Pascal Ojigwe

Pascal Karibe Ojigwe (born 11 December 1976) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a defender or defensive midfielder.[1] He also holds German citizenship.

Pascal Ojigwe
Personal information
Full name Pascal Karibe Ojigwe
Date of birth (1976-12-11) 11 December 1976
Place of birth Aba, Nigeria
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Defender, defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1995 Enyimba
1995–1999 1. FC Kaiserslautern 6 (0)
1999–2000 1. FC Köln 32 (2)
2000–2003 Bayer Leverkusen 30 (0)
2003–2004 Borussia Mönchengladbach 7 (0)
2004–2006 1860 Munich 1 (0)
2006–2007 Enyimba
National team
1994–2002 Nigeria 17 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Ojigwe was born in Aba, Nigeria. After a good season with 1. FC Köln in the 1999–2000 2. Bundesliga, Ojigwe moved to Champions League participant and local rival Bayer 04 Leverkusen. The transfer fee was believed to be DM 3.5 million (about €1.75 million) and had been paid to 1. FC Kaiserslautern who only had loaned Ojigwe to Köln.[2] On the occasion of the transfer there had been a huge public argument between then Köln and Leverkusen managers, Johannes Linßen and Reiner Calmund.[3]

Honours

References
  1. "Ojigwe, Pascal" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  2. "Ojigwe wechselt nach Leverkusen" [Ojigwe moves to Leverkusen] (in German). Berliner Zeitung. 28 June 2000. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. "Rheinischer Frohsinn" [Rhenish exhilaration] (in German). Berliner Zeitung. 16 May 2000. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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