Jonathan Akpoborie

Infobox Football biography
playername = Jonathan Akpoborie


fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1968|10|20
cityofbirth = Lagos
countryofbirth = Nigeria
height = height|m=1.70
position = Forward
currentclub =
clubnumber =
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1990-1992
1992-1994
1994-1995
1995
1996-1997
1997-1999
1999-2001
2001-2002
clubs = 1. FC Saarbrücken
FC Carl Zeiss Jena
Stuttgarter Kickers
SV Waldhof Mannheim
FC Hansa Rostock
VfB Stuttgart
VfL Wolfsburg
1. FC Saarbrücken
caps(goals) = 53 0(9)
74 (26)
32 (37)
18 0(9)
47 (20)
58 (22)
39 (20)
04 0(0)
nationalyears = 1995-2002
nationalteam = Nigeria
nationalcaps(goals) = 12 0(4)
pcupdate =
ntupdate =

Jonathan Akpoborie (born 20 October 1968) is a former Nigerian football player who spent the majority of his playing career in Germany.

Akpoborie started his professional career at Julius Berger, before moving to USA. In 1990 he joined 1. FC Saarbrücken of German Second Bundesliga. Akpoborie also had spells with Carl Zeiss Jena, Stuttgart Kickers, for whom he scored 37 goals in one season, and Waldhof Mannheim, before finally joining top-flight Hansa Rostock in 1995. After spending two years at Hansa, the player moved to their Bundesliga rivals VfB Stuttgart and then VfL Wolfsburg in 1999.

Akpoborie finished his playing career at Saarbrücken in 2002.

Akpoborie was surprisingly dropped from Nigeria's squad for France 98 World Cup.

In 2001 Akpoborie made the headlines when a boat, managed by his family, was stopped in Benin after allegations that it was carrying children into slavery in Gabon. [cite web | accessdate = 2007-09-30 | title = Akpoborie: 'Unlucky slave ship' owner | publisher = BBC | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/1309203.stm] [cite web | accessdate = 2007-09-30 | title = Slave ship link soccer star suspended | publisher = CNN | url = http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/04/30/germany.slave/]

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External links

* [http://www.worldsoccer.com/news/jonathan_akpoborie_news_55693.html Biography on Worldsoccer.com] en icon
* [http://fussballdaten.de/spieler/akpoboriejonathan/ Career stats at fussballdaten.de] de icon