Junior Agogo
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| Junior AGOGO | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manuel "Junior" Agogo | |
| Date of birth | 1 August 1979 | |
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | |
| Position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Nottingham Forest | |
| Number | 23 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1995–1997 | Sheffield Wednesday | |
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 1997 - 2000 1999 1999 1999 1999 - 2000 2000 2000 - 2001 2001 - 2002 2002 2002 - 2003 2003 - 2006 2006 - Present |
Sheffield Wednesday Oldham Athletic (loan) Chester City (loan) Chesterfield (loan) Lincoln City (loan) Chicago Fire Colorado Rapids San Jose Earthquakes Queens Park Rangers Barnet Bristol Rovers Nottingham Forest |
2 (0) 2 (0) 10 (6) 4 (0) 3 (1) 1 (0) 2 (0) 39 (21) 126 (41) 13 (2) |
| National team** | ||
| 2006– | Ghana | 4 (1) |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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Manuel "Junior" Agogo (born 1 August 1979 in Accra, Ghana) is a football (soccer) player. He is a striker currently playing for Nottingham Forest.
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[edit] Sheffield Wednesday
He started his career at Sheffield Wednesday in 1995, but only made two league appearances for the Owls. During the 1999/2000 season he had loan spells at the following clubs: Oldham Athletic, Chester City, Chesterfield, and Lincoln City.
[edit] United States
After leaving Sheffield Wednesday he moved to the United States to play for the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer in 2000. He was traded to the Colorado Rapids after playing just one match in Chicago.
He was traded from Colorado to the San Jose Earthquakes in June 2001 for Chris Carrieri. He played with the Earthquakes for the rest of the 2001 championship season but was waived early in the 2002 preseason, replaced on the San Jose roster by Devin Barclay.
[edit] Back to England
He later returned to England this time for Queens Park Rangers before the 2002/03 season when he joined conference side Barnet where he managed to score 19 goals for the club.
[edit] Bristol Rovers
In the summer of 2003 he joined Football League Two side Bristol Rovers he played the 1st 13 games in his 1st season before having to have an operation which kept him out for the next nine games.
He finished 03/04 season scoring 22 goals in all competitions. During his Rovers career he has had many different strike partners such as Lee Thorpe and Richard Walker. In the 2005/06 season Junior made 44 appearances, scoring 18 goals in all competitions.
[edit] Nottingham Forest
Junior moved to Football League One side Nottingham Forest from Bristol Rovers on August 30, 2006 [1] and made his league début for Forest as a sub in the 4-0 win against Chesterfield at the City Ground, Nottingham on September 3, 2006. He scored his first Forest goal on 30 September against Swansea City In a 3 - 1 win.
His second and third goals came in the FA Cup against Yeading FC (the final score was 5-0 to Forest).
Despite Agogo not scoring regulaly, his distribution and team play has been brilliant and says he is happy to be the set up rather than the finisher if need be.
[edit] International
In May 2006, Junior was called up for Ghana for a friendly against French league side OGC Nice; he did not make the final Ghanaian World Cup squad however. He was recalled to the Ghana squad for the East Asia tour in which he faced Japan and South Korea.
On November 14 2006, Junior scored his first goal for Ghana with the equalizing goal in an international friendly match against Australia. Ghana drew 1-1 with Australia in the match played at Loftus Road Stadium in England.
[edit] References
- ^ ORourke, Peter (2006-08-30). Forest Seal Agogo Deal. Sky Sports. Retrieved on 2006-08-30.
[edit] External links
| Nottingham Forest F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Smith | 3 Padula | 4 Gary Holt | 5 Morgan | 6 Breckin | 7 Southall | 8 Commons | 9 Tyson | 10 Dobie | 11 Grant Holt | 14 Lester | 15 Harris | 16 Clingan | 17 Perch | 20 Pedersen | 21 Curtis | 22 Cullip | 23 Agogo | 24 Beaumont | 27 Hughes | 29 Bennett | 34 Gamble | 37 McGugan | Manager: Calderwood |
Categories: 1979 births | Living people | Ghanaian footballers | FA Premier League players | Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players | Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players | Chester City F.C. players | Chesterfield F.C. players | Lincoln City F.C. players | Chicago Fire players | Colorado Rapids players | San Jose Earthquakes players | Queens Park Rangers F.C. players | Barnet F.C. players | Bristol Rovers F.C. players | Nottingham Forest F.C. players
