{{Short description|Nigerian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Kim Ojo | image = Kim Ojo.jpg | caption = Ojo in 2014 | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|12|02|df=y}} | birth_place = Warri, Nigeria | height = 1.92 m | position = Centre forward | currentclub = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Plateau United | years1 = 2004–2008 | clubs1 = Plateau United | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2008–2010 | clubs2 = Nybergsund-Trysil | caps2 = 76 | goals2 = 37 | years3 = 2011–2012 | clubs3 = Brann | caps3 = 57 | goals3 = 26 | years4 = 2013–2015 | clubs4 = Genk | caps4 = 9 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2014–2015 | clubs5 = → Újpest (loan) | caps5 = 15 | goals5 = 4 | years6 = 2015–2016 | clubs6 = OH Leuven<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ohl.be/heren/nieuws/berichten/8528 |title=OHL signs Ojo from Genk |language=dutch |date=31 August 2015 |publisher=ohl.be}}</ref> | caps6 = 12 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 2016–2018 | clubs7 = Lyngby BK | caps7 = 31 | goals7 = 6 | totalcaps = | totalgoals = }}
'''Kim Ojo''' (born 2 December 1988) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who last played as a centre forward.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kim Ojo |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe141829/kim-ojo/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=8 December 2020}}</ref>
==Career== Ojo was born in Warri, Nigeria. He began his career with Plateau United where he was discovered by FIFA agent Marcelo Houseman and in 2008 Atta Aneke took him on trial with Lyn Oslo.<ref>[http://www.lyn.no/index.aspx?id=954441 FC Lyn Oslos offisielle hjemmeside - Før Stabæk: -Prøvespiller vender tilbake]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In February 2008 signed for Nybergsund<ref>[http://www.dagsavisen.no/sport/article333453.ece Alltid en ny nigerianer : Dagsavisen] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20080301083623/http://www.dagsavisen.no/sport/article333453.ece |date=1 March 2008 }}</ref> and scored 14 goals during his first season there.<ref>[http://fotball.aftenposten.no/forstediv/article156799.ece Ojo trener med 1860 München | Aftenposten.no] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223080124/http://fotball.aftenposten.no/forstediv/article156799.ece |date=23 February 2012 }}</ref> In December 2009 he trained with TSV 1860 Munich while on trial there,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ostlendingen.no/article/20091202/SPORT03/712029983/-1/HNYHETER |title=Ojo prøvespiller for 1860 München |access-date=2 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212122027/http://www.ostlendingen.no/article/20091202/SPORT03/712029983/-1/HNYHETER |archive-date=12 December 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> at that time he had already trained with FC Midtjylland.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ostlendingen.no/article/20091109/SPORT03/959037133/1101 |title=FC Midtjylland tester Kim Ojo |access-date=2 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214213323/http://www.ostlendingen.no/article/20091109/SPORT03/959037133/1101 |archive-date=14 December 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In September 2016 Ojo signed a one-year contract with Lyngby BK.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Maimann |first1=Kristian |title=Lyngby henter Kim Ojo |url=https://lyngby-boldklub.dk/2016/09/05/lyngby-henter-kim-ojo/ |website=Lyngby Boldklub |access-date=8 December 2020 |language=Danish |date=15 September 2016}}</ref>
==International career== In 2007, Ojo was called up to the Nigeria U-23 team.<ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/200702051296.html allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Siasia Names Squad for Equatorial Guinea]</ref>
==Personal life== Kim Ojo is a Christian.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://fotball.bt.no/eliteserien/article195894.ece |title=Bergens Tidende - Ojos takkeliste |access-date=21 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322211917/http://fotball.bt.no/eliteserien/article195894.ece |archive-date=22 March 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Career statistics== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Nybergsund |2008<ref name="nifs">{{cite web |title=NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk |url=https://www.nifs.no/personprofil.php?person_id=28061 |website=Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk |access-date=31 March 2021 |language=no}}</ref> |rowspan="3"|Adeccoligaen |26||10||0||0||colspan="2"|–||26||10 |- |2009<ref name="nifs"/> |26||14||2||0||colspan="2"|–||28||14 |- |2010<ref name="nifs"/> |24||13||3||0||colspan="2"|–||27||13 |- !colspan="2"|Total !76!!37!!5!!0!!0!!0!!81!!37 |- |rowspan="3"|Brann |2011<ref name="nifs"/> |rowspan="2"|Tippeligaen |28||15||7||3||colspan="2"|–||35||18 |- |2012<ref name="nifs"/> |29||11||5||4||colspan="2"|–||34||15 |- !colspan="2"|Total !57!!26!!12!!7!!0!!0!!69!!33 |- |rowspan="3"|Genk |2012–13<ref name="wf">{{cite web |title=Kim Ojo » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe141829/kim-ojo/club-matches/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=31 March 2021}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|Belgian Pro League |2||1||0||0||8{{efn|Appearances in Belgian Pro League play-offs}}||0||10||1 |- |2013–14<ref name="wf"/> |7||0||0||0||0||0||7||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !9!!1!!0!!0!!8!!0!!17!!1 |- |Újpest (loan) |2014–15<ref name="sw">{{cite web |title=K. Ojo |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/kim-ojo/33224/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=31 March 2021}}</ref> |Nemzeti Bajnokság I |15||4||4||1||2{{efn|Appearances in Hungarian League Cup}}||1||21||6 |- |OH Leuven |2015–16<ref name="wf"/> |Belgian Pro League |12||1||0||0||0||0||12||1 |- |rowspan="3"|Lyngby BK |2016–17<ref name="sw"/> |rowspan="2"|Danish Superliga |16||3||0||0||colspan="2"|–||16||3 |- |2017–18<ref name="sw"/> |15||3||0||0||4{{efn|Appearances in Danish Superliga play-offs}}||0||19||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !31!!6!!0!!0!!4!!0!!35!!6 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !200!!75!!21!!8!!14!!1!!235!!84 |}
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==Honours== '''Genk''' *Belgian Cup: 2012–13
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==External links== * {{Soccerway|33224}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ojo, Kim}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Nigerian men's footballers Category:Footballers from Warri Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Nigerian Christians Category:Norwegian Christians Category:Eliteserien players Category:Belgian Pro League players Category:Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Category:Danish Superliga players Category:Plateau United F.C. players Category:SK Brann players Category:Nybergsund IL-Trysil players Category:KRC Genk players Category:Oud-Heverlee Leuven players Category:Újpest FC players Category:Lyngby Boldklub players Category:Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Category:21st-century Nigerian sportsmen
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