Utaka

John Chukwudi Utaka (born 8 January 1982) is a Nigerian former footballer who played as a striker and is currently a youth coach at Montpellier HSC. He is the older brother of fellow professional footballer Peter Utaka. Utaka has played for several clubs across three continents, first for Arab Contractors, subsequently Ismaily of Egypt, and then spending a season playing for Al-Sadd of Qatar, before joining RC Lens and later Rennes in France. He has represented Nigeria at two World Cups and three Africa Cup of Nations since his debut in 2002. During his career he has mainly been utilised as a pacy winger making him a very effective element in a team's counter-attacking style of play. He is the founder of the John Utaka Football Academy Minna, Niger state. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article

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Portsmouth Tournament Lineups This player + FA Premier League 2007/2008 38 29 5 - League Cup 2007/2008 2 2 - - FA Cup 2007/2008 5 3 - - FA Community Shield 2008 1 1 - - League Cup 2008/2009 1 1 - - FA Premier League 2008/2009 38 18 1 - UEFA Cup 2008/2009 6 1 - - League Cup 2009/2010 4 3 1 - FA Premier League 2009/2010 38 18 1 - FA Cup 2009/2010 7 7 2 - The Championship 2010/2011 46 25 3 - League Cup 2010/2011 3 2 - - FA Cup 2010/2011 1 1 - - RC Lens Tournament Lineups This player + Champions League 2002/2003 6 6 2 - Stade Rennais FC Tournament Lineups This player + UEFA Cup 2005/2006 1 1 - - Ligue 1 2005/2006 38 28 11 - Ligue 1 2006/2007 38 35 11 - Nigeria (National Team) Tournament Lineups This player + World Cup 2002 3 1 - - Africa Cup of Nations 2008 4 3 - - Friendlies 2009 2 1 - - Sivasspor Tournament Lineups This player + Turkish Super Lig 2013/2014 34 22 9 - Turkish Super Lig 2014/2015 34 25 3 - Montpellier-HSC Tournament Lineups This player + Ligue 1 2010/2011 38 11 - - Coupe de la Ligue 2011/2012 2 2 1 - Ligue 1 2011/2012 38 35 7 - Trophee des champions 2012 1 1 1 - Coupe de la Ligue 2012/2013 3 2 - - Ligue 1 2012/2013 38 28 6 - Champions League 2012/2013 6 2 - -