Odion Ighalo

Odion Ighalo is a Nigerian footballer, born on 16 June 1989 in Lagos, Nigeria. Ighalo played as a striker for Watford and Al-Wehda. Ighalo scored 248 goals in 570 games for club and country and won 3 trophies, including 1 league title.

Ighalo's career stats

Goals per game: 0.44.

Ighalo's trophies and awards

• Trophies with club and country: 3
• League titles: 1
• Domestic cups: 2
• Individual awards: 8

Shanghai Shenhua

• Chinese FA Cup: 1 (2019)

Al-Hilal

• Saudi Pro League: 1 (2021–22)
• King Cup: 1 (2022–23)

Individual

• Premier League Player of the Month: 1 (2015)
• Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 1 (2019)
• Africa Cup of Nations Golden Boot: 1 (2019)
• Saudi Pro League Player of the Month: 2 (2021, 2022)
• Saudi Pro League Team of the Year: 2 (2021–22, 2022–23)
• Saudi Pro League Top Scorer: 1 (2021–22)

Clubs

League games and goals at each club.

1. 2005: Prime, 5 games, 0 goals
2. 2006: Julius Berger, 10 games, 5 goals
3. 2007–2008: Lyn, 20 games, 9 goals
4. 2008–2014: Udinese, 6 games, 1 goal
5. 2009–2010: Granada (loan), 26 games, 16 goals
6. 2010–2011: Cesena (loan), 3 games, 0 goals
7. 2011–2014: Granada (loan), 95 games, 16 goals
8. 2014: Watford (loan), 8 games, 3 goals
9. 2014–2017: Watford, 82 games, 34 goals
10. 2017–2018: Changchun Yatai, 55 games, 36 goals
11. 2019–2021: Shanghai Shenhua, 17 games, 10 goals
12. 2020–2021: Manchester United (loan), 12 games, 0 goals
13. 2021–2022: Al-Shabab, 31 games, 21 goals
14. 2022–2023: Al-Hilal, 40 games, 31 goals
15. 2023–2025: Al-Wehda, 63 games, 21 goals

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Club stats as of 26 May 2025.