Raphael Edereho (born March 21, 1983, in Delta State,

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

) is a retired

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player.

Club career

Edereho started his career at the Saudi Arabian club Al Sarha FC in 2000. The following year, he moved back to his homeland,

, and played for Ebiedafe FC, and then transferred in 2002 to another Nigerian club, AS Racine FC. In 2004, Edereho made his first move to Europe and was transferred to

KF Prishtina Football Club Prishtina ( sq, Klubi Futbollistik Prishtina, ; sr, Фудбалски клуб Приштина, Fudbalski klub Priština), commonly known as Prishtina, is a professional football club based in Prishtina, Kosovo. The club play i ...

playing in the

Football Superleague of Kosovo The Football Superleague of Kosovo ( sq, Superliga e Futbollit të Kosovës), also known as the ALBI MALL Superleague of Kosovo ( sq, ALBI MALL Superliga e Kosovës) for sponsorship reasons with Albi Mall, is the top level of the Kosovar football ...

. The Finnish Veikkausliiga League was his next destination where he played for RoPS Rovaniemi, Tervarit Oulu and

KuPS Kuopion Palloseura (or KuPS) is a Finnish football club, based in the ninth most populated city of Finland, Kuopio. KuPS plays in Finland's Premier League, Veikkausliiga. KuPS has won the Finnish championship six times, the Finnish Cup 4 times ...

Kuopio where he impressed enough to transfer to

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

ian giants

Persepolis FC Persepolis Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال پرسپولیس, Bâšgâh-e Futbâl-e Perspolis) is an Iranian professional football club based in Tehran, that competes in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Persepolis was founded in 19 ...

in 2006. In November 2006, it was also found out that KuPS Kuopio did not receive the transfer fee for Edereho from Persepolis.

FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...

was investigating the situation and decided that Persepolis must pay the transfer fee. In 2011, he moved to

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. In 2012–13 he played with

Najaf FC Al-Najaf Sports Club ( ar, نادي النجف الرياضي) is an Iraqi professional football club based in Najaf. They are members of the Iraqi Premier League. Al-Najaf has competed in the 2007 AFC Champions League. History In 1960, the cit ...

, in 2013–14 with

Duhok SC Duhok Sports Club ( ar, نادي دهوك الرياضي, ku, یانه‌یا وه‌رزشی یا دهوکێ), founded in 1970, is a Kurdish professional sports club, based in Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan, that competes in the Iraqi Premier League, ...

, in 2014 with

Naft Maysan Naft Maysan SC (also known as Naft Missan) ( ar, نادي نفط ميسان, lit=Maysan's Oil) is an Iraqi professional football club based in Amarah, Maysan that competes in the Iraqi Premier League, the top flight of football in Iraq. History ...

, and in 2014–15 with

Masafi Al-Shamal Masafi Al-Shamal ( ar, نادي مصافي الشمال), is an Iraqi football team based in Baiji, Saladin, that plays in Iraq Division Three. Managerial history * Thiab Radhi * Nasser Kamil See also * 2013–14 Iraq Division One The 2013 ...

, all in the Iraqi Premier League.Foreign Players in the Iraqi Premier League
at

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International career

Edereho has represented Nigeria at U17 level.

References

External links

KuPS Magazine Article (Finnish)

Edereho to Persepolis FC (Finnish)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Edereho, Raphael 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Delta State Nigerian men's footballers Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Rovaniemen Palloseura players AC Oulu players Kuopion Palloseura players Veikkausliiga players Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Persian Gulf Pro League players Persepolis F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Iran Kazakhstan Premier League players FC Shakhter Karagandy players Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Football Superleague of Kosovo players FC Prishtina players Expatriate men's footballers in Kosovo Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Iran Expatriate men's footballers in Iraq FC Santa Claus players Tervarit players