Pascal Ojigwe

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Pascal Ojigwe
Personal information
Full name Pascal Karibe Ojigwe
Date of birth (1976-12-11) 11 December 1976 (age 46)
Place of birth Aba, Nigeria
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender, defensive midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1995 Enyimba ? (?)
1995–2000 1. FC Kaiserslautern 6 (0)
1999–20001. FC Köln (loan) 32 (2)
2000–2003 Bayer Leverkusen 30 (0)
2003–2004 Borussia Mönchengladbach 7 (0)
2004–2006 1860 Munich 1 (0)
2006–2007 Enyimba
International career
1994–2002 Nigeria 17 (2)
Medal record
Winner FIFA U-17 World Cup 1993
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pascal Karibe Ojigwe (born 11 December 1976) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a defender or defensive midfielder. [1] He also holds German citizenship.

Contents

Early life

Ojigwe was born in Aba, Nigeria.Eastern part of Nigerian

Club career

Loan to Köln

Ojigwe went on loan from 1. FC Kaiserslautern to second-tier 1. FC Köln for the 1999–2000 2. Bundesliga season.

Leverkusen

Ojigwe refused to return to his parent club and instead moved to Champions League participant Bayer 04 Leverkusen, for a transfer fee believed to be DM 3.5 million (about €1.75 million) [2] On the occasion of the transfer there had been a huge public argument between then Köln and Leverkusen managers, Johannes Linßen and Reiner Calmund. [3]

Honours

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References

  1. "Ojigwe, Pascal" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  2. "Ojigwe wechselt nach Leverkusen" [Ojigwe moves to Leverkusen] (in German). Berliner Zeitung. 28 June 2000. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. "Rheinischer Frohsinn" [Rhenish exhilaration] (in German). Berliner Zeitung. 16 May 2000. Retrieved 18 October 2015.