| Personal information | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pascal Karibe Ojigwe | |||||||
| Date of birth | 11 December 1976 | |||||||
| Place of birth | Aba, Nigeria | |||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||
| Position(s) | Defender, defensive midfielder | |||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||
| 1993–1995 | Enyimba | |||||||
| 1995–2000 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 6 | (0) | |||||
| 1995–1999 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern II | 62 | (4) | |||||
| 1999–2000 | → 1. 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
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| *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]
Early life
[edit]Ojigwe was born in Aba, Nigeria.
Club career
[edit]Loan to 1. FC Köln
[edit]Ojigwe went on loan from 1. FC Kaiserslautern to second-tier 1. FC Köln for the 1999–2000 2. Bundesliga season.
Bayer Leverkusen
[edit]Ojigwe refused to return to his parent club and instead moved to Champions League participant Bayer 04 Leverkusen, for a transfer fee reported to be DM 3.5 million (about €1.75 million).[2][3] On the occasion of the transfer there had been a huge public argument between then Köln and Leverkusen managers, Johannes Linßen and Reiner Calmund.[4]
Honours
[edit]1. FC Kaiserslautern
Bayer Leverkusen
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2001–02
- Bundesliga runner-up: 2001–02
- DFB-Pokal finalist: 2001–02
References
[edit]- ^ "Pascal Ojigwe". Kicker (in German). Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Ojigwe wechselt nach Leverkusen" [Ojigwe moves to Leverkusen]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). 28 June 2000. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ Fudge, Simon (6 June 2024). "Nigerian Ojigwe signs with Leverkusen". Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Rheinischer Frohsinn" [Rhenish exhilaration]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). 16 May 2000. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
External links
[edit]- Pascal Ojigwe at WorldFootball.net
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