Raphael Edereho

Football player infobox
playername = Raphael Edereho


fullname = Raphael Edereho
height = height|m=1.82
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|3|21
cityofbirth = flagicon|NGA Delta State
countryofbirth = Nigeria
currentclub = flagicon|FIN VPS
clubnumber = 12
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005-2006 2007 2007 2008-
clubs = flagicon|KSA Al Sarha FC flagicon|NGA Ebiedafe FC flagicon|NGA AS Racine FC flagicon|Kosovo KF Prishtina flagicon|FIN RoPS flagicon|FIN Tervarit flagicon|FIN KuPS flagicon|IRN Persepolis F.C. flagicon|KAZ FC Shakhter flagicon|FIN AC Oulu flagicon|FIN VPS
caps(goals) = 28 (19)
30 (15)
32 (17)
15 (11)
7(0)
6 (5)
? (?)
6 (1) 0 (0)

Raphael Edereho (born March 21, 1983 in Delta State, Nigeria) is an Nigerian football player. He is currently playing for VPS in Finnish Veikkausliiga. He usually plays in the Striker position.

Club career

Edereho started his career at Saudi Arabian club Al Sarha FC in 2000, in 2001 he moved back to his homeland, Nigeria and played for Ebiedafe FC and then in 2002 to another Nigerian Club AS Racine FC. In 2004 Edereho made his first move to Europe and was transferred to KF Prishtina of Kosovo. The Finnish Veikkausliiga League was his next destination where he played for RoPS Rovaniemi, Tervarit Oulu and KuPS Kuopio where he impressed enough to transfer to Iranian giants Persepolis FC in 2005. He had some very weak displays at Persepolis and was released from the club. In November 2006, it was also found out that KuPS Kuopio didn't receive the transfer fee for Edehero from Persepolis. FIFA was investigating the situation and decided that Persepolis must pay the transfer fee. [ [http://www.mtv3.fi/urheilu/futis/uutiset.shtml/arkistot/futis/2008/03/618558 MTV3 Internet Jalkapallo Futis Veikkausliiga Mestarien liiga Valioliiga Serie A La Liga Bundesliiga ] ]

International career

Edereho has represented Nigeria at U17 level.

References

External links

* [http://www.kups.fi/magazine/7-2005/7.php KuPS Magazine Article (Finnish)]
* [http://www.kups.fi/2005/ajankohtaista.php?we_objectID=1555 Edereho to Persepolis FC (Finnish)]