Richard Daddy Owobokiri

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Richard Owubokiri
Personal information
Full name	Richard Daddy Owubokiri
Date of birth	July 31, 1961 (1961-07-31) (age 46)
Place of birth	Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1978-1980 1981-1982 1983 1984-1985 1986-1987 1987-1988 1988-1989 1989-1991 1991-1994 1994-1995	Sharks ACB América Rio Janeiro Vitória Bahia Stade Lavallois Metz SL Benfica Estrela Amadora Boavista Belenenses	?? (??) ?? (??) ?? (??) ?? (35) 36 (9) 33 (8) 4 (0) 68 (28) 92 (50) 8 (1)
National team
1982 - 1992	Nigeria	?? (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Richard Daddy Owobokiri, known as Ricky (born Port Harcourt, January 31, 1961), was a Nigerian footballer, who reached stardom in Portugal.

His first team in Portugal was Benfica, in the 1988/89 season, but he only played six games, two of them for the domestic league, and moved to other teams the following seasons.

In Boavista, he reached the greatest success of his career, in 1991/92, being the top scorer of the I Division, with 30 goals, and also winning the Cup of Portugal the same year. He played several times for Nigeria National Team, including the African Nations Cup, in 1992, but was not present at the World Cup 1994 finals.