Magnus Okuonghae

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Magnus Okuonghae
Personal information
Full nameMagnus Erharuyi Okuonghae[1]
Date of birth (1986-02-16) 16 February 1986[2]
Place of birthNigeria[3]
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current clubColchester United
Number4
Youth career
0000–2002Fulham
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2002–2006Rushden & Diamonds22(1)
2004→ Bishop's Stortford (loan)8(0)
2006Aldershot Town2(0)
2006–2007St Albans City18(0)
2007Crawley Town21(2)
2007–2009Dagenham & Redbridge55(2)
2009–Colchester United168(7)
National team‡
2006England C1(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:39, 18 January 2014 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:41, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Magnus Erharuyi Okuonghae (born 16 February 1986) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a defender for Colchester United. He has represented England at semi-professional level.[4]

Club career

Early career

Born in Nigeria,[3] Okuonghae spent time with Fulham youth team before joining the Rushden & Diamonds academy playing primarily as a midfielder before moving into defence, also including a spell as reserve captain. He made his Football League debut on 9 August 2005 at Field Mill in a 1–0 win over Mansfield Town and went on to play 23 times for the Northants Club, scoring once. During his spell, he made eight league appearances on loan at Bishop's Stortford.[5]

Following Rushden's relegation to the Conference at the end of 2005–06 season, Okuonghae rejected the offer of a new contract and left the club. After a trial with Gillingham, he joined Aldershot in August 2006. Days after, he was called up to the England semi-professional side, he switched to St Albans City at the end of August 2006 on a non-contract basis. He added a third Conference club in the season in January 2007 when he joined Crawley Town. He had made 18 for St Albans and made 21 appearances for Crawley scoring two goals.[6][7]

Dagenham & Redbridge signed Okuonghae from Crawley on 30 May 2007. He joined Weymouth on a one month loan deal on 22 February 2008. In the summer of 2009, he refused a three-year deal offered to him by Dagenham & Redbridge.[3]

Colchester United

On 1 July 2009, Colchester United signed Okuonghae on a two-year deal.[8] On 1 December 2009, he signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract to keep him at the club until the end of the 2011–12 season having been ever-present for the League One side.[9]

Okuonghae held the captain's armband for much of his first season with Colchester. Having been a first team regular for his first season, he suffered an injury blow in February 2011, ruling him out until the end of the season.[10]

On 4 July 2012, Okuonghae left the club after his contract had expired citing a desire to move to a Championship club.[11] However, on 14 July 2012, Okuonghae made a u-turn on his decision and signed a three-year deal with the U's, having initially indicated that he was looking to leave the club to join a Championship side.[12] He finished the 2012–13 season with the highest number of appearances, making 45 starts and coming off the bench once, helping the club avoid relegation to League Two.[13]

Following a solid start to the 2013–14 season, Okuonghae was nominated for the League One 'Player of the Month' award for August, having been an ever-present member of the Colchester defence that conceded only four goals in five games.[14] He scored the opening goal in a 3–1 defeat to Brentford on 19 October, his first of the season.[15] He netted in another defeat, this time at the hands of Swindon Town at the Colchester Community Stadium on 16 November, a 2–1 loss.[16]

International career

Okuonghae made one appearance for England National Game XI, playing a friendly against Forest Green Rovers at the New Lawn stadium in September 2006 in a match to mark the official opening of the stadium.[4]

Career statistics

As of match played 18 January 2014.
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rushden & Diamonds 2002–03[17] Third Division 0000000000
2003–04[17] Second Division 1000000010
2004–05[17] League Two 0000000000
2005–06[17] League Two 21100101[lower-alpha 1]0231
Total 221001010241
Aldershot Town 2006–07[18] Conference National 2000000020
St Albans City 2006–07[18] Conference National 180000000180
Crawley Town 2006–07[18] Conference National 212000000212
Dagenham & Redbridge 2007–08[19] League Two 10000001[lower-alpha 1]0110
2008–09[20] League Two 45230103[lower-alpha 1]0522
Total 552301040632
Weymouth (loan) 2007–08[19] Conference Premier 5000001[lower-alpha 2]060
Colchester United 2009–10[21] League One 44030101[lower-alpha 1]0490
2010–11[22] League One 14200201[lower-alpha 1]0172
2011–12[23] League One 420201000450
2012–13[24] League One 43310101[lower-alpha 1]0463
2013–14[25] League One 25210101[lower-alpha 1]0282
Total 16877060401857
Career total 299121008011032812
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Appearance in Football League Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance in Conference League Cup

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/11/2009 and 30/11/2009". The Football Association. Retrieved 11 January 2010. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "FootballSquads – Colchester United – 2012/13". FootballSquads. Retrieved 6 January 2013. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Daggers sign Crawley's Okuonghae". BBC Sport. 31 May 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2012. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Trio back on familiar ground". St Albans City F.C. Retrieved 15 July 2012. 
  5. ↑ "Rushden & Diamonds – Team – Player Profiles – Magnus Okuonghae". Rushden & Diamonds F.C. Retrieved 14 July 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Flown From the Nest – Magnus Okuonghae". Ex-Canaries.co.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2012. 
  7. ↑ "Magnus Okuonghae – Football Stats – Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 July 2012. 
  8. ↑ "Colchester snare Daggers defender". BBC Sport. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2012. 
  9. ↑ "Colchester defender Magnus Okuonghae signs new contract". BBC Sport. 1 December 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2012. 
  10. ↑ "Colchester United suffer Magnus Okuonghae injury blow". BBC Sport. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2012. 
  11. ↑ "Kem Izzet stays at Colchester but Magnus Okuonghae leaves". BBC Sport. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012. 
  12. ↑ "Okuonghae boosts U's by deciding to stay". Colchester Gazette. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012. 
  13. ↑ "Colchester United – Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2013. 
  14. ↑ "Player of the Month nominations". The Football League. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013. 
  15. ↑ "Brentford 3–1 Colchester". BBC Sport. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013. 
  16. ↑ "Colchester 1–2 Swindon". BBC Sport. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2013. 
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 "Rushden player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 January 2013.  Select season required via dropdown menu.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 "Games played by Magnus Okuonghae in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 January 2014. 
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Games played by Magnus Okuonghae in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 January 2014. 
  20. ↑ "Games played by Magnus Okuonghae in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 January 2014. 
  21. ↑ "Games played by Magnus Okuonghae in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 January 2014. 
  22. ↑ "Games played by Magnus Okuonghae in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 January 2014. 
  23. ↑ "Games played by Magnus Okuonghae in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 January 2014. 
  24. ↑ "Games played by Magnus Okuonghae in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 January 2014. 
  25. ↑ "Games played by Magnus Okuonghae in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 January 2014. 

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Dean Hammond		 Colchester United Captain
2009-2010 		Succeeded by
Kem Izzet
Colchester United F.C. – current squad
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