Junior Torunarigha

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Junior Torunarigha
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-04-18) 18 April 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Ibadan, Nigeria
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1996–2001 SV Fortuna Furth Glösa
2001–2006 Chemnitzer FC
2006–2009 Hertha BSC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2011 Hertha BSC II 47 (11)
2011–2012 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 20 (1)
2012–2013 TSG Neustrelitz 19 (5)
2013–2014 Carl Zeiss Jena 13 (3)
2014–2015 ZFC Meuselwitz 18 (1)
2015–2016 FC Amberg 17 (2)
2016–2017 Fortuna Sittard 23 (3)
2017–2018 Alemannia Aachen 27 (9)
2018 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 February 2020

Junior Torunarigha (born 18 April 1990) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward.

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Career

Born in Ibadan, Torunarigha has played for SV Fortuna Furth Glösa, Chemnitzer FC, Hertha BSC, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, TSG Neustrelitz, Carl Zeiss Jena, ZFC Meuselwitz, FC Amberg and Fortuna Sittard. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Personal life

He also holds German citizenship. [3]

His father, Ojokojo, is a former footballer who played for a number of clubs in Germany, while his younger brother Jordan is also a footballer. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Junior Torunarigha at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Junior Torunarigha at fussballdaten.de (in German)
  3. 1 2 3 Stephan Landgraf (28 July 2015). "FC Amberg verpflichtet Junior Torunarigha" (in German). FuPa. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Junior Torunarigha nieuwste aanwinst Fortuna Sittard" (in Dutch). Fortuna Sittard. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017.


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