Romanus Orjinta (12 August 1981 –
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who played as a defender.

Career

In 2003, he was the captain from

Enyimba International F.C. Enyimba Football Club or simply known as Enyimba, is a Nigerian football club based in the city of Aba which plays in the Nigerian Professional Football League. Their name means ''People's Elephant'' in Igbo language and is also the nickname us ...

before transferred to Lillestrøm SK. In 2007 through his Egyptian agent Mohamed Mohsen, the player was going to sign with the Egyptian club aleZamk SC but the club dismissed the contract with him after discovering that the player had

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. On 26 August 2008 former Nigerian International, Romanus Orjinta, resurrected his career with

Niger Tornadoes F.C. Niger Tornadoes Football Club is a soccer club based in Minna, Nigeria. They currently play in the Nigerian Professional Football League. Their home stadium is Bako Kontagora Stadium and have also played home game at Confluence Stadium in Lokoja ...

http://www.thetidenews.com/article.aspx?qrDate=08/26/2007&qrTitle=Orjinta%20resurrects%20career%20with%20Tornadoes&qrColumn=SPORTS On New Year's Eve 2014, Orjinta was found dead in his home.

Titles

CAF Champions League 2003 The 2003 CAF Champions League was the 39th of the CAF Champions League, the Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Enyimba of Nigeria defeated Ismaily of Egypt Egypt ( ar, م ...

Winner with

References

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* 1981 births 2014 deaths Nigerian men's footballers Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Enyimba F.C. players Lillestrøm SK players Rangers International F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Heartland F.C. players Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Niger Tornadoes F.C. players 2004 African Cup of Nations players Nigeria men's international footballers Footballers from Enugu {{Nigeria-footy-midfielder-stub