Pascal Ojigwe

Pascal Ojigwe

Personal information
Full name	Pascal Karibe Ojigwe
Date of birth	11 December 1976
Place of birth	Aba, Nigeria
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Defender/Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1993–1995	Enyimba International F.C.
1995–1999	1. FC Kaiserslautern	6	(0)
1999–2000	1. FC Köln	32	(2)
2000–2003	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	30	(0)
2003–2004	Borussia Mönchengladbach	7	(0)
2004–2006	TSV 1860 München	1	(0)
2006–2007	Enyimba International F.C.
National team
1994–2002	Nigeria	17	(2)
Honours Winner FIFA U-17 World Cup 1993
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:03, 3 February 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (goals)

Pascal Ojigwe (born 11 December 1976 in Aba, Nigeria) is a retired Nigerian footballer.^[1] He also holds German citizenship.

Club career

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

• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2001–02
• Bundesliga: 1997–98; runner-up: 2001–02
• DFB-Pokal finalist: 2001–02

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.