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Jay-Jay Okocha
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Jay-Jay Okocha
Personal information
Full name Augustine Azuka Okocha
Date of birth August 14, 1973 (1973-08-14) (age 34)
Place of birth Enugu, Nigeria
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club Hull City
Number 44
Youth clubs
Enugu Rangers
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1990-1992
1992-1996
1996-1998
1998-2002
2002-2006
2006-2007
2007- Borussia Neunkirchen
Eintracht Frankfurt
Fenerbahçe
Paris Saint-Germain
Bolton Wanderers
Qatar SC
Hull City 035 0(7)
090 (16)
063 (30)
084 (12)
124 (14)
041 0(6)
012 0(0)
National team2
1993-2006 Nigeria 075 (14)
1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 11 December 2007 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 29 August 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Olympic medal record
Competitor for Nigeria
Men's Football
Gold 1996 Atlanta Team Competition
Augustine Azuka "Jay-Jay" Okocha (born August 14, 1973 in Enugu) is a Nigerian football midfielder, currently playing for Hull City. He was well known for being one of the best dribblers in the world at his prime.

Career
Before signing with the English Premier League club Bolton Wanderers (where fans wore t-shirts that bore the legend "Jay Jay. So Good They Named Him Twice"), Okocha played for Paris Saint-Germain, Fenerbahçe, and Eintracht Frankfurt. In 2002 he was offered to Everton, however manager Walter Smith decided to sign David Ginola instead, as his salary would be heavily sponsored by Aston Villa. He was regularly selected for the Nigeria national football team from 1993 until 2006. He was also captain of the Super Eagles when he retired from international football at the 2006 African Cup of Nations.

Okocha has played at the 1994, 1998 (where he was named in the official team of the tournament), and 2002 FIFA World Cup finals and many African Nations Cup tournaments. He was also a member of the Nigerian team that won the golden medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

In 2004 he released a DVD called "Superskills with Jay-Jay Okocha" where he teaches children at a football school the most difficult tricks in football.

Okocha signed for Hull City on a one-year deal on 4th September 2007.[1] He claims that God told him to sign for Hull.[2]

Life
His Igbo name, Azuka, means "The past is your strength". Okocha is married to Nkechi, a fellow native of Nigeria and they have two children together. He also holds Turkish citizenship, his Turkish name being Muhammed Yavuz. A few years ago Okocha invested a great deal of money in a Nigerian bank, which ended in bankruptcy.

Honours
He is a member of the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pelé in conjunction with FIFA's centenary celebrations. He was also the BBC African footballer of the year (2003 and 2004).
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