Anthony Okpotu

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Anthony Okpotu
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-03-03) 3 March 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth Makurdi, Nigeria
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Al-Jandal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2013 Lobi Stars
2013–2014 Al-Ittihad Tripoli
2015–2018 Lobi Stars
2018–2019 Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi 1 (0)
2019Laçi (loan) 10 (1)
2019–2020 US Monastir 25 (13)
2020–2022 Qatar 32 (7)
2022–2023 Al Masry 7 (0)
2023–2024 Al-Ain 27 (17)
2024–2025 Al-Adalah 24 (8)
2025– Al-Jandal 0 (0)
International career
2018– Nigeria 6 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11:59, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 August 2018 (UTC)

Anthony Okpotu (born 3 March 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi club Al-Jandal and the Nigerian national team.

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Club career

Born in Makurdi, Okpotu spent his early club football with Lobi Stars and Al-Ittihad Tripoli. [1] [2] In April 2018 he had a trial at Danish club Brøndby. [3] He joined Morocco side Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi in July 2018. [4] On 31 January 2019, Okpotu was loaned out to Albanian club KF Laçi. [5]

On 10 October 2020, he signed for Qatari club Qatar SC. [6]

On 28 July 2023, Okpotu joined Saudi First Division side Al-Ain. [7]

On 23 June 2024, Okpotu joined Al-Adalah. [8]

On 23 August 2025, Okpotu joined Al-Jandal. [9]

International career

Okpotu made his international debut for Nigeria in 2018. [1]

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Anthony Okpotu". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Okpotu seeks for space among stars". The Guardian Nigeria. 23 September 2017.
  3. "Truppen til dagens Reserveligakamp mod FCK" (in Danish). Brøndby IF. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  4. Ed Dove (12 July 2018). "NPFL goal king Anthony Okpotu moves to Difaa El Jadida". ESPN. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  5. Anthony Okpotu at Soccerway . Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  6. القطرية, العرب (23 October 2020). "نادي قطر يتعاقد مع المهاجم النيجيري انتوني اوكبوتو". العرب القطرية (in Arabic). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  7. "المهاجم النيجيري أنتوني أوكبوتو ، عيناويا".
  8. "اهلا بك في نادي العدالة".
  9. "النيجيري " أوكبوتو " لاعـبًا لـ #مارد_الجوف".
  10. "جدول ترتيب هدافين الدوري التونسي 2019/2020". جدول. 7 August 2019.