Peter Utaka
Peter Maduabuci Utaka (born 12 February 1984 in Enugu ) is a Nigerian football player at the position of a striker that can be used both as a center forward, as well as a right winger. He currently plays for Beijing Guoan in the Chinese Super League, the top division in Chinese football.
Since 2009 is the brother of the current HSC Montpellier attacker John Utaka A-National player of his home country, in March 2010, he made his national team debut.
Career
Career start in Nigeria and Croatia
Born in Enugu Nigeria 1984 Utaka began his active career as a football player already in 1997 at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, shortly UNTH, in his hometown of Enugu. After he was active along with his older brother about two years there, he followed a short time his brother, who at that time was just at Al Mokawloon Al Arab in the Egyptian Premier League under contract. After a short trial with Egyptian Ismaily SC Peter Utaka joined in 1999 in the young field of Croatian large clubs Dinamo Zagreb, as his brother had pushed him to a move to Europe. After only one year in the youth of the club, he returned to his home, where in the offensive department of the football team, he was finally to 2004 at the UNTH in use.
Return to Europe
During his time in the college football team arrived Utaka for second league season 2002 /03 on the Belgian club Patro Eisden Maasmechelen. There he had to wait, however, until 2003/ 04, before he came to his first competitive match inserts in the men's team of the club. After the club in 2002/ 03 still ranked in last place Division II, but was allowed to remain in the episode playing time in Belgium's second division, Utaka became one big support in the campaign of the association from the region Eisden - Maasmechelen. Here, the Nigerian was in 32 league games in action, in which he came 16 times to score. With 16 goals, he was with seven goals ahead of Georgios Basiakos called Jorgo, team internal scorer.
Due to its good offensive performances and goalscoring also clubs from the Jupiler Pro League, the highest Belgian football league, were aware of the young Nigerian. After 2004/ 05 in three league games for Patro Eisden Maasmechelen came before the winter break of the season, a field that contributed a hit, Utaka was taken from the first division club KVC Westerlo. At the club from Westerlo he came in his first season in 2004/05 in 24 league games for use. In the higher class match his goalscoring decreased somewhat, but he came over the entire season four times to score. A similar performance earned the offensive player in the season 2005 /06 when he scored five goals in 30 league appearances and three more prepared. All three assists he gave 10 September 2005 in a 3-0 home win against FC Brussels when he prepared two hits for his fellow striker Jajá Coelho and one for the long-term Westerlo actor Jef Delen.
After a further 19 league operations in the 2006/07 season in which he scored three goals and had an assist, he was delivered by 1 February 2007, again in Belgium second division, where he was taken from Royal Antwerp FC under contract. At the Antwerp club he immediately came as a regular player in the forward line to his missions and brought it yet in the same season to twelve league appearances and four goals. After being used in Westerlo mainly on the right wing, Utaka became the Royal Antwerp FC consecutive season 2007/ 08 the best striker in the league. At the end of the season Utaka was able to record a total of 22 league goals in 34 games completed, where he met equal to eight times in a twin pack. With 22 goals he scored one goal more than the KSK Beveren striker Ebrahim Savaneh, as well as eleven goals more than his Argentine team mate Luciano Olguín. With the second scorer crown Belgian league in the bag, followed by a further exchange for the then 24 -year-olds in late August 2008.
Transfer to Denmark
This time it was for the fast and dribblingstarken Utaka for Danish first division club Odense BK. For white - blue, he signed a contract with a term of three years, plus he got the shirt number 7 His league and the same team debut of Nigerians finally on 15 September 2008 in a 2-0 home win over Sønderjysk elite sport. He came on in the 76th minute for the game Sweden Björn Runström and scored in stoppage time 2-0 goal for his team. After he mainly came only brief appearances at the new club, especially in the early rounds, his missions with the time became longer and longer, although he still mostly not on the grass over the full duration.
Overall, it brought Utaka in the 2008 /09 season on 27 missions, in which he scored twelve goals and made six assists for his team-mates. With the team he was with five points behind FC Copenhagen Danish runners-up. At the end of the season he ranked with one goal on Baye Djiby case in the first place the internal team scorers and managed within the league still in the top four. In addition, the 1.77 m wide striker came to three inserts and a goal in the Country Cup Turner gene of the season 2008/ 09, where he retired with the team in the fifth round, the actual quarter-finals with a late goal from Alexander Farnerud against Brøndby IF.
DC from the 2009/10 season Utaka had a difficult position in the Odense - attack because he. Following the departure of Baye Djiby case, the position had to take as a center forward Its launched tasks mastered the Nigerians with flying colors and quickly advanced to become a Fixspieler in the forward line of Odense BK. Since the team in pre-season as runner finished the season, it was automatically set for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2009/10. It managed the team around the Nigerian attacker to the play- offs, the fourth qualifying round, where the team was eliminated with a total score of 2:4 against Genoa. First, however, defeated the Odense BK nor the Macedonian club Rabotnički Skopje with a total score of 7:3, with Utaka contributed two goals in the 3-0 second-leg victory.
In the league Utaka was used in all 33 league games and came up with a score of 18 goals and six assists. With a three-goal lead over Dutchman Tim Janssen Utaka was top scorer in the Danish Superliga 2009/10. Team reached, as in the previous year, the second place and is therefore automatically qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2010/11. Even in the land Cup Turner Willingen 2009/10, scoring prowess of the Nigerian star striker was palpable, where he scored seven goals in five cup games and retired with the team until the semi-final against FC Midtjylland with a total score of 2:4 in return game.
Internationally
In September 2009, Utaka was first convened by Shaibu Amodu at a qualifier for the 2010 World Cup against Mozambique for the national team of Nigeria, but did not play, but sat through the entire game on the bench. On 3 March 2010 Utaka finally made his national team debut after he was previously retrieved from Nigeria's new head coach Lars Lagerback in the squad. In the 5-2 home win over the Democratic Republic of Congo Utaka played a key role, since he both prepared in this game a hit, as well as another, even in the opponent's goal sank. The use of Utaka against the DR Congo was there could not reach him, the Nigerian Football Federation. Utakas mother was finally able to play the invitation for the national team of his native country forward.
In May 2010, Peter Utaka was brought together with his brother from Nigeria head coach Lars Lagerback in the preliminary 30 -man squad for Nigeria's 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
During the winter break of the season 2011/12 Utaka joined for an estimated 500,000 euros transfer fee to China Premiership promoted Dalian Aerbin.
Achievements
- 4x team of internal scorer: 16 goals ( Patro Eisden Maasmechelen, 2003/ 04), 22 goals ( Royal Antwerp FC, 2007/ 08), 12 goals (Odense BK 2008/ 09) 18 goals (Odense BK 2009/10)
- 1x top scorer of the Belgian Division II: 22 goals ( Royal Antwerp FC, 2007/ 08)
- 1x scorer in the Danish Super League: 18 goals (Odense BK 2009/10)
- 2x runner-up of the Danish Super League: 2008/ 09, 2009/10