| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gregory Junior Nwokolo | ||
| Date of birth | 3 January 1986 [1] | ||
| Place of birth | Onitsha, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2004 | Tampines Rovers | 19 | (9) |
| 2004–2005 | Sriwijaya | 20 | (7) |
| 2005 | Young Lions | 13 | (4) |
| 2005 | Warriors | 12 | (3) |
| 2006 | PSIS Semarang | 18 | (11) |
| 2006–2007 | PSMS Medan | 17 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | Persis Solo | 28 | (14) |
| 2008–2009 | Persija Jakarta | 31 | (16) |
| 2009–2010 | Olhanense | 13 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Persija Jakarta | 26 | (13) |
| 2011–2012 | Pelita Jaya | 24 | (20) |
| 2012 | → Chiangrai United (loan) | 9 | (5) |
| 2012–2013 | Arema Cronus | 24 | (15) |
| 2013–2014 | Persebaya DU | 24 | (14) |
| 2014–2015 | Persija Jakarta | 2 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | BEC Tero Sasana | 19 | (5) |
| 2016 | Persija Jakarta | 14 | (3) |
| 2017–2020 | Madura United | 75 | (22) |
| 2021–2022 | Madura United | 7 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Arema | 10 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2013–2019 | Indonesia | 8 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 April 2024 | |||
Gregory Junior Nwokolo (born 3 January 1986) is a professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in Nigeria, he represented Indonesia at international level.
Greg began his career in Asia with Tampines Rovers. After that, in 2004 he signed for Young Lions. [3] He left them in the same year to move to the Indonesian club, Persijatim Solo. [4] After half a year in Indonesia for Persijatim, he joined Singapore Armed Forces FC in January 2005 and signed back to PSIS lSemarang in early 2006.[ citation needed ]
After a year and a half, in mid-2006 he joined PSMS Medan. [5] He played for PSMS Medan one year before being signed in January 2007 for Persis Solo, [6] after 14 goals in 28 games in the 2007–08 season was sold to Persija Jakarta. [7]
In 2009, he left the club, Persija Jakarta and he want to seek his fortune in Europe and signed for the Portuguese club, S.C. Olhanense until 30 June 2010, [8] in August 2010 before he moved back to Persija Jakarta as a free agent.[ citation needed ]
In the 2011–12 season, he was recruited by Pelita Jaya together with Safee Sali and Aleksandar Bajevski. After that, Greg moved to Arema Indonesia for the 2012–13 season.
On 5 December 2014, he signed again with Persija Jakarta. [9]
As a Nigerian, Nwokolo does not have any record that he has been capped in any match for both junior or senior for the Nigeria National Football Team. In early 2010, Nwokolo was rumoured that he will soon play for the Indonesia national football team, though this rumour wasn't confirmed by Nwokolo himself, what is interesting is that he didn't confirm nor deny the rumour. After many speculations, in August 2011 Football Association of Indonesia finally confirmed that Nwokolo has been naturalised, and got Indonesian citizenship officially on 10 October 2011. [10]
Nwokolo made his debut for the Indonesia national football team in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification campaign against Saudi Arabia on 23 March 2013. Nwokolo also played full 90 minutes in a friendly match against Netherlands on 7 June 2013. On 14 August 2013, Nwokolo scored his first international goal against Philippines in a friendly match.
| Indonesia national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2013 | 4 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 2 |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 14 August 2013 | Manahan Stadium, Surakarta, Indonesia |  Philippines | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 25 March 2019 | Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar |  Myanmar | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
Tampines Rovers
Arema Cronus
On 15 April 2014, after the Persipura Jayapura vs Persebaya Bhayangkara match conference, Greg got into a fight with Jacksen F. Tiago because of personal problems that started in the Indonesia national football team. The situation then eased after police restrained both of them. [12]
On 20 May 2018, he married Indonesian model and actress Kimmy Jayanti, in Perth, Australia. [13]
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