Peter Utaka

Peter Utaka is a Nigerian footballer, born on 12 February 1984 in Enugu, Nigeria. Utaka plays as a forward for Tochigi City. Utaka has scored 361 goals in 898 games for club and country and has won 1 trophy.

Utaka's career stats

GamesGoals
Clubs, all competitions890358
Nigeria83
Total898361

Goals per game: 0.40.

Utaka's trophies and awards

  • Trophies with club and country: 1
  • Domestic cups: 1
  • Individual awards: 4

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

  • Japanese Super Cup: 1 (2016)

Individual

  • Belgian Second Division top goalscorer: 1 (2007–08)
  • Danish Superliga top goalscorer: 1 (2009–10)
  • Chinese FA Cup top goalscorer: 1 (2013)
  • J.League top goalscorer: 1 (2016)

Clubs

League games and goals at each club.

  1. 2003–2004: Maasmechelen, 35 games, 17 goals
  2. 2004–2007: Westerlo, 73 games, 12 goals
  3. 2007–2008: Royal Antwerp, 46 games, 26 goals
  4. 2008–2012: OB, 108 games, 52 goals
  5. 2012–2013: Dalian Aerbin, 43 games, 27 goals
  6. 2013–2014: Beijing Guoan, 25 games, 8 goals
  7. 2014: Shanghai Shenxin (loan), 12 games, 2 goals
  8. 2015–2016: Shimizu S-Pulse, 28 games, 9 goals
  9. 2016: Sanfrecce Hiroshima (loan), 33 games, 19 goals
  10. 2017: Sanfrecce Hiroshima, 0 games, 0 goals
  11. 2017: FC Tokyo (loan), 25 games, 8 goals
  12. 2018: Vejle Boldklub, 6 games, 0 goals
  13. 2018: Tokushima Vortis, 18 games, 6 goals
  14. 2019: Ventforet Kofu, 41 games, 21 goals
  15. 2020–2022: Kyoto Sanga, 109 games, 52 goals
  16. 2023–2024: Ventforet Kofu, 51 games, 16 goals
  17. 2025–: Tochigi City, 28 games, 9 goals

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Club stats as of 1 January 2026.