Emmanuel Okereke
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Chukwuemeka Emmanuel Okereke | ||
| Date of birth | 30 July 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vaasan Palloseura | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Willbros FC | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024–2025 | IFK Mariehamn | 33 | (4) |
| 2024–2025 | IFK Mariehamn II | 5 | (0) |
| 2026– | Vaasan Palloseura | 16 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 July 2026 | |||
Chukwuemeka Emmanuel Okereke ⓘ (born 30 July 2003) is a Nigerian football player who plays as a centre back for Veikkausliiga club IFK Mariehamn.
Club career
On 17 January 2024, Okereke moved to Finland after signing a two-year deal with IFK Mariehamn in Veikkausliiga.[1][2][3][4] He debuted with his new club on 26 January 2024, in a 1–0 loss in Finnish League Cup against HJK Helsinki.[5]
Career statistics
- As of 19 April 2025
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| IFK Mariehamn | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | 18 | 1 | |
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 6 | 1 | ||
| Total | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||
| IFK Mariehamn II | 2024 | Kolmonen | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | ||
- ↑ Includes Suomen Cup
- ↑ Includes Finnish League Cup
References
- ↑ IFK Mariehamn vahvisti rivejään – testissä olleet Okereke ja Reid sopimuksiin, veikkausliiga.com, 17 January 2024
- ↑ Emmanuel Okereke Joins Finnish Side, IFK Mariehamn, On A Two Year Deal, govima.com, 29 January 2024
- ↑ IFK fick sina namnteckningar, Ålands Tidningen, 17 January 2024
- ↑ Okereke och Reid klara för IFK, nyan.ax, 17 January 2024
- ↑ HJK VS. MARIEHAMN 1 - 0, soccerway
External links
- Emmanuel Okereke at Soccerway
Categories:
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Veikkausliiga players
- IFK Mariehamn players
- Kolmonen players
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen
- Nigerian football defender stubs