Saviour Godwin

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Saviour Godwin
Personal information
Full name Saviour Amunde Godwin
Date of birth (1996-08-22) 22 August 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Jos, Nigeria
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Al-Okhdood
Number 99
Youth career
FC Sports Jos
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 KV Oostende 6 (1)
2016–2020 Roeselare 84 (14)
2020–2023 Casa Pia 90 (22)
2023– Al-Okhdood 24 (5)
International career
2013 Nigeria U17 6 (0)
2015 Nigeria U20 4 (2)
2022– Nigeria 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022

Saviour Amunde Godwin (born 22 August 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Saudi Pro League club Al-Okhdood. [1]

Contents

Career

On 7 September 2023, Godwin joined Saudi Pro League club Al-Okhdood, [2] for a reported fee of €2.5 million. [3]

International career

He was selected by Nigeria for their 35-man provisional squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics. [4]

Godwin made his debut for the Nigeria national football team on 27 September 2022 in a friendly game against Algeria. [5]

Honours

Nigeria U17

Individual

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References

  1. SAVIOUR SIGNS 3-YEAR CONTRACT WITH KSV ROESELARE‚ africanfootball.com, 26 August 2016
  2. "من هو جودوين لاعب الأخدود الجديد؟".
  3. "Godwin deixa o Casa Pia e ruma à Arábia" [Godwin leaves Casa Pia and heads to Arabia] (in European Portuguese). Jornal de Notícias. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  4. Oluwashina Okeleji (24 June 2016). "Kelechi Iheanacho included in Nigeria's Olympics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  5. "Algeria v Nigeria game report". ESPN. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  6. "U17 World Cup-Winning Striker Scores First Career Brace For KSV Roeselare". allNigeriasoccer. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  7. "Saviour Godwin integrates the Liga Portugal SABSEG Team of the Year". Liga Portugal. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  8. "Best of August: Godwin Saviour wins the Burger King Award for Best Forward of the Month in the Liga Portugal SABSEG". Liga Portugal. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2023.