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John Utaka

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Utaka is the 7,252nd most popular soccer player (down from 6,631st in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 87th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Nigerian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, John Utaka ranks 7,252 out of 21,273. Before him are Asako Ideue, Masaya Saito, Ognjen Koroman, Artem Dzyuba, Akiko Sudo, and Djamel Mesbah. After him are Branko Brnović, Jeremie Frimpong, Sotaro Izumi, Marcel Coraș, Shinkichi Kikuchi, and Fernando Ricksen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, John Utaka ranks 310. Before him are Christian Maggio, Yasser Al-Qahtani, Hayato Suzuki, Cain Velasquez, Mark Salling, and Vera Brezhneva. After him are John Mensah, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Lacey Chabert, Yoshito Ōkubo, Erika Christensen, and Paul Joseph Watson.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, John Utaka ranks 94 out of 309. Before him are Kalu Uche (1982), Hakeem Kae-Kazim (1962), Atiku Abubakar (1946), Francis Obikwelu (1978), Umar Sadiq (1997), and Victor Moses (1990). After him are Ibrahim Gambari (1944), Mutiu Adepoju (1970), Emmanuel Emenike (1987), Rabiu Afolabi (1980), Grace Alele-Williams (1932), and Garba Lawal (1974).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Nigeria

Among soccer players born in Nigeria, John Utaka ranks 35. Before him are Arnaut Danjuma (1997), Joseph Yobo (1980), Wilfred Agbonavbare (1966), Kalu Uche (1982), Umar Sadiq (1997), and Victor Moses (1990). After him are Mutiu Adepoju (1970), Emmanuel Emenike (1987), Rabiu Afolabi (1980), Garba Lawal (1974), Peter Etebo (1995), and Brown Ideye (1988).

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