Peter Ijeh
Peter Ijeh (born 28 March 1977) is a retired Nigerian footballer who played as a forward.
Career
Early career
After playing for clubs like Nitel Fc Lagos and won the highest goal scorer award with Julius Berger Fc Lagos in Nigerian premier league, he joined Swedish club Malmö FF in 2001. He was the top scorer in Allsvenskan in 2002 with 24 goals. In 2003 he suffered a leg injury that kept him out of most of the season, but he still managed to come back strongly and finished with 10 goals. In late 2003, he transferred to IFK Göteborg as a free transfer in a highly controversial affair as the club's big name signing for its 100th anniversary and Göteborg finished third.
After this he moved to Danish club FC Copenhagen and won the league title in 2005/2006 season.
Viking
On 19 June 2006 he moved to Viking in Norway on a 3 million Danish krone deal. He became an instant success, scoring 11 goals in 15 games to save the team from relegation. In the last game of the 2006 season Ijeh scored 4 goals and pressured an opposition defender to concede an own goal as Viking surprisingly demolished local rivals and second-placed S.K. Brann 5–0 to climb two places in the table and thus escape relegation on goal difference.
In Early January 2007, several sources within Norwegian football claim that Ijeh will soon be looking for another club, with English Championship side Coventry City courting the Nigerian striker, who is thought to be keen to test his skills in the more physical English game. Coventry City manager Micky Adams is thought to have watched the player on a recent scouting trip to Norway.
Norwegian club F.C. Lyn Oslo have reportedly made a NOK 12 million bid for Ijeh's services, though this was rejected from Viking. Ijeh left Viking at the end of the 2009 season to sign for Syrianska FC in the Swedish second division.
Syrianska FC
On 23 October Ijeh scored two goals in the game that took Syrianska to Allsvenskan for the first time ever. He finished the season with 17 goals. He will now again play against his two former clubs Malmö FF and IFK Göteborg. Ijeh also scored Syrianska FC's first Allsvenskan goal, after a mistake by the Gefle IF defence allowed him to roll the ball into an empty net.
GAIS
After two seasons in Syrianska, Ijeh left the club for Allsvenskan rivals GAIS where he took over the number nine shirt. Ijeh studied at Gothenburg University and Swedish Football Federation ( Svff ) and have a Uefa advanced licensed certificate. He is also a technical and tactical soccer coach.
Assyriska BK
Ijeh took over Assyriska BK in November 2013 as a head coach.
Career statistics
| Season | Club | Division | League | Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2001 | Malmö FF | Allsvenskan | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
| 2002 | 23 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 24 | ||
| 2003 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | ||
| 2004 | IFK Göteborg | 24 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 11 | |
| 2005 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | ||
| 2005–06 | F.C. Copenhagen | Superliga | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 |
| 2006 | Viking | Tippeligaen | 15 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 |
| 2007 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 18 | ||
| 2008 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | ||
| 2009 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 14 | ||
| 2010 | Syrianska FC | Superettan | 26 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 17 |
| 2011 | Allsvenskan | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | |
| 2012 | GAIS | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |
| Career Total | 248 | 119 | 9 | 11 | 257 | 130 | ||
Personal life
He is a member of the Norwegian Christian sports organization Kristen Idrettskontakt (KRIK).[1]
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peter Ijeh. |
- (Norwegian) Viking F.K. profile
- Peter Ijeh at National-Football-Teams.com
- (Swedish) Profile at Syrianskafc.com