Julius Aghahowa

Julius Aghahowa (born 12 February 1982) is a Nigerian former football player.

Julius Aghahowa

Personal information
Full name	Julius Aghahowa
Date of birth	(1982-02-12) 12 February 1982
Place of birth	Benin City, Nigeria
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Shakhtar Donetsk
Number	77
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995-1999 1999-2000 2000-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-	Bendel Insurance Espérance Sportive Tunis Shakhtar Donetsk Wigan Athletic Kayserispor Shakhtar Donetsk
National team
2000-2007	Nigeria
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total		Ref.
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Shakhtar Donetsk	2000–01	Vyshcha Liha	8	7	2	1	–		0	0	–		10	8
	2001–02		17	7	2	1	–		6	2	–		25	10
	2002–03		10	1	4	1	–		3	1	–		17	3
	2003–04		17	6	6	2	–		4	2	–		27	10
	2004–05		15	8	5	3	–		13	5	–		33	16
	2005–06		13	0	2	1	–		5	0	–		20	1
	2006–07		9	3	1	0	–		7	0	1	0	18	3
	Total		89	32	22	9	0	0	38	10	1	0	150	51	–
Wigan Athletic	2006–07	Premier League	6	0	0	0	0	0	–		–		6	0
	2007–08		14	0	0	0	0	0	–		–		14	0
	Total		20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	–
Kayserispor	2008–09	Süper Lig	29	6	4	0	–		–		1	0	34	6
Shakhtar Donetsk	2009–10	Ukrainian Premier League	9	1	3	0	–		5	0	1	0	18	1
	2010–11		1	0	0	0	–		0	0	0	0	1	0
	2011–12		0	0	0	0	–		0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		10	1	3	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	19	1	–
Sevastopol (loan)	2010–11	Ukrainian Premier League	10	1	0	0	–		–		–		10	1
Career total			158	40	29	9	0	0	43	10	3	0	233	59	–

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Nigeria	2000	4	3
	2001	5	2
	2002	12	7
	2003	0	0
	2004	5	1
	2005	2	1
	2006	3	0
	2007	1	0
Total		32	14

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Nigeria Olympic	2000	4	1
Total		4	1

Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Aghahowa goal.

List of international goals scored by Julius Aghahowa

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	3 February 2000	National Stadium, Lagos, Nigeria	Morocco	2–0	2–0	2000 African Cup of Nations
2	7 February 2000	National Stadium, Lagos, Nigeria	Senegal	1–1	2–1	2000 African Cup of Nations
3				2–1
4	1 July 2001	Al-Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman, Sudan	Sudan	3–0	4–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	7 October 2001	St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, England	Japan	2–2	2–2	Friendly
6	21 January 2002	Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali	Algeria	1–0	1–0	2002 African Cup of Nations
7	28 January 2002	Stade Baréma Bocoum, Mopti, Mali	Liberia	1–0	1–0	2002 African Cup of Nations
8	7 February 2002	Stade Amary Daou, Ségou, Mali	Senegal	1–1	1–2	2002 African Cup of Nations
9	14 April 2002	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen, Scotland	Scotland	1–1	2–1	Friendly
10				2–1
11	16 May 2002	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	1–0	2–1	Friendly
12	7 June 2002	Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe, Japan	Sweden	1–0	1–2	2002 FIFA World Cup
13	5 September 2004	National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	1–0	3–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
14	26 March 2005	Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Gabon	1–0	2–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

Scores and results list Nigeria Olympic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Aghahowa goal.

List of international goals scored by Julius Aghahowa

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	16 September 2000	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia	Australia	2–0	3–2	2000 Summer Olympics

Honours

Espérance

• Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 2000

Shakhtar Donetsk

• Ukrainian Premier League: 2002, 2005, 2006, 2010
• Ukrainian Cup: 2002, 2004