Odion Ighalo

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Born
1989 (37 years old)
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Lagos, Nigeria

Position
Centre-Forward

Status
Active

Ethnicity
Black

Team Number
9

Height
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Weight
174 lbs

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Agent
Aneke/PMG

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Sport

Soccer

Team
Al-Wehda

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League
Saudi First Division League

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Description

Odion Jude Ighalo (born 16 June 1989) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi Professional League club Al Hilal and the Nigeria national team.

After starting his career at Nigerian clubs Prime and Julius Berger, Ighalo moved to Norwegian club Lyn in 2007. A year later, he was signed by Italian club Udinese, spending most of his tenure on two separate loan spells with Spanish club Granada. In 2014, he signed for Championship club Watford and was integral in the club's promotion to the Premier League in the 2014–15 season. In January 2017, Ighalo joined Chinese Super League club Changchun Yatai for a reported £20 million, before moving onto Shanghai Shenhua. In January 2020, Ighalo returned to the Premier League, joining Manchester United on loan, initially until the end of the 2019–20 season; the loan was then extended until January 2021.

Ighalo made his debut for the Nigeria national team in March 2015 against Uganda. He represented the nation at the 2018 World Cup and was the highest goalscorer in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification campaign. He eventually led Nigeria to a third place finish at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, where he finished in the competition's Team of the Tournament and was crowned top scorer.

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Trophies

Saudi Pro League	Al Hilal	2021-2022
Africa Cup of Nations Golden Boot	Nigeria	2019

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Former Senior Teams

Lyn 1896	2007-2008	Permanent	-	-
Udinese	2008-2014	Permanent	-	-
Granada	2009-2010	Loan	-	-
Cesena	2010-2011	Loan	-	-
Granada	2011-2014	Loan	-	-
Watford	2014-2017	Permanent	-	-
Watford	2014	Loan	-	-
Nigeria	2015-2019	International	-	-
Changchun Yatai	2017-2018	Permanent	-	-
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	2019-2021	Permanent	-	-
Manchester United	2020-2021	Loan	-	-
Al Shabab	2021-2022	Permanent	-	-