Angelo Ogbonna
Ogbonna with Italy in 2012
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| Full name | Angelo Obinze Ogbonna | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 May 1988 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cassino, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||||||||||||||
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Current team
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West Ham United | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||
| 2002–2006 | Torino | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 2006–2013 | Torino | 150 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | → Crotone (loan) | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Juventus | 41 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2015– | West Ham United | 47 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Italy U21 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2011– | Italy | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:58, 21 January 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:37, 2 November 2016 (UTC) |
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Angelo Obinze Ogbonna (born 23 May 1988) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for West Ham United and the Italian national team.
He signed for Torino in 2002, having previously been a member of Nuova Cassino's youth set-up. Ogbonna made his debut in Serie A at the age of 18 under Alberto Zaccheroni. After a loan spell at Crotone in Serie C1, he returned to Torino, with whom he played for a further five seasons. In July 2013, he transferred to city rivals, Juventus, winning the Scudetto in 2013–14 and 2014–15, as well as the 2013 Supercoppa Italiana and the 2014–15 Coppa Italia.
He was a member of the Italian side which finished runners-up at UEFA Euro 2012, and also represented his nation at UEFA Euro 2016.
Ogbonna began his early career in the youth set-up of Cassino, where he played as a central defender.
In 2002 he was noticed by Torino, which, on the recommendation of Antonio Comi, bought him for €3,000 and assigned him to their youth team. In the 2006–07 season he was regularly called up to the first team and on 11 February 2007 he made his debut in Serie A at age 18, against Reggina (1–2), as a starter under coach Alberto Zaccheroni. At the end of season he totalled 4 league appearances.
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