Personal information | |||
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Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Football Position: | Midfield | ||
Born | Moldova [1] | ||
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Years | Club | ||
2022 – | Na Gaeil [2] |
Stefan Okunbor is an Irish footballer who has played both Gaelic football and Australian rules football. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Okunbor began playing Gaelic football at the age of 7. [10] He played for Kerry in the 2016 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship; he was later signed to Geelong Football Club for a two-year contract in 2018. [11] [12]
In 2021, his contract with Geelong ended; as a result, he returned to Ireland to play for Kerry. [13]
Stefan was born in Moldova to a Nigerian father and Moldovan mother; [14] [15] he moved to Tralee at the age of three. He is currently studying bioengineering at the University of Limerick. [16]
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