| Personal information | ||||||||
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| Full name | Pascal Karibe Ojigwe | |||||||
| Date of birth | (1976-12-11) 11 December 1976 (age 48) | |||||||
| Place of birth | Aba, Nigeria | |||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||
| Position(s) | Defender, defensive midfielder | |||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||
| 1993–1995 | Enyimba | |||||||
| 1995–2000 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 6 | (0) | |||||
| 1995–1999 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern II | 62 | (4) | |||||
| 1999–2000 | → 1. FC Köln (loan) | 32 | (2) | |||||
| 2000–2003 | Bayer Leverkusen | 30 | (0) | |||||
| 2003–2004 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 7 | (0) | |||||
| 2004–2006 | 1860 Munich | 1 | (0) | |||||
| 2006–2007 | Enyimba | |||||||
| International career | ||||||||
| 1994–2002 | Nigeria | 17 | (2) | |||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||
Pascal Karibe Ojigwe (born 11 December 1976) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a defender or defensive midfielder.
Early life
Ojigwe was born in Aba, Nigeria.
Club career
Loan to 1. FC Köln
Ojigwe went on loan from 1. FC Kaiserslautern to second-tier 1. FC Köln for the 1999–2000 2. Bundesliga season.
Bayer Leverkusen
Ojigwe refused to return to his parent club and instead moved to Champions League participant Bayer 04 Leverkusen, for a transfer fee reported to be DM 3.5 million (about €1.75 million). On the occasion of the transfer there had been a huge public argument between then Köln and Leverkusen managers, Johannes Linßen and Reiner Calmund.
Honours
1. FC Kaiserslautern
Bayer Leverkusen
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2001–02
- Bundesliga runner-up: 2001–02
- DFB-Pokal finalist: 2001–02
References
- "Pascal Ojigwe". Kicker (in German). Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- "Ojigwe wechselt nach Leverkusen" [Ojigwe moves to Leverkusen]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). 28 June 2000. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- Fudge, Simon (6 June 2024). "Nigerian Ojigwe signs with Leverkusen". Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- "Rheinischer Frohsinn" [Rhenish exhilaration]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). 16 May 2000. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
External links
- Pascal Ojigwe at WorldFootball.net
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- 1976 births
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- Sportspeople from Aba, Nigeria
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- Nigerian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
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- 1. FC Köln players
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