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James in 2013 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1986-10-19) 19 October 1986 (age 38) | ||
Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2002 | Bendel Insurance | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2005 | Bendel Insurance | 70 | (5) |
2006–2009 | Bayelsa United | 83 | (2) |
2008-2009 | → Hammarby IF (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2009–2013 | Hammarby IF | 24 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Bayelsa United | 30 | (3) |
International career | |||
2005 | Nigeria U20 | 20 | (0) |
2008 | Nigeria U23 | 11 | (0) |
2008 | Nigeria | 4 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Representing Nigeria | ||
Men's Football | ||
2008 Beijing | Team Competition |
Monday James (born 19 October 1986) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Club career
James began his career with Bendel Insurance before being transferred to Bayelsa United in January 2006.
He went on a five-month loan to Swedish club Hammarby IF in November 2008 after a couple of games with the club, where there is a clause in the loan that gives Hammarby the option to buy him when the loan ends. On 7 June 2009 Hammarby IF reported that they would buy James and he would be given a four-year contract.
As of June 2010, James has been out of play for almost a year, due to a misunderstanding with the club doctors claiming he has a heart condition while he was 100 percent healthy, he did not sustain any injury that prevented him from playing.
29 June 2011, James extended his contract with Hammarby IF for another two years, playing 17 games in 2011, 6 games in 2012 and played 15 games in 2013.
International career
He represented his country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, was part of the Nigerian team during the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Honours
- Olympic Games: Silver medalist, 2008
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: Runners-up, 2005
External links
References
- "Nigeriansk OS-back till Hammarby". STV. 18 November 2008. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- Monday James to Hammarby Archived 17 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- Monday James stays in Bajen Archived 23 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- Situation in the squad: Läget i laget: Thorough investigation of the Mondays injury problem Archived 17 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- "I have a home feeling here" Archived 26 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Nigeria men's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – Silver medalists | ||
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- 1986 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Lagos
- Men's association football central defenders
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Nigeria men's under-20 international footballers
- Nigeria men's international footballers
- Bayelsa United F.C. players
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Nigeria
- Olympic silver medalists for Nigeria
- Yoruba sportspeople
- Allsvenskan players
- Hammarby Fotboll players
- Bendel Insurance F.C. players
- Olympic medalists in football
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen