Samson Godwin

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Samson Godwin
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Personal information
Full name Samson Godwin
Date of birth (1983-11-11) 11 November 1983 (age 39)
Place of birth Warri, Nigeria
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000 Gabros F.C.
2000–2001 Marbet Ceramed Bielsko-Biała
2001 GKS Katowice 0 (0)
2002–2012 Karpaty Lviv 229 (5)
2002–2003 → Karpaty-2 Lviv 13 (1)
2003 → Halychyna-Karpaty Lviv 5 (1)
2009 → Shakhter Karagandy (loan) 2 (0)
2011 → Volyn Lutsk (loan) 2 (0)
2012 Minsk 16 (0)
2013 Slavia Mozyr 12 (0)
2013 Karpaty Lviv 4 (0)
International career
2003 Nigeria 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 January 2014

Samson Godwin (born 11 November 1983) is a former Nigerian football midfielder. [1]

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Career

Godwin started his football career in a Nigerian first division club Gabros F.C. at the age of 17, after playing for a season in Nigeria, young footballer was noticed by scouts from Poland, and the following season, in 2000 Godwin moved to Europe, playing for Polish club Marbet Ceramed Bielsko-Biała. After one season at Marbet, Godwin moved to another Polish club GKS Katowice. However, not finding much success there in spring of 2002, Samson Godwin moved to Ukrainian club Karpaty Lviv, where he has remained since. He is a regular for the club and has played over 100 games (98 League and 10 Cup competitions). [2] He spent the first half of 2009 on loan to FC Shakhter Karagandy.

In 2006, while playing for Karpaty, Godwin was a candidate for a spot in Nigerian national Team, and then coach Augustine Eguavoen, visited the game Karpaty Lviv vs Dynamo Kyiv to witness the Godwin's game and see the progress of Dynamo's Nigerian midfielder Ayila Yussuf. [3]

Personal life

Godwin claims that after his football career comes to an end he would prefer to stay in Ukraine and become a businessman.

His best friend off the pitch is a former Karpaty player, and a current striker for another Ukrainian club FC Kharkiv, William Batista. He is also friends with Nigerian footballer Lucky Idahor, who has formerly performed for Karpaty, and is currently playing for Tavriya Simferopol. Godwin's favourite footballers are Zinedine Zidane and Claude Makélélé. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Karpaty's official website". Самсон закінчив кар’єру гравця... Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Samson Godwin". 90 Minut. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
  3. ↑ "Karpaty's official website". Godwin will play for Nigeria. Archived from the original on August 27, 2006. Retrieved February 29, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Karpaty's official website". Samson Godwin. Archived from the original on December 7, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2008.
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