Jaycee John Okwunwanne

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Jaycee John with Al Kharaitiyat in 2011
Personal information
Full name Jaycee John Okwunwanne
Date of birth (1985-10-08) October 8, 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
2000–2004 Osaka Lagos
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2006 Al-Ahli 25 (23)
2006–2008 Muharraq 30 (29)
2008–2009 Mouscron 47 (12)
2010 Eskişehirspor 21 (4)
2011 Al Jahra 14 (6)
2011–2014 Al Kharitiyat 48 (17)
2014–2015 Al-Mesaimeer 15 (19)
2015–2018 Bangkok United 48 (33)
2018 Air Force United 14 (2)
2019 Felda United 2 (0)
2019 Bangkok United 7 (0)
2020 Khon Kaen United 13 (2)
2020–2021 Chonburi 11 (3)
International career‡
2006–2016 Bahrain 49 (14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:00, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 October 2016

Jaycee John "JoJo" Okwunwanne (born 8 October 1985) is a Nigerian footballer who was naturalized to represent Bahrain internationally and plays as a striker. He started his youth career with Osaka Lagos and was coached by Nigerian exinternational Kingsley Osakwe.

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A globetrotter, Thailand is the seventh country Okwunwanne has played in.

Career

Okwunwanne grew up in Lagos, Nigeria, and played for Osaka Lagos. Aged 19, he moved to Bahrain. After a strong fifth season in Bahrain, he went to Belgium to play for Excelsior Mouscron in the top division where he played a solid role.

In December 2009, he became a free agent after his club R.E. Mouscron went into bankruptcy and had to release their players. He went over to sign a one-year contract in Turkey with Eskisehirspor in the Süper Lig.

In January 2011, he transferred to the Kuwaiti Premier League team Al Jahra. [1] Then he joined Qatari club Al Kharitiyat. In 2015, he joined Thai club Bangkok United after spells for Al Kharitiyat and Al-Mesaimeer.

International goals

Scores and results list Bahrain's goal tally first. [2]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 June 2007 Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya, MalaysiaFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 2–22–2 Friendly
2.30 June 2007 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, VietnamFlag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 3–33–5Friendly
3.4 October 2007 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, BahrainFlag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1–03–1Friendly
4.2–0
5.3–0
6.21 October 2007Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, BahrainFlag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 3–04–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.23 March 2009Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, BahrainFlag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 3–05–2Friendly
8.9 September 2009 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 1–12–2 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
9.29 November 2012 Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium, Al Wakrah, QatarFlag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 2–02–0Friendly
10.9 December 2012 Ali Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Al Farwaniyah, KuwaitFlag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 1–01–0 2012 WAFF Championship
11.15 December 2012Ali Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Al Farwaniyah, KuwaitFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 1–01–02012 WAFF Championship
12.15 January 2015 Canberra Stadium, Canberra, AustraliaFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 1–11–2 2015 AFC Asian Cup
13.7 October 2016 Philippine Stadium, Bocaue, PhilippinesFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 1–03–1Friendly
14.2–0

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References

  1. ↑ "Jaycee John Okwunwanne transferred to Al Jahra". annaharkw.com.
  2. ↑ "Okwunwanne, Jaycee John". National Football Teams. Retrieved 6 January 2017.


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