Peter Ijeh

Peter Ijeh (born 28 March 1977) is a retired Nigerian footballer who played as a forward.

After playing for clubs like Nitel Fc Lagos and won the highest goal scorer award with Julius Berger Fc Lagos in Nigerian premier league, he joined Swedish club Malmö FF in 2001. He was the top scorer in Allsvenskan in 2002 with 24 goals. In 2003, he suffered a leg injury that kept him out of most of the season, but he still managed to come back strongly and finished with 10 goals. In late 2003, he transferred to IFK Göteborg as a free transfer in a highly controversial affair as the club's big name signing for its 100th anniversary and Göteborg finished third.

After this he moved to Danish club FC Copenhagen and won the league title in 2005/2006 season.

On 19 June 2006 he moved to Viking in Norway on a 3 million Danish krone deal. He became an instant success, scoring 11 goals in 15 games to save the team from relegation. In the last game of the 2006 season Ijeh scored 4 goals and pressured an opposition defender to concede an own goal as Viking surprisingly demolished local rivals and second-placed S.K. Brann 5–0 to climb two places in the table and thus escape relegation on goal difference.

In Early January 2007, several sources within Norwegian football claim that Ijeh will soon be looking for another club, with English Championship side Coventry City courting the Nigerian striker, who is thought to be keen to test his skills in the more physical English game. Coventry City manager Micky Adams is thought to have watched the player on a recent scouting trip to Norway.

Norwegian club F.C. Lyn Oslo have reportedly made a NOK 12 million bid for Ijeh's services, though this was rejected from Viking. Ijeh left Viking at the end of the 2009 season to sign for Syrianska FC in the Swedish second division.

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