Wilson Oruma
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Personal information | |||||||||||
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Date of birth | 30 December 1976 | ||||||||||
Place of birth | Warri, Nigeria | ||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||
Position(s) | Offensive midfielder, Right midfielder | ||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
1993–1994 | Bendel Insurance | ||||||||||
1994–1998 | Lens | 42 | (2) | ||||||||
1996–1997 | → Nancy (loan) | 22 | (0) | ||||||||
1998–1999 | Samsunspor | 21 | (4) | ||||||||
1999–2000 | Nîmes | 25 | (2) | ||||||||
2000–2002 | Servette | 49 | (12) | ||||||||
2002–2005 | Sochaux | 77 | (6) | ||||||||
2005–2008 | Marseille | 56 | (3) | ||||||||
2008–2009 | Guingamp | 24 | (5) | ||||||||
2009–2010 | AO Kavala | 23 | (0) | ||||||||
International career | |||||||||||
1995–2006 | Nigeria | 19 | (3) | ||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Wilson Oruma (born 30 December 1976) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his career in France.[1]
Club career
[edit]Oruma was born in Warri, Nigeria. He arrived at RC Lens from Bendel Insurance in 1994.[2] A season after being loaned to Nancy,[2] he returned to Lens and played seven matches during their 1997–98 Ligue 1 title campaign.[2][3] After representing Nigeria at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, he moved to Turkish side Samsunspor,[2] returning to France one year later to play for Nîmes.[2]
In 2000, Oruma was transferred to Swiss side Servette,[2] playing two season before coming back to France again, where he played until 2009 for Sochaux,[2] Marseille[2] and Guingamp,[2] winning the 2003–04 Coupe de la Ligue with Sochaux[4] and the 2008–09 Coupe de France with Guingamp, despite them being a Ligue 2 club at the time.[5] He was handed a trial by Cardiff City - a club based in Wales but who play in the English football league system – in the summer of 2008[6] and scored in a 2–2 pre-season friendly at Chasetown,[7][8] but was not awarded a contract due to a lack of fitness.[8]
He retired from professional football in 2010[9] after a season with Greek club AO Kavala.[10][11]
International career
[edit]Oruma was part of the Nigeria under-17 team which won the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championships,[12] captaining his side[12] and becoming the tournament's top goalscorer with 6 goals.[12] He played 19 times international matches over 11 years for Nigeria[13] and was part of the team that participated in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, where he scored in the only appearance he made in the tournament against Paraguay.[14] He also was part of the squad that won the Olympic gold medal in 1996,[8][12] a year after he debuted for Nigeria, and also a member of the Nigerian squad at the 2002 and 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, finishing both competitions at third place. After a club career in Europe, where he played for the likes of french Ligue 1 sides Lens, Marseille, Sochaux, Guingamp, as well as a stint at Swiss side Servette, winning the UEFA Intertoto Cup, Ligue 1 and French Cup, and earning pay to sustain himself and family after life away from football.[15]
Personal life
[edit]In 2018, Oruma suffered emotional disorder as a result of how he was reportedly duped by an unknown pastor. He was broke and in a status of mental disorder six years after he was reportedly defrauded by a clergyman and some fake oil businessmen. It was learnt that Oruma eventually lost a whopping sum, close to N2 billion to an investment.[16]
Oruma holds Nigerian and French nationalities.[17]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]Lens
Sochaux
Marseille
Guingamp
International
[edit]Nigeria[19]
External links
[edit]- Wilson Oruma at National-Football-Teams.com
References
[edit]- ^ "1996 Olympics Heroes: Celebrating Nigeria's Gold-Winning U-23 Eagles". Complete Sports. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Oruma - Effectif pro" (in French). Olympique Marseille. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ "1997/98 Ligue 1 table" (in French). ligue1.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ "Nantes 1-1 Sochaux , Coupe de la Ligue - Finale , Football" (in French). L'Equipe. 17 April 2004. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ Gildas Devos, Par (9 May 2009). "Guingamp vainqueur de la Coupe de France de football". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ "Bluebirds look at Oruma". Sky Sports. 6 August 2008. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ "Report: Chasetown 2-2 Cardiff". Cardiff City F.C. 5 August 2008. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ a b c Philips, Terry (8 August 2008). "Boss Jones explains Oruma's Cardiff departure". Wales Online. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ "Nigeria's Oruma retires from football". FIFA. 26 November 2010. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ "Wilson Oruma Makes U-Turn To Sign For Greek Club Kavala". goal.com. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ "WILSON ORUMA to leave Kavala". All Nigerian Soccer. 15 May 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Top five African 'lost boys' - WILSON ORUMA – Japan 1993". goal.com. 17 January 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ "Wilson Oruma biography, net worth, age, family, contact & picture". www.manpower.com.ng. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ "1998 FIFA World Cup France ™". FIFA. 24 June 1998. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ Edward, Johnny (29 April 2023). "Oruma: The travails of an Olympic medalist". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ Silas, Don (11 January 2018). "Ex-Super Eagle star, Wilson Oruma suffers mental disorder after been[sic] duped by pastor". Daily Post. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ^ https://www.ligue1.fr/joueur?id=herve-arsene [bare URL]
- ^ "Marseille 5-1 Deportivo (Aggregate: 5 - 3)". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Nwankwo Kanu - Career Honours". Soccerway.
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Men's association football midfielders
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Naturalized citizens of France
- French men's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Nigeria men's international footballers
- RC Lens players
- AS Nancy Lorraine players
- Nîmes Olympique players
- Servette FC players
- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
- Olympique de Marseille players
- Samsunspor footballers
- En Avant Guingamp players
- Kavala F.C. players
- Olympic footballers for Nigeria
- Bendel Insurance F.C. players
- Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- 2002 African Cup of Nations players
- 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Footballers from Warri
- Olympic gold medalists for Nigeria
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Swiss Super League players
- Süper Lig players
- Super League Greece players
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics