Valentine Ozornwafor

Valentine Ozornwafor (born 1 July 1999) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Turkish club Galatasaray.

Valentine Ozornwafor
Personal information
Full name Valentine James Ozornwafor
Date of birth (1999-06-01) 1 June 1999
Place of birth Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Galatasaray
Number 49
Youth career
Brown Ideye Challenge
2017–2019 Enyimba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Enyimba 2 (0)
2019– Galatasaray 1 (0)
2019–2020 → Almería (loan) 4 (0)
National team‡
2019 Nigeria U20 7 (0)
2019 Nigeria U23 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 July 2019

Club career

Born in Port Harcourt, Ozonwafor joined Enyimba in 2017, after impressing while playing for a local side in a friendly against the club.[1] He made his first team debut on 3 March, in a 0–0 away draw against Bendel Insurance,[2] and played his second match on 17 March, in a draw at Sunshine Stars for the same scoreline.[3]

Galatasaray

On 28 June 2019, it was announced that Ozornwafor signed a four year deal with Galatasaray,[4] for a rumoured fee of €300,000.[5]

UD Almería

On 22 August, he joined Spanish club UD Almería on loan for the 2019-20 season.[6] Ozornwafor made his league debut on 6 October 2019, coming on as a second-half substitute for Jonathan in a 0–0 away draw against Deportivo de La Coruña.[7]

International career

Ozornwafor represented Nigeria at under-20 level in the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations[8] and in the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[9] He was first called up to the full side in March 2019, for a friendly game against Seychelles and Egypt,[10] but was only an unused substitute.[11]

Honours
Galatasaray

References
  1. "Enyimba defender Valentine Ozornworfor gets Super Eagles chance without any top-flight experience". Pulse Nigeria. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  2. "Bendel Insurance fail to fire past below par Enyimba in stalemate". NPFL. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  3. "Flying Eagles defender Ozornwafor makes Enyimba debut". RealSportsCast24.co.uk. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  4. "Valentine Ozornwafor Galatasaray'da" [Valentine Ozornwafor joins Galatasaray]. galatasaray.org (in Turkish). Galatasaray SK. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  5. "Ozornwafor Joins Galatasaray From Enyimba For €300K". Complete Sports. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  6. "Valentine Ozornwafor UD Almeria'ya kiralandı" [Valentine Ozornwafor on loan at UD Almería]. galatasaray.org (in Turkish). Galatasaray SK. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  7. "Arvin Appiah y Ozornwafor debutan oficialmente como rojiblancos" [Arvin Appiah and Ozornwafor officially debut as rojiblancos] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  8. "Nigeria name squad for 2019 Africa U20 Cup of Nations". Goal.com. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  9. "Manchester City's Tom Dele-Bashiru leads Nigeria U20's World Cup squad". Goal.com. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  10. "Mikel missing, Iheanacho dropped for Nigeria's matches vs. Seychelles, Egypt". Goal.com. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  11. "Match report: Nigeria vs Egypt". www.skysports.com. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
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