Joseph Dayo Oshadogan

Infobox Football biography
playername = Joseph Dayo Oshadogan
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1976|6|27
cityofbirth = Genoa
countryofbirth = Italy
height = height|m=1.82 [cite web |url=http://www.tuttocalciatori.net/index.php?mod=cc1&par=975 |publisher=TuttoCalciatori.net |language=Italian |accessdate=2008-04-09 |title=OSHADOGAN JOSEPH DAYO]
position = Centre back
currentclub = Widzew Łódź
clubnumber =
youthyears = 1993–1994
1994–1995
youthclubs = Pisa
Foggia
years = 1995–1999 1999 1999–2001 2001–2003 2003–2005 2005–2006
2007–present
clubs = Foggia Roma
Reggina Cosenza AS Monaco Ternana Widzew Łódź
caps(goals) = 85 (10) 00 0(0)
39 0(0) 51 0(5) 04 0(0) 29 0(0) 24 0(4)
nationalyears = 1996
nationalteam = Italy U-21
nationalcaps(goals) = 03 0(0)
pcupdate =
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Joseph Dayo Oshadogan (born on June 27, 1976 in Genoa) is an Italian football defender of Nigerian descent playing currently for Widzew Łódź.

Career

Oshadogan was born in 1986 in Genoa to a Nigerian father and an Italian mother. He grew up in Pisa, where he spent some time as part of the local team's youth system.cite news |url=http://www.repubblica.it/2008/02/sezioni/sport/calcio/talenti-balotelli-pato/oshadogan/oshadogan.html?ref=search |publisher=La Repubblica |language=Italian |accessdate=2008-04-09 |date=2008-02-01 |title=Tutto cominciò con Oshadogan, verso l'azzurro multirazziale] cite news |url=http://it.eurosport.yahoo.com/09042008/44/oshadogan-vicino-pisa-sarebbe-sogno-12.html |publisher=Yahoo! Sports |language=Italian |accessdate=2008-04-09 |date=2008-04-09 |title=Oshadogan vicino al Pisa: 'Sarebbe un sogno'] In 1994 he moved to Foggia, where he made his professional debut in the Serie B on August 26, 1995. In 1999 he signed for AS Roma, but left the "giallorossi" soon later to join Reggina, where he spent two seasons. After a two-year spell at Cosenza, in 2003 he joined French side AS Monaco, where he played only four domestic league matches in two seasons. He then returned in Italy, joining Ternana, which he left following disagreements with the club managements. On May 2007 he joined Widzew Łódź, becoming the team captain, but left his club on early 2008 as he rejected to return to Poland after having been fined by the club management.

Oshadogan was also capped three times for the Italian under-21 national team, making him the first coloured player to represent Italy, making his debut for the "azzurrini" on October 3, 1996, a 3–0 away win to Moldova.

References

External links

* [http://www.footballplus.com/players/1389/Joseph-Dayo-Oshadogan.html Player profile on FootballPlus.com]
* [http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=8206 Player profile on www.90minut.pl]
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Persondata
NAME= Oshadogan, Joseph Dayo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Oshadogan, Joseph Dayo
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Football (soccer) player
DATE OF BIRTH= 1976-6-27
PLACE OF BIRTH= Genoa, Italy
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=