Chima Okoroji

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Chima Okoroji
Personal information
Full name Chima Sean Okoroji [1]
Date of birth (1997-04-19) 19 April 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Munich, Germany
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [2]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 St. Gallen
Number 36
Youth career
0000–2004 TSV Grünwald
2004–2014 Bayern Munich
2015–2016 FC Augsburg
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2017 FC Augsburg II 39 (0)
2017–2021 SC Freiburg II 49 (1)
2018–2021 SC Freiburg 2 (0)
2019–2020 → Jahn Regensburg (loan) 34 (1)
2020–2021 → SC Paderborn (loan) 15 (0)
2021–2023 SV Sandhausen 52 (1)
2023– St. Gallen 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2023

Chima Sean Okoroji (born 19 April 1997) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Swiss club St. Gallen. [2]

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Club career

Okoroji made his professional debut for SC Freiburg in the Bundesliga on 21 October 2018, coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute for Roland Sallai in the 1–1 away draw against Hertha BSC. [3]

On 22 July 2023, Okoroji signed a two-year contract with St. Gallen in Switzerland. [4]

Personal life

Okoroji was born in Germany, to a Nigerian father and an English mother from Liverpool. [5] [6] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Chima Okoroji at Soccerbase
  2. 1 2 Chima Okoroji at WorldFootball.net
  3. ↑ "Hertha BSC – SC Freiburg 1:1 (Bundesliga 2018/2019, 8. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "FCSG verpflichtet Chima Okoroji" [FCSG signs Chima Okoroji] (in German). FC St. Gallen. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Chima Okoroji Close Making A First Team Appearance For Bayern Munich". sl10.ng. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "The Englishman who spent 10 years at Bayern & is still in the Bundesliga". Planet Football. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "German Goalie Robin Udegbe Urges Chima Okoroji To Choose Nigeria". sl10.ng. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2018.


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