Joseph Dayo Oshadogan

Joseph Dayo Oshadogan
Personal information
Date of birthJune 27, 1976
Place of birthGenoa, Italy
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing positionCentre back
Club information
Current team
Virtus Lanciano
Youth career
1993–1994Pisa
1994–1995Foggia
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1999Foggia85(10)
1999Roma0(0)
1999–2001Reggina39(0)
2001–2003Cosenza51(5)
2003–2005AS Monaco4(0)
2005–2006Ternana29(0)
2007–2008Widzew Łódź24(4)
2008–Virtus Lanciano34(6)
National team
1996Italy U-213(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Joseph Dayo Oshadogan (born June 27, 1976 in Genoa) is an Italian football defender of Nigerian descent playing currently for Virtus Lanciano.

Career

Oshadogan was born in 1976 in Genoa to a Nigerian father and an Italian mother. He grew up in Pisa, where he spent some time as part of the local team's youth system.[2][3] In 1994 he moved to Foggia, where he made his professional debut in the Serie B on August 26, 1995. In 1999 he signed for AS Roma, but left the giallorossi soon later to join Reggina, where he spent two seasons. After a two-year spell at Cosenza, in 2003 he joined French side AS Monaco, where he played only four domestic league matches in two seasons. He then returned in Italy, joining Ternana, which he left following disagreements with the club managements. On May 2007 he joined Widzew Łódź, becoming the team captain, but left his club on early 2008 as he rejected to return to Poland after having been fined by the club management.

International

Oshadogan was also capped three times for the Italian under-21 national team, making him the first coloured player to represent Italy, making his debut for the azzurrini on October 3, 1996, a 3–0 away win to Moldova.[2][3] He claimed excited "Ma so meritata na bottarella mo!? [2][3]"

References

  1. "OSHADOGAN JOSEPH DAYO" (in Italian). TuttoCalciatori.net. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Tutto cominciò con Oshadogan, verso l'azzurro multirazziale" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 2008-02-01. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Oshadogan vicino al Pisa: 'Sarebbe un sogno'" (in Italian). Yahoo! Sports. 2008-04-09. Retrieved 2008-04-09.

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