Stefano Okaka
Okaka at Spezia in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Stefano Chuka Okaka | ||
| Date of birth | 9 August 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Castiglione del Lago, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Watford | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994– | Castiglionese | ||
| –2001 | Sanfatucchio | ||
| 2001 | Centro Italia Parma | ||
| 2002–2004 | Cittadella | ||
| 2004–2005 | Roma | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2012 | Roma | 33 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | → Modena (loan) | 33 | (7) |
| 2009–2010 | → Brescia (loan) | 17 | (2) |
| 2010 | → Fulham (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 2011 | → Bari (loan) | 10 | (2) |
| 2012 | → Parma (loan) | 14 | (3) |
| 2012–2014 | Parma | 2 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → Spezia (loan) | 38 | (7) |
| 2014–2015 | Sampdoria | 36 | (8) |
| 2015–2016 | Anderlecht | 37 | (15) |
| 2016– | Watford | 10 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007–2008 | Italy U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2008 | Italy U20 | 2 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | Italy U21 | 7 | (2) |
| 2014– | Italy | 4 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:20, 4 March 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2016 |
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Stefano Chuka Okaka (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsteːfano oˈkaːka]; born 9 August 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Watford and the Italy national team.
Born in Castiglione del Lago, Umbria, Italy to Nigerian parents who later obtained Italian citizenship, Okaka joined the Roma youth system in 2004. He was part of the team that won the U-20 national title in 2005 and scored goals against Juventus in the semi-final and Atalanta in the final.
On 29 September 2005, he made his debut with the first team in the UEFA Cup, playing against Aris. He thus became the youngest footballer to debut in an international competition for an Italian team. Okaka scored his first official goal for Roma in a Coppa Italia match against Napoli on 8 December 2005, with a powerful run from midfield and a precise shot to the left of the goalkeeper, making him the youngest goalscorer in the competition. He made his Serie A debut with the club later that month, on 18 December 2005, at the age of 16 years and 125 days, in a 1–1 away draw against Sampdoria. He made several more appearances for the senior squad, scoring his first Serie A goal nine months later, on 17 September 2006, the last of three Roma goals in a 3–1 win over Siena, just 38 days after his 17th birthday, after coming on as a substitute for Francesco Totti. He also made his debut in the UEFA Champions League later that month, in a 2–1 away loss to Valencia, on 27 September.
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