Solomon Ndubisi Okoronkwo (born 2 March 1987) is a Nigerian

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who plays for NOFV-Oberliga club

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Career

He was discovered in 2004 by FIFA agent Marcelo Houseman, who got his guardianship and took him to Hertha BSC. In October 2004, his agent recommended Okoronkwo to coach

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and he was fundamental for Nigeria's U-20 qualifying for the

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in Benin 2005. He was also on the Nigerian Under 23 team that won silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Okoronkwo was called up for his first senior cap in October 2008 by Nigeria coach

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. On 28 January 2011, Okoronkwo moved to Aalesund in the

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Solomon Okoronkwo
at Kicker * 1987 births Living people Nigerian footballers Nigerian expatriate footballers Nigeria international footballers Nigeria under-20 international footballers Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Nigeria Olympic silver medalists for Nigeria Olympic medalists in football Pepsi Football Academy players Ifeanyi Ubah F.C. players Hertha BSC players Rot-Weiss Essen players FC Saturn Ramenskoye players Aalesunds FK players Pécsi MFC players FC Erzgebirge Aue players SV Sandhausen players 1. FC Saarbrücken players TSG Neustrelitz players Berliner FC Dynamo players BSV Schwarz-Weiß Rehden players Hannoverscher SC players Russian Premier League players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Norway Expatriate footballers in Hungary Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Eliteserien players Association football forwards Footballers from Enugu {{Nigeria-footy-forward-stub