Darlington Omodiagbe

Darlington Eglakhian Omodiagbe ( born July 2, 1978 in Warri ) is a Nigerian football player. He is the first professional football player in Germany, which descended five times in series.

Career

Omodiagbe began his professional career in 1995 at Port Harcourt in Nigeria Sharks. In 1997 he moved to Poland ( Gdańsk and Łódź). From 1999 to 2002 he played alternately with several German and Polish clubs ( FC Gütersloh, ŁKS Łódź, Hannover 96, MSV Duisburg, Piotrków ). After Gütersloh descent, he moved to Hannover 96 In the year 2000 he was against the will of the Association of invitation to a U-23 National team of Nigeria, but played just five minutes. On his return to Hanover, he was expelled from the starting eleven. Then he moved to MSV Duisburg in which Wolfgang Frank was coach. When Frank was fired after eight games, Omodiagbe lost his place. After he had only come in the second half twice used his contract was not extended to the end of the season.

After a brief stay abroad Omodiagbe 2002 began again under Wolfgang Frank at the SpVgg Unterhaching in the Regionalliga Süd. Omodiagbe initially played as an attacking midfielder and also in attack. In Unterhaching, he moved to defensive midfield, starting from the season 2004/ 05 he played in central defense. Since the departure of Aygun he was the strongest defender in Haching. To his 150th game in the Bundesliga 2 on February 25, 2007 in Kaiserslautern, he was also the first time in a competitive match captain of SpVgg Unterhaching.

After the descent Unterhaching in 2007 Omodiagbe joined the 2007/08 season for FC Carl Zeiss Jena. After he was staying with this team of the 2nd Bundesliga, he joined in the summer of 2008 to VfL Osnabrück. There, however, he could despite good performances not prevent the descent of the VfL ​​. In 2009 he signed a new contract with the second division club Rot Weiss Ahlen. The contract ran until the end of the season 2010/11. His contract was dissolved at the end of the 2009/10 season by the descent of Ahlen. Omodiagbe then signed a contract with Wacker Burghausen in the 3rd League, with whom he also finished the 2010/11 season the relegation zone, but remained in the third league due to the insolvency of Rot Weiss Ahlen.

Curiosities

The crash with Burghausen from the 3rd Liga was the fifth relegation in a row for Darlington Omodiagbe. Previously, the Nigerians with SpVgg Unterhaching (2007), Carl Zeiss Jena ( 2008), VfL Osnabrück (2009) and Rot Weiss Ahlen (2010 ) each from the 2nd Bundesliga descended. Overall, it was the sixth descent for Omodiagbe with six different clubs. In 1999, he rose to the FC Gütersloh first time as from the 2nd league.