Odion Ighalo

€200KMarket Value

Free Agent

•Attacker•

Nigeria

Odion Ighalo

€200KMarket Value

Free Agent

•Attacker•

Nigeria

7.2

Season Score

Jun 16, 1989

181 cm

Height

0.22

Goals/Match

Shirt Number

Card stats based on

2025

7.2

Season Score

Jun 16, 1989

181 cm

Height

0.22

Goals/Match

Shirt Number

Card stats based on

2025

Season Performance 24/25

All Competitions

Matches: 33
Goals: 7
Assists: 0
Goal Contributions: 7
Mins/game: 67
Avg Rating: 7.23

Career

Professional Career

MGAGxGMinRtg

Granada

2009/2010 - 2013/2014

1032050.192,722-

Watford

2014/2015 - 2016/2017

993970.396,9087.04

Al-Wehda

2023/2024 - 2024/2025

561610.294,1157.10

Al Hilal

2021/2022 - 2022/2023

463120.673,7027.36

Al Shabab

2020/2021 - 2021/2022

443380.753,5887.38

Changchun Yatai

2016/2017 - 2018/2019

442730.613,3307.39

Manchester United

2019/2020 - 2020/2021

24510.218236.93

Shanghai Shenhua

2018/2019 - 2020/2021

191000.531,3517.29

Udinese

2008/2009 - 2013/2014

6100.17119-

Cesena

2009/2010 - 2010/2011

4000.0026-

Total

445182270.4126,684

National Team

MGAGxGMinRtg

Nigeria

2015 - 2025

26820.311,4906.69

Professional Career

MGAMinG+A/90YCRCRtg

Al-Wehda

24/25

337—2,2250.28007.23

Al-Wehda

23/24

239—1,8900.48306.91

Al Hilal

22/23

3121—2,4950.83307.37

Al Hilal

21/22

1510—1,2070.75107.35

Al Shabab

21/22

3124—2,7440.95307.39

Al Shabab

20/21

139—8441.28007.37

Manchester United

20/21

40—1610.00006.46

Manchester United

19/20

205—6620.82007.02

Shanghai Shenhua

18/19

1910—1,3510.67207.29

Changchun Yatai

17/18

1712—1,4570.74207.27

Changchun Yatai

16/17

2715—1,8730.86207.46

Watford

16/17

202—1,4450.19106.78

Watford

15/16

4217—3,3430.54407.17

Watford

14/15

3720—2,1200.9820-

Granada

13/14

174—2361.5341-

Granada

12/13

305—7680.8240-

Granada

11/12

316—1,7180.4740-

Granada

10/11

255———40-

Cesena

10/11

40———00-

Udinese

08/09

61—1190.7600-

National Team

MGAMinG+A/90YCRCRtg

Nigeria

21/22

20—900.0000-

Nigeria

18/19

85—5081.06006.60

Nigeria

17/18

101—6320.28106.76

Nigeria

15/16

21—80—00-

Nigeria

14/15

41—1800.5000-

League seasons, computed

Season	League	Apps	Min	Goals	Assists	G+A / 90	Rating
2008/2009	Serie A	6	119	1	0	0.76	—
2010/2011	Serie A	4	—	0	—	—	—
2010/2011	La Liga 2 (Spain)	25	—	5	—	—	—
2011/2012	La Liga	30	1628	6	3	0.5	—
2012/2013	La Liga	27	667	4	0	0.54	—
2013/2014	La Liga	4	—	2	—	—	—
2014/2015	Championship (England)	35	1940	20	3	1.07	—
2015/2016	Premier League	37	3153	15	3	0.51	7.17
2016/2017	Premier League	18	1291	1	1	0.14	6.78
2017	Super League (China)	27	1873	15	3	0.86	7.46
2018	Super League (China)	17	1457	12	—	0.74	7.27
2019	Super League (China)	17	1292	10	0	0.7	7.29
2019/2020	Premier League	11	92	0	0	0	6.68
2020/2021	Premier League	1	9	0	0	—	6.22
2020/2021	Pro League	13	844	9	3	1.28	7.37
2021/2022	Pro League	31	2744	24	5	0.95	7.39
2022/2023	Pro League	27	2182	19	2	0.87	7.39
2023/2024	Pro League	19	1710	6	0	0.32	6.86
2024/2025	Pro League	30	—	6	—	—	7.23

Domestic league competitions only (SportMonks sub_type='domestic'); national-team, continental and cup competitions are excluded. Classification resolved by league id against the canonical leagues index. G+A/90 computed from minutes actually played.

Career Progress

Appearances per Season

Appearance Distribution

Full match

Substituted off

From Bench

Odion Ighalo — computed career insights

Career figures, computed

Best-rated season: 2017 · 7.46Super League (China)
Lowest-rated season: 2019/2020 · 6.68Premier League
Rating trend: -0.15last 2 rated seasons vs career average before them (min. 5 apps)
Career involvement (league): 0.71 G+A per 90155 goals + 23 assists across 19 league seasons (per-90 from 21001 minutes on record)
League seasons on record: 19 (2008–2024)
Clubs with recorded appearances: 10

Among position peers, computed

Rating percentile: 29thrating 6.86 vs 42 rated peers
Goals rank: #8 of 426 goals
G+A per 90 percentile: 60th0.32 per 90

Cohort: 42 Pro League forwards, 2023/2024, min. 450 minutes. Computed by ranking the full league corpus, not taken from any feed.

Figures computed from the GioScore season-stats database · as of 2026-09-03

Rival Clubs(50)

Player stats against each opponent club

Team	MP	W	D	L	G	A			Last
AFC Bournemouth	7	1	5	1	1	0	0	0	Jul 2020
Crystal Palace	6	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	Sep 2020
Atlético de Madrid	6	0	1	5	1	0	1	0	—
Norwich City	5	2	0	3	3	0	1	0	Jun 2020
Getafe	5	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	—
Málaga	5	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	—
Valencia	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	—
Rayo Vallecano	5	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	—
Real Betis	5	2	0	3	1	0	1	0	—
Espanyol	5	2	1	2	2	0	2	1	—
Real Sociedad	5	1	2	2	1	0	2	0	—
Sevilla	5	1	0	4	0	2	1	0	—
Levante	5	1	1	3	1	2	0	0	—
Athletic Club	5	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	—
Tottenham Hotspur	4	0	1	3	1	0	1	0	Jun 2020
Middlesbrough	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	Jan 2017
Manchester City	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	Mar 2020
Everton	4	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	Mar 2020
Arsenal	4	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	Aug 2016
Newcastle United	4	4	0	0	3	1	0	0	Oct 2020

1–20 of 50

Transfers

Transfer Value History

Transfer History

Al-Wehda

—

Jul 1, 2025Transfer

Al Hilal

Al-Wehda

Aug 15, 2023Free Transfer

Al Hilal

Free Agent

Jul 1, 2023Transfer

Al Shabab

Al Hilal

Jan 29, 2022Transfer€3M

Shanghai Shenhua

Al Shabab

Feb 4, 2021Transfer€3M

Manchester United

Shanghai Shenhua

Jan 31, 2021End of loan

Jan 31, 2020Loan€12M

Feb 14, 2019Transfer€6M

Watford

Changchun Yatai

Jan 31, 2017Transfer€23M

Udinese

Watford

Oct 24, 2014Transfer€8M

Watford

Udinese

Oct 23, 2014End of loan

Jul 29, 2014Loan

Jun 30, 2014End of loan

Aug 27, 2013Loan

Jun 1, 2013End of loan

Jan 1, 2011Loan

Dec 1, 2010End of loan

Jul 1, 2010Loan

Jun 1, 2010End of loan

Aug 1, 2009Loan

Aug 1, 2008Transfer€2M

Trophies & Awards

2 titles won

Championships

Kings Cup

2x Winner(2021/2022, 2022/2023)

Player Information

Date of Birth

Jun 16, 1989

Place of Birth

Lagos, Nigeria

Nationality

Nigeria

Height

181 cm

Weight

73 kg

Shirt Number

#19

Age

37 years

Position

Attacker

Market Value

€200K

Weekly Wage

£49,000

Yearly Salary

£2,548,000

Performance Overview

Season Rating

7.21

Highest: 7.2 | Lowest: 7.2

Goals/Game

0.22

Mins/Game

Pass Acc.

79%

Matches

Total played32

Started (Lineups)30

From Bench5

Total Minutes-

Minutes per game-

Attacking

Goals7

Penalties scored0

Scoring frequency-

Goals per game0.22

Shots total-

Shots on target-

Shots off target-

Shots per game-

Shots on target/game-

Hit Woodwork-

Big Chances Missed-

Passes

Assists0

Key passes7

Pass accuracy79%

Total passes123

Long Balls-

Long Balls Won-

Crosses4

Accurate Crosses0

Big Chances Created-

Defense

Tackles2

Interceptions25

Clearances-

Blocks3

Clean Sheets6

Goals Conceded-

Duels

Total Duels59

Duels Won32

Aerials Won-

Succ. Dribbles1

Cards

Yellow0

Yellow Red0

Red0

Career Statistics

182

career goals

career assists

445

total appearances

About Odion Ighalo

Odion Ighalo featured 30 times in the 2024/2025 Pro League. His average match rating for that season computes to 7.23. By match rating he occupies the 29th percentile of the 42 Pro League forwards who played 450+ minutes in 2023/2024, and 8th of 42 for goals scored.

Season ratings peak at 7.46 in 2017, Super League (China) and bottom out at 6.68 in 2019/2020. His last two rated seasons average 0.15 below his earlier career level.

Those league minutes are spread over 7 domestic leagues: Pro League (120 appearances, 64 goals), Premier League (67 appearances, 16 goals) and La Liga (61 appearances, 12 goals) — the three with most games. 9 of those 19 recorded campaigns ended with 25 league appearances or more. Across 2014/2015–2017, the heaviest three-year block, he totalled 117 league appearances (39 a season).

Frequently Asked Questions

What position does Odion Ighalo play?

Odion Ighalo plays as an Attacker.

How old is Odion Ighalo?

Odion Ighalo is 37 years old, born on June 16, 1989. He is from Nigeria. At 37, he has already won 2 trophies in his professional career.

How tall is Odion Ighalo?

Odion Ighalo is 181 cm tall. He weighs 73 kg.

How many trophies has Odion Ighalo won?

Odion Ighalo has won 2 trophies throughout his career.

What nationality is Odion Ighalo?

Odion Ighalo is from Nigeria and represents them at international level.