John Utaka

Retired
Last club: Nogoom FC Retired since: Jan 1, 2020

Date of birth/Age: Jan 8, 1982 (42)
Place of birth: Enugu
Citizenship: Nigeria

Height: 1,82 m
Position: Left Winger

Former International: Nigeria
Caps/Goals: 44 / 6

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Nigeria
-		Nigeria	-	44	6

Stats of John Utaka

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			46	6	2	2	-	1	3.385'
	International Friendlies	14	1	-	-	-	-	983'
	Africa Cup of Nations	13	2	1	1	-	-	1.044'
	World Cup qualification	12	1	1	1	-	1	844'
	Afrika-Cup Quali	6	2	-	-	-	-	424'
	World Cup	1	-	-	-	-	-	90'

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	Matchday	Date	Venue		Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
		9/13/01	A	South Korea	2:2						90'
		9/16/01	A	South Korea	2:1						90'
		10/7/01	A	Japan	2:2	Not in squad
		1/12/02	A	Ivory Coast	1:1	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations
	Group A	1/21/02	A	Algeria	0:1	Not in squad
	Group A	1/24/02	A	Mali	0:0	Not in squad
	Group A	1/28/02	A	Liberia	0:1	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	2/3/02	H	Ghana	1:0	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals	2/7/02	H	Senegal	1:2 AET	Not in squad
	Third Place Play-Off	2/9/02	H	Mali	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		3/26/02	A	Paraguay	1:1	Not in squad
		4/17/02	A	Scotland	1:2						90'
		5/4/02	H	Kenya	3:0						38'
		5/16/02	A	Ireland	1:2	Not in squad
		5/18/02	A	Jamaica	0:1	Not in squad
	World Cup 2002
	Group F	6/2/02	A	Argentina	1:0	on the bench
	Group F	6/7/02	A	Sweden	2:1	AM					90'
	Group F	6/12/02	A	England	0:0	on the bench
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 1	9/8/02	A	Angola	0:0						90'
	International Friendlies
		10/12/02	A	Senegal	2:2	no information available
		11/20/02	H	Jamaica	0:0	Not in squad
		11/25/02	H	Egypt	1:1	Not in squad
		2/16/03	A	The Gambia	0:1	no information available
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 1	3/29/03	A	Malawi	0:1		1				90'
	International Friendlies
		5/25/03	A	Jamaica	3:2	Not in squad
		5/30/03	A	Ghana	3:1	no information available
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 1	6/7/03	H	Malawi	4:1						90'
	International Friendlies
		6/11/03	H	Brazil	0:3	LW					90'
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 1	6/21/03	H	Angola	2:2	no information available
	International Friendlies
		7/26/03	A	Venezuela	1:0						90'
		8/20/03	A	Japan	3:0	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations
	Group D	1/27/04	A	Morocco	0:1						90'
	Group D	1/31/04	A	South Africa	4:0						90'
	Group D	2/4/04	A	Benin	2:1		1				85'
	Quarter-Finals	2/8/04	A	Cameroon	1:2		1				90'
	Semi-Finals	2/11/04	A	Tunisia	6:4 on pens	LW					120'
	Third Place Play-Off	2/13/04	A	Mali	2:1				✔		90'
	International Friendlies
		4/28/04	A	Jordan	2:0	no information available
		5/29/04	A	Ireland	3:0						90'
		5/31/04	A	Jamaica	2:0		1				90'
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group 4	6/5/04	H	Rwanda	2:0						90'
	Group 4	6/20/04	A	Angola	1:0				89'		90'
	Group 4	7/3/04	H	Algeria	1:0						90'
	Group 4	9/5/04	A	Zimbabwe	0:3						70'
	Group 4	10/9/04	A	Gabon	1:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		10/20/04	A	Ecuador	2:2	no information available
		10/20/04	A	Libya	2:1	no information available
		11/17/04	A	South Africa	2:1	no information available
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group 4	3/26/05	A	Gabon	2:0						71'
	Group 4	6/5/05	A	Rwanda	1:1	Not in squad
	Group 4	6/18/05	H	Angola	1:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		8/17/05	A	Libya	0:1	no information available
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group 4	9/4/05	A	Algeria	2:5		1			56'	56'
	Group 4	10/8/05	H	Zimbabwe	5:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		11/16/05	A	Romania	3:0	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations
	Group D	1/23/06	A	Ghana	1:0	on the bench
	Group D	1/27/06	A	Zimbabwe	2:0						90'
	Group D	1/31/06	A	Senegal	2:1	SS					77'
	Quarter-Finals	2/4/06	A	Tunisia	7:6 on pens	LW					59'
	Semi-Finals	2/7/06	A	Ivory Coast	0:1	on the bench
	Third Place Play-Off	2/9/06	A	Senegal	0:1			1			90'
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 3	9/2/06	H	Niger	2:0	Not in squad
	Group 3	10/8/06	A	Lesotho	0:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		2/6/07	A	Ghana	1:4	SS					90'
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 3	3/24/07	H	Uganda	1:0						31'
	International Friendlies
		5/27/07	A	Kenya	0:1	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 3	6/2/07	A	Uganda	2:1		1				55'
	Group 3	6/17/07	A	Niger	1:3						68'
	International Friendlies
		8/22/07	A	Macedonia	0:0	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group 3	9/8/07	H	Lesotho	2:0						90'
	International Friendlies
		10/14/07	A	Mexico	2:2	LW					90'
		11/17/07	A	Australia	1:0	Not in squad
		11/19/07	A	Switzerland	0:1	Not in squad
		1/9/08	A	Sudan	2:0	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations
	Group B	1/21/08	A	Ivory Coast	0:1	LW					74'
	Group B	1/25/08	A	Mali	0:0						45'
	Group B	1/29/08	A	Benin	2:0	LW					45'
	Quarter-Finals	2/3/08	A	Ghana	2:1	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		5/27/08	A	Austria	1:1						14'
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group D	6/1/08	H	South Africa	2:0			1			90'
	Group D	6/7/08	A	Sierra Leone	0:1						49'
	Group D	6/15/08	A	Equat. Guinea	0:1	Not in squad
	Group D	6/21/08	H	Equat. Guinea	2:0	Not in squad
	Group D	9/6/08	A	South Africa	0:1						90'
	Group D	10/11/08	A	Sierra Leone	4:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		11/20/08	A	Colombia	1:0	Ill
		2/11/09	A	Jamaica	0:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group 2	3/29/09	A	Mozambique	0:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		5/29/09	A	Ireland	1:1						90'
		6/2/09	A	France	0:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group 2	6/7/09	H	Kenya	3:0	Not in squad
	Group 2	6/20/09	A	Tunisia	0:0						5'
	Group 2	9/6/09	H	Tunisia	2:2	Not in squad
	Group 2	10/11/09	H	Mozambique	1:0	Not in squad
	Group 2	11/14/09	A	Kenya	2:3	Thigh problems
	Africa Cup of Nations
	Group C	1/12/10	A	Egypt	3:1	Not in squad
	Group C	1/16/10	A	Benin	1:0	Not in squad
	Group C	1/20/10	A	Mozambique	3:0	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	1/25/10	A	Zambia	4:5 on pens	Not in squad
	Semi-Finals	1/28/10	A	Ghana	1:0	Not in squad
	Third Place Play-Off	1/30/10	A	Algeria	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		3/3/10	H	DR Congo	5:2	Not in squad
		5/25/10	A	Saudi Arabia	0:0						16'
		5/30/10	A	Colombia	1:1	LW					15'
		6/6/10	A	North Korea	3:1	on the bench
	World Cup 2010
	Group B	6/12/10	A	Argentina	1:0	on the bench
	Group B	6/17/10	A	Greece	2:1	on the bench
	Group B	6/22/10	A	South Korea	2:2	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		8/11/10	A	South Korea	2:1	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group B	9/5/10	H	Madagascar	2:0	Not in squad
	Group B	10/10/10	A	Guinea	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		2/9/11	H	Sierra Leone	2:1	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group B	3/27/11	H	Ethiopia	4:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		3/29/11	H	Kenya	3:0	Not in squad
		6/1/11	H	Argentina	4:1	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group B	6/5/11	A	Ethiopia	2:2	Not in squad
	Group B	9/4/11	A	Madagascar	0:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		9/6/11	A	Argentina	3:1	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	Group B	10/8/11	H	Guinea	2:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		10/11/11	A	Ghana	0:0	Not in squad
		11/12/11	H	Botswana	0:0	no information available
		11/15/11	H	Zambia	2:0	Not in squad
		2/15/12	A	Liberia	0:2	Not in squad
	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	First Round 1st leg	2/29/12	A	Rwanda	0:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		4/12/12	A	Egypt	3:2	Not in squad
		5/24/12	A	Peru	1:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Africa
	Group F	6/3/12	H	Namibia	1:0	CF					60'
	Group F	6/9/12	A	Malawi	1:1	CF					83'
Squad: 56, Starting eleven: 40, Substituted in: 7, On the bench: 9, Suspended: 0, Injured: 2,