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)
2019 → Laçi (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.


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