. 21 osobowa kadra, transfery Pogoni Pogoń Lwówek
  19. "Trzy szybkie do..." Sokół Pniewy Peryferia Futbolu
  20. Två testspelare hos BoIS SvenskaFans.com
  21. Okoro ours, say East Bengal Times of India
  22. Okoro scores thrice for East Bengal Rediff.com
  23. Mike Okoro raring to go Telegraph India
  24. Okoro's NFL foray held up in Poland Times of India
  25. Is everything OK with Okoro? Times of India
  26. Okoro-EB standoff put to rest, for a while Telegraph India
  27. New twist to Mike Okoro episode Telegraph India
  28. IFA lets off players lightly - Barreto, Okoro among 7 banned for a match The Telegraph - Calcutta
  29. Journalist slapped by Mohammedan Sporting's Nigerian player Sify.com
  30. IFA slaps heavy fines on Okoro and Tombo Zee News
  31. Okoro loses baby Telegraph India
  32. EB's Okoro scores winner Times of India
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