Victor Okechukwu Agali (born 29 December 1978) is a Nigerian former professional

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who played as a forward.

Career

In 1997, Agali joined French club

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. Finding it hard to establish a first team place, he quickly moved to

Sporting Toulon Var Sporting Club Toulon is a association football, football club from Toulon, France, that plays in the Championnat National 2, the fourth tier of the French football league system. The club was founded in 1944 and played under that name until ...

and subsequently to Germany where he played in

Hansa Rostock FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from ...

and

Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as Schalke 04 (), and abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional sports club from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its football team, w ...

. From 2005 to 2007 he played in the Turkish

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, returning to German Bundesliga team Rostock in August 2007. At Rostock Agali did not do well, after just one goal in 23 league matches he was given a free transfer to the Greek club Skoda Xanthi FC. After a season with Greek club

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the Nigerian striker has signed for

Anorthosis Famagusta Anorthosis Famagusta (), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Famagusta multi-sport club founded in 1911 in Varosha, Famagusta.

. On 27 December 2009, he was arrested at Schiphol airport near

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for carrying fake passports. He moved in summer 2010 to the

Chinese Super League The Chinese Football Super League (), commonly known as the Chinese Super League or the CSL (), also known as the China Resources Beverage Chinese Football Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Ch ...

club Jiangsu Sainty. Agali is the head coach of AS Racine FC, a

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based professional football club that competes in the

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International career

Agali has played for

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at a number of occasions, including the

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

Honours

Club

Schalke 04 *

UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from , "between" and , " betting pool"),Most precisely, from ( football pool); cf. originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition between European clubs. The competition was dis ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

International

Nigeria *

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third place:

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Agali, Victor Living people 1978 births Men's association football forwards MKE Ankaragücü footballers FC Hansa Rostock players Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Nigeria men's international footballers Nigerian men's footballers Nigerian expatriate men's footballers OGC Nice players Olympic footballers for Nigeria Olympique de Marseille players Ligue 1 players FC Schalke 04 players SC Toulon players Xanthi F.C. players Kayseri Erciyesspor footballers Jiangsu F.C. players Chinese Super League players Süper Lig players Super League Greece players Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Bundesliga players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in France Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate men's footballers in China 2002 African Cup of Nations players 2004 African Cup of Nations players