Personal information | |||
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Full name | Samadu Okocha Awudu | ||
Date of birth | 15 September 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Ghana | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2003 | Hearts of Oak | 38 | (14) |
2003–2004 | Bregenz | 12 | (6) |
2004–2006 | Senec | 44 | (12) |
2006–2010 | Maccabi Netanya | 90 | (21) |
2008–2009 | → Bnei Sakhnin (loan) | 27 | (6) |
2010–2011 | Hapoel Acre | 16 | (4) |
2011 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | 8 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Hearts of Oak | 17 | (12) |
2013 | Ratchaburi | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2000–2001 | Ghana U17 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2010 |
Samadu Okocha Awudu (born 15 September 1984) is a retired Ghanaian football player. He played in Ghana for Hearts of Oak, in Austria for SC Bregenz, in Slovakia for FC Senec, in Israel for Maccabi Netanya, Bnei Sakhnin, Hapoel Acre & Hapoel Ramat Gan and in Thailand for Ratchaburi F.C.
He is commonly referred to by his nickname Okocha.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Toto Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||||||
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Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
Maccabi Netanya | 2005–06 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 1 |
2006–07 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 12 | 4 | |
2007–08 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 1 | |
2008–09 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Bnei Sakhnin | 2008–09 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 1 |
Maccabi Netanya | 2009–10 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 1 |
Hapoel Acre | 2009–10 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 |
2010–11 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
Hapoel Ramat Gan | 2010–11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
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