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John Utaka

Nigerian footballer (born 1982)
Person human Q147111

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[6]
Date of birth
January 8, 1982
Place of birth
Enugu
Country of citizenship
Nigeria[4]
Occupation
association football player
Sibling
Peter Utaka
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[19]
Birth name
John Chukwudi Utaka[20]
Country for sport
Nigeria[21]
Family name
Utaka[11]
Given name
John, Chukwudi[12][13]
Height
+179
League or competition
Premier League[8]
Mass
+69
Member of sports team
Montpellier Hérault Sport Club, Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC, Al Sadd Sports Club, Ismaily SC, Portsmouth F.C., R.C. Lens, Stade Rennais F.C., Enugu Rangers, Sivasspor, Nigeria men's national football team, Enugu Rangers, FBC Melgar[7]
Name in native language
John Utaka[22]
Native language
English[5]
Participant in
2010 FIFA World Cup, 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2004 African Cup of Nations, 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, 2008 Africa Cup of Nations[14][15][16][17][18]
Position played on team / speciality
forward[9]
Sport
association football[10]
Start of work period
1998[23]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 30
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
John UTAKA.JPG ↗
11v11 player ID
19130
AS.com athlete ID
utaka/12137
BDFA player ID
56137
BDFutbol player ID
95023
Barry Hugman's Footballers player ID
25631
BeSoccer player ID
49169
CUP2002.RU person ID
9016
FBref player ID
8f0d78f4
FIFA player ID (archived)
183498
FootballDatabase.eu person ID
709
Freebase ID
/m/0dxgqy
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Fussballdaten.de person ID
utakajohn
JRC Names ID
151859
Kicker.de player ID
john-utaka
Kooora/Goalzz player ID
1122
LFP player ID (former scheme) (archived)
utaka-john-chukwudi
Mackolik.com player ID (numeric)
7465
National-Football-Teams.com player ID
4849
Playmakerstats.com player ID
3565
Premier League player ID (archived)
3473
Scorebar / Soccerway person ID
1471
Soccerbase player ID
30812
Sofascore player ID
1422209
StatMuse Premier League player ID
3098
Statbunker player ID
16440
Trading Card Database name ID
41264
Transfermarkt player ID
5495
Turkish Football Federation player ID
1625107
WorldFootball.net person ID (old)
john-utaka

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🔗 Connections
Member of sports team 12
Nigeria men's national football team, Portsmouth F.C., Stade Rennais F.C., R.C. Lens, Montpellier Hérault Sport Club, Al Sadd Sports Club, Sivasspor, Ismaily SC +4 more
Participant in 5
2010 FIFA World Cup, 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, 2004 African Cup of Nations, 2006 Africa Cup of Nations
Country for sport 1
Nigeria
Country of citizenship 1
Nigeria
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
League or competition 1
Premier League
Occupation 1
association football player
Participated in 1
2012 Trophée des Champions
Place of birth 1
Enugu
Position played on team / speciality 1
forward
Sex or gender 1
male
Sibling 1
Peter Utaka
Siblings 1
Peter Utaka
Sport 1
association football
← Points/goal scored by 1
2012 Trophée des Champions
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Summary

John Utaka was born in Enugu[1]. He was born on January 8, 1982[2]. He worked as an association football player[3].

FAQs

Where was John Utaka born?

John Utaka was born in Enugu[1].

What did John Utaka do for work?

John Utaka worked as association football player[3].

Related Entities

Nigeria

References

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  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Roger.ec1 · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → John, Chukwudi
    BeSoccer player ID → 49169
    Native language → English
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ BeSoccer player ID: 49169, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/273575|batch #273575]]"
  2. 16w ago · Mattythewhite · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Birth name → John Chukwudi Utaka
    Wikidata description → Nigerian footballer (born 1982)
    Name in native language → John Utaka
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Birth name: John Chukwudi Utaka"
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