Odion, whose name are odion jude ighalo was born in Lagos on the 16th of June 1989.he was brought up in ajegunle, as we all know (a place in nigeria where sucessful people in the entertainment world are brought up) no need to mention name. According to Daddy
Showkey, the musician who is arguably the
greatest export out of Ajegunle, “In Ajegunle, you
choose what you want to be yourself. A gunman, or
you want to be a footballer, a musician, or anything

odion interst in football became strong has he grew older, The young odion ighalo originally from
from Edo state and Nimikini Mackintosh were
masters of Ajegunle street soccer. During the time of hustling and playing football in the suburb of ajegunle,he played for prime fc and julius berger before he Odion and some of his collegues became the target of the scout from norway who came to Nigeria to scout for young talents .he was very happy to be selected;though he was just 18yrs old then, with the support of his mother , odion moved to norway in 2007 and played for lyn fc for a year
"Living in Nigeria, it's like 40 degrees. I went to
Norway and sometimes it's like minus 23," he said.
"It was not easy going there as a young player with
no family. But playing in Europe was my dream.
07 /08 scored 9 goals in 20 app before he was.
On 30 july 2008 ighalo signed for udinese calcios along side team mate Jo Inge Berget and ( he wasnt the favorite of Gianni De Biasi
Udinese manager at that period appeared just 8 times (late substitution) he scored only a goal in udinese.
scoring against Cagliari Calcio in a 6–2 home
routing – four of his five league appearances
came as a late substitute.
Ighalo was loaned to Granada CF in the 2009
summer, as part of the partnership agreement
between Udinese and the Spaniards He
scored 17 times in his first year ( playoffs included)
and five in the second , as both seasons ended
in promotion; this was interspersed with a
brief loan stint back in Italy with A.C. Cesena
Ighalo continued playing with Granada in the
following years, still owned by the Udine side.
He played his first La Liga match on 27 August
2011, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a
0–1 home loss to Real Betis .
Ighalo joined Watford on a season-long loan deal
from Udinese, on 29 July 2014. He made his
debut for the English club in the first round of the
Football League Cup at Stevenage on 12 August, and
scored his first goal against Brentford on 30
September by tucking the ball home after his initial
penalty was saved by David Button.
On 24 October 2014 Watford terminated Ighalo's
loan, and re-signed him on a permanent deal the
same day after Udinese released him from his
contract. Exactly three months later, he scored
four second half goals and was voted Man of the
match in a 7–2 home routing of Blackpool, who led
0–2 at half time; he took his league tally to 14
on 10 February 2015, after netting a brace to help
his team come from behind at Brentford to win it 2–
1 – his second came through an injury time header
Ighalo scored in his Premier League debut on 8
August 2015, replacing José Manuel Jurado 16
minutes from time and putting the visitors ahead 2–
1 in an eventual 2–2 draw away against Everton for
the season opener. He netted twice in a 2–0
home win over West Ham United on 31 October,
reaching seven goals for the season and becoming
the highest club scorer in the competition after just
11 matches. He also became the first Watford
player to score 5 consecutive goals in 5 top flight
matches.
According to Pastor Benjamin Igoh, founder of
Wazobia Widows Foundation, Ighalo’s love and
undying passion for the less privileged, particularly
in Ajegunle, where the striker began his career
before leaving for Europe, is the reason behind his
recent excellent form.
Ighalo has 13 goals in the Premier League this
season from 18 games. Pastor Ighoh explained to
saharareporterssports.com: “Unknown to many
people, Odion is a devoted christian and also a
strong prayer warrior, who believes so much in
God.
“However, the major assists for Ighalo has been
coming from the relentless and fervent prayers
from the widows, on whose faces and hearts, he
has brought untold joy and happiness.”
In the past two years, Ighalo has been one of the
major sponsors of the foundation which was formed
some 12 years ago. On Christmas eve, Ighalo Pastor Igoh and Wazobia
Widows Foundation gave out cash gifts, clothing
materials, bags of rice and other food items to the
widows, in the spirit of the festive season.
Ighalo was among the goalscorers when his team
drew 2 – 2 with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on
Boxing Day.
"After God comes my mum. I do my best to make
sure she is happy. Every month I send some of my
salary to my parents, because I want to take care of
them like they took care of me."said ighalo

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