John Chukwudi Utaka (born 8 January 1982) is a Nigerian former footballer who played as a striker and is currently a youth coach at Montpellier HSC. He is the older brother of fellow professional footballer Peter Utaka.[2]
Utaka has played for several clubs across three continents, first for Arab Contractors, subsequently Ismaily of Egypt, and then spending a season playing for Al-Sadd of Qatar, before joining RC Lens and later Rennes in France. He has represented Nigeria at two World Cups and three Africa Cup of Nations since his debut in 2002.
During his career he has mainly been utilised as a pacy winger making him a very effective element in a team's counter-attacking style of play. He is the founder of the John Utaka Football Academy Minna, Niger state.
^"John Chukwudi Utaka - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
^"John Utaka To Stay at Premier League Outfit Portsmouth, Explains Brother". goal.com. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
John Chukwudi Utaka (born 8 January 1982) is a Nigerian former footballer who played as a striker and is currently a youth coach at Montpellier HSC. He...
the younger brother of fellow professional footballer JohnUtaka. Born in Enugu, Nigeria, Utaka moved to Croatia as a 16-year-old to play in Dinamo Zagreb...
eventually unveiled as a Pompey player at a press conference alongside JohnUtaka on 11 July 2007. However, rumours followed just weeks later that Derby...
4–1–4–1 formation, with support from a five-man midfield of Kranjčar, JohnUtaka, Mendes, Diarra and Muntari. Sol Campbell, Glen Johnson and David James...
world. Bio is a patron of a number of charities in the UK, including the JohnUtaka Foundation, which helps African children and young people cope with health...
needed] On 20 May 2012, in a game marred by stoppages for crowd violence, JohnUtaka scored a brace to secure a 2–1 victory over Auxerre and win the Ligue...
September 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2023. www.realnet.co.uk (19 April 2010). "JohnUtaka gets Nigeria World Cup recall". Archived from the original on 12 June...
Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010. Mikel John Obi replaced by Brown Ideye after he was ruled out due to injury. "Ideye...
official for the 2008 FA Cup Final. His assistants for the 2010 final were John Flynn, representing the Royal Air Force Football Association, Shaun Procter-Green...
the fourth round of the FA Cup on 23 January 2010 and set up a goal for JohnUtaka, who scored twice, in a 2–1 to advance to the next round. Three days later...
2018. Olubayo Adefemi at National-Football-Teams.com realnet.co.uk. "JohnUtaka gets Nigeria World Cup recall". Kick Off. Archived from the original on...
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