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Anthony Okpotu
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-03-03) 3 March 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Makurdi, Nigeria
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Al-Adalah
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Lobi Stars
2013–2014 Al-Ittihad Tripoli
2015–2018 Lobi Stars
2018–2019 Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi 1 (0)
2019 → Laçi (loan) 10 (1)
2019–2020 US Monastir 25 (13)
2020–2022 Qatar 32 (7)
2022–2023 Al Masry 7 (0)
2023–2024 Al-Ain 27 (17)
2024– Al-Adalah 0 (0)
International career‡
2018– Nigeria 6 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:59, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 August 2018 (UTC)

Anthony Okpotu (born 3 March 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi club Al-Adalah and the Nigerian national team.

Club career

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Born in Makurdi, Okpotu spent his early club football with Lobi Stars and Al-Ittihad Tripoli.[1][2] In April 2018 he had a trial at Danish club Brøndby.[3] He joined Morocco side Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi in July 2018.[4] On 31 January 2019, Okpotu was loaned out to Albanian club KF Laçi.[5]

On 10 October 2020, he signed for Qatari club Qatar SC.[6]

On 28 July 2023, Okpotu joined Saudi First Division side Al-Ain.[7]

On 23 June 2024, Okpotu joined Al-Adalah.[8]

International career

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Okpotu made his international debut for Nigeria in 2018.[1]

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Anthony Okpotu". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Okpotu seeks for space among stars". The Guardian Nigeria. 23 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Truppen til dagens Reserveligakamp mod FCK" (in Danish). Brøndby IF. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  4. ^ Ed Dove (12 July 2018). "NPFL goal king Anthony Okpotu moves to Difaa El Jadida". ESPN. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  5. ^ Anthony Okpotu at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  6. ^ القطرية, العرب (23 October 2020). "نادي قطر يتعاقد مع المهاجم النيجيري انتوني اوكبوتو". العرب القطرية (in Arabic). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  7. ^ "المهاجم النيجيري أنتوني أوكبوتو ، عيناويا".
  8. ^ "اهلا بك في نادي العدالة".
  9. ^ "جدول ترتيب هدافين الدوري التونسي 2019/2020". جدول. 7 August 2019.


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