Raphael Edereho

Raphael Edereho
Personal information
Full nameRaphael Edereho
Date of birthMarch 21, 1983
Place of birthDelta State, Nigeria
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
Oulun Palloseura
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000-2001Al Sarha28(19)
2001-2002Ebiedafe30(15)
2002-2003AS Racine32(17)
2004KF Prishtina15(11)
2005RoPS7(0)
2005Tervarit6(5)
2005KuPS-(-)
2005-2006Persepolis6(1)
2007Shakhter Kargandy11(6)
2007AC Oulu7(4)
2008VPS24(4)
2011OPS15(3)
2012FC Santa Claus13(5)
National team
Nigeria U-17
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Raphael Edereho (born March 21, 1983 in Delta State, Nigeria) is a Nigerian football forward playing with Oulun Palloseura. He played for KuPS, Rovaniemi Palloseura, VPS all in the Finnish Veikkausliiga.

Club career

Edereho started his career at the Saudi Arabian club Al Sarha FC in 2000. The following year, he moved back to his homeland, Nigeria, and played for Ebiedafe FC, and then transferred in 2002 to another Nigerian club, AS Racine FC. In 2004, Edereho made his first move to Europe and was transferred to KF Prishtina playing in the Football Superleague of Kosovo. The Finnish Veikkausliiga League was his next destination where he played for RoPS Rovaniemi, Tervarit Oulu and KuPS Kuopio where he impressed enough to transfer to Iranian giants Persepolis FC in 2006. In November 2006, it was also found out that KuPS Kuopio did not receive the transfer fee for Edereho from Persepolis. FIFA was investigating the situation and decided that Persepolis must pay the transfer fee.[1] In 2011 he moved to OPS.[2]

International career

Edereho has represented Nigeria at U17 level.

References

  1. MTV3 Internet Jalkapallo Futis Veikkausliiga Mestarien liiga Valioliiga Serie A La Liga Bundesliiga
  2. Edereho Ops 2011

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