Christopher Ohen

Christopher Ohen
Personal information
Full name Christopher Nusa Ohenhen
Date of birth (1970-10-14) 14 October 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Benin City, Nigeria
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Julius Berger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1989 Julius Berger
1989–1991 Real Madrid B 26 (9)
1991–2001 Compostela 196 (70)
1998–1999 → Besiktas (loan) 17 (10)
2001–2002 Leganés 3 (0)
2002 Julius Berger
International career
1989 Nigeria U20 6 (3)
1997 Nigeria 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christopher Nusa Ohenhen (born 14 October 1970), known as Ohen, is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

He spent the vast majority of his professional career in Spain, with Compostela.[1]

Career

Born in Benin City, Ohen began his career at Julius Berger FC, then left at the age of 18 for Spain, where he would spend the following decade. He had participated at the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship, where his three goals for Nigeria U20 attracted the attention of Real Madrid.[2]

After two years playing solely with the reserve team, Ohen signed with SD Compostela, where he scored at an impressive rate.[2] In his third year he netted 13 goals as the Galicians achieved a first-ever La Liga promotion,[3] then scored a combined 42 times the following three;[2] he was called up to a preliminary Nigeria national team squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup,[4] but did not make the final cut.

After a loan to Turkey's Besiktas, Ohen's final years were highly irregular, and he also dealt with injury problems. After an unassuming spell with CD Leganés, he saw out his career with his first club Julius Berger.

References

  1. ^ "Un Compos de Primera" [Primera Compos] (in Spanish). Míticos del Balompié. 28 December 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b c De Llano, Pablo (1 September 2019). "Un amor de infancia" [A childhood love]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  3. ^ García Solano, Manuel (2 June 1994). "El Compostela asciende al cielo de la Primera" [Compostela reach Primera heaven]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  4. ^ "World Cup France 1998: Nigeria player profiles". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 9 July 2001. Retrieved 31 January 2008.