Jonathan Akpoborie

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Jonathan Akpoborie (born October 20, 1968) is a former Nigerian football player who spent the majority of his playing career in Germnany. Akpoborie started his professional career at Julius Berger, before moving to USA. In 1990 he joined Saarbrücken of German Second Bundesliga. Akpoborie also had spells wih Carl Zeiss Jena, Stuttgart Kickers, for whom he scored 37 goals in one season, and Waldhof Mannheim, before finally joining top-flight Hansa Rostock in 1995. After spending two years at Hansa, the player moved to their Bundesliga rivals Stuttgart and then Wolfsburg in 1999. Akpoborie finished his playing career at Saarbrücken in 2002.


Akpoborie was surprisingly dropped from Nigeria's squad for France 98 World Cup.


In 2001 Akpoborie made the headlines when a boat, managed by his family, was stopped in Benin after allegations that it was carrying children into slavery in Gabon.

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