Salas Obasi Okechukwu (born 15 May 1989) is a Nigerian professional

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who currently plays as a winger for Bulgarian Third league club Levski Chepintsi.

Career

In February 2008 Okechukwu joined Bulgarian third division side Chepinets Velingrad. On 23 October 2010 Okechukwu joined Oborishte Panagyurishte in fourth division. On 18 June 2011 he scored goal and provided assist in the play-off for promotion to the

Bulgarian V AFG The Bulgarian Third Amateur Football League ( bg, Трета аматьорска футболна лига, Treta Amat'orska Futbolna Liga), commonly referred to as Third League ( bg, Трета лига) or Treta liga, is the third level of the ...

, which helped Oborishte to a 4-0 victory over Rilski Sportist Samokov. After visiting

Minyor Pernik FC Minyor ( bg, ФК Миньор) is a football club in Pernik, Bulgaria, that competes in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. Founded in 1919 as SC Krakra, the club's home ground since 1954 has been Stadion Minyor. The c ...

on trial in June 2011, he signed his first professional contract with the club on 22 July. Okechukwu made his

A PFG The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

debut on 6 August in a 1–0 home win over Vidima-Rakovski, coming on as a substitute for Farès Brahimi. In February 2018, Okechukwu was loaned from Tsarsko Selo to

Bulgarian Second League The Bulgarian Second Professional Football League ( bg, Втора професионална футболна лига, Vtora Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as Second League ( bg, Втора Лига) or Vtora liga, is the second level ...

rivals Strumska Slava. He returned to his parent club at the end of the season.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Okechukwu, Salas 1989 births Living people Nigerian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Minyor Pernik players FC Oborishte Panagyurishte players FC Tsarsko Selo Sofia players FC Strumska Slava Radomir players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria