ANTHONY OKPOTU

Anthony Okpotu
Personal information
Date of birth	3 March 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Makurdi, Nigeria
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Al-Ain
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2013	Lobi Stars
2013–2014	Al-Ittihad Tripoli
2015–2018	Lobi Stars
2018–2019	Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi
2019	→ Laçi (loan)
2019–2020	US Monastir
2020–2022	Qatar
2022–2023	Al Masry
2023–	Al-Ain
International career‡
2018–	Nigeria
	*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-Ain and the Nigerian national team.

Club career

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]

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

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

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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-Ain
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–	Al-Ain	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)