Najeem Olukokun
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Najeem Olaitan Olukokun | ||
Date of birth | December 27, 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Oyo, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Kwara United F.C. | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
Steeb Football Academy | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
2007-2010 | Prime F.C. | ||
2010 | → Union SG (loan)[1] | 10 | (3[2]) |
2010-2011 | Union SG | 11 | (0) |
2011-2012 | Rising Stars | ||
2012-2013 | Rising Stars F.C. | ||
2013- | Kwara United | 5 | (3[3]) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
Najeem Olaitan Olukokun (born 27 December 1990 in Oyo[4]) is a Nigerian footballer, who is currently playing for Kwara United F.C..
Career
Olukokun began his career in the Steeb Football Academy and was then 2007 scouted by Prime F.C..[5] He earned his first professional caps for Prime F.C. in the Nigerian Premier League and was on 20 February 2010 loaned out to R. Union Saint-Gilloise.[6] On 17 July 2010 his club R. Union Saint-Gilloise pulled the sold option.[7] In summer 2011 he returned to Nigeria and signed for Nigeria premier League club. In the summer of 2012 joined to Nigeria Premier League side Rising Stars F.C..[8] In March 2013 left the last promoted Nigeria Premier League team Rising Stars and signed for Kwara United F.C..He also Won the Nigeria Player Of the Week in Week 3 of the Nigeria Professional Football League[9]
References
- ↑ Footgoal Profile
- ↑ Information joueur - Najeem OLUKOKUN
- ↑ STATISTICS FROM THE NIGERIA PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE 2013
- ↑ Olugoal
- ↑ +++STEEB FOOTBALL ACADEMY+++
- ↑ Portrait des deux nouveaux attaquants nigérians (Nnake, Olukokun) de l’Union dans La Capitale
- ↑ Olukokun devrait rester à l’Union SG
- ↑ RISING STARS FC – SEASON REVIEW
- ↑ Olukokun Shoots Kwara to Top Spot | Ilorin, Kwara News | Ilorin.Info