Jonathan Akpoborie
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 October 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987 | Julius Berger F.C. | ||
| 1987–1990 | Brooklyn College | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1992 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 53 | (9) |
| 1992–1994 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 74 | (26) |
| 1994–1995 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 32 | (37) |
| 1995 | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 18 | (9) |
| 1996–1997 | 47 | (20) | |
| 1997–1999 | VfB Stuttgart | 58 | (22) |
| 1999–2001 | VfL Wolfsburg | 39 | (20) |
| 2001–2002 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 325 | (143) | |
| National team | |||
| 1995–2001 | Nigeria | 13 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Jonathan Akpoborie (born 20 October 1968) is a former Nigerian football player who spent the majority of his playing career in Germany.
Akpoborie started his professional career at Julius Berger, before moving to USA. In 1990 he joined 1. FC Saarbrücken of German 2. Bundesliga. Akpoborie also had spells with FC Carl Zeiss Jena, Stuttgart Kickers, for whom he scored 37 goals in one season, and Waldhof Mannheim, before finally joining top-flight in 1995. After spending two years at Hansa, the player moved to their Bundesliga rivals VfB Stuttgart and then VfL Wolfsburg in 1999.
Akpoborie finished his playing career at Saarbrücken in 2002.
Akpoborie was part of the Nigeria team that won the first edition of the FIFA U-16 Championship in 1985, scoring in the final against the then West Germany. Two years later, he featured for the Flying Eagles at the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile.
At the senior level, he was selected for the 1992 and 2000 Africa Cup of Nations where he won bronze and silver respectively. His first senior cap was in a 1992 Africa Cup of Nations Third-place match against Cameroon, which the Super Eagles won. He scored his first goal for the Super Eagles against Mexico at the 1995 U.S. Cup on 24 June 1995. He got his second goal – a 48th minute equalizer – in a 1–1 draw with Kenya in a 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification match on 12 January 1997.
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