Sam Okafor
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Amarchi Okafor[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 March 1982[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Xtiam, Nigeria[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Colchester United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1998–2001 | Colchester United | 1 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Dover Athletic (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Sittingbourne | ||
| Enfield | |||
| Hampton & Richmond Borough | |||
| Bromley | |||
| Total | 5 | (0) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Samuel Amaechi Okafor (born 17 March 1982) is a Nigerian former footballer who played in the Football League as a midfielder for Colchester United.
Career
Born in Xtiam, Nigeria, Okafor made his first and only Football League appearance at the end of the first-year of his three year scholarship at Colchester United.[3] His only game came against Blackpool on 8 May 1999, a 2–1 defeat at Bloomfield Road. He came on as a half-time substitute for David Gregory.[4][5]
Although he made no further appearances for the club, Okafor remained with the U's for the duration of his three year scholarship. He also had first-team experience while out on a work experience loan at Dover Athletic in the Conference, where he made four appearance between March and May 2001.[3][6] At the end of the 2000–01 season however, he was released by Colchester after the club's management decided he did not possess enough quality for Division Two football at the time.[3]
After leaving Colchester, Okafor went on to play for non-league teams including Sittingbourne,[2] Enfield, Hampton & Richmond Borough and Bromley while gaining a career in the City of London.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Colchester United – Player profile". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Sam Okafor – Football Stats – Soccer Base". Soccerbase. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 183. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.
- ↑ "Colchester United – Match details – Blackpool 2–1 Colchester Utd". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ↑ "COLCHESTER UNITED:1950/51–1989/90 & 1992/93–2011/12". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ↑ "Dover FC Player Appearances – Past & Present – Soccer Base". Soccerbase. Retrieved 20 May 2013.