# Kim Ojo
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{{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](/source/Warri), Nigeria
| height = 1.92 m
| position = [Centre forward](/source/Centre_forward)
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = [Plateau United](/source/Plateau_United_F.C.)
| years1 = 2004–2008
| clubs1 = [Plateau United](/source/Plateau_United_F.C.)
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2008–2010
| clubs2 = [Nybergsund-Trysil](/source/Nybergsund_IL-Trysil)
| caps2 = 76
| goals2 = 37
| years3 = 2011–2012
| clubs3 = [Brann](/source/SK_Brann)
| caps3 = 57
| goals3 = 26
| years4 = 2013–2015
| clubs4 = [Genk](/source/K.R.C._Genk)
| caps4 = 9
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2014–2015
| clubs5 = → [Újpest](/source/%C3%9Ajpest_FC) (loan)
| caps5 = 15
| goals5 = 4
| years6 = 2015–2016
| clubs6 = [OH Leuven](/source/Oud-Heverlee_Leuven)[{{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}}]
| caps6 = 12
| goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2016–2018
| clubs7 = [Lyngby BK](/source/Lyngby_Boldklub)
| caps7 = 31
| goals7 = 6
| totalcaps =
| totalgoals =
}}
'''Kim Ojo''' (born 2 December 1988) is a Nigerian former professional [footballer](/source/association_football) who last played as a [centre forward](/source/centre_forward).[{{cite web |title=Kim Ojo |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe141829/kim-ojo/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=8 December 2020}}]
==Career==
Ojo was born in [Warri](/source/Warri), Nigeria. He began his career with [Plateau United](/source/Plateau_United_F.C.) where he was discovered by FIFA agent Marcelo Houseman and in 2008 Atta Aneke took him on trial with [Lyn Oslo](/source/Lyn_Oslo).[[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 }}] In February 2008 signed for [Nybergsund](/source/Nybergsund_IL-Trysil)[[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 }}] and scored 14 goals during his first season there.[[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 }}] In December 2009 he trained with [TSV 1860 Munich](/source/TSV_1860_Munich) while on trial there,[{{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 }}] at that time he had already trained with [FC Midtjylland](/source/FC_Midtjylland).[{{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 }}]
In September 2016 Ojo signed a one-year contract with [Lyngby BK](/source/Lyngby_Boldklub).[{{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}}]
==International career==
In 2007, Ojo was called up to the [Nigeria U-23 team](/source/Nigeria_national_under-23_football_team).[[http://allafrica.com/stories/200702051296.html allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Siasia Names Squad for Equatorial Guinea]]
==Personal life==
Kim Ojo is a [Christian](/source/Christians).[{{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 }}]
==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](/source/Nybergsund_IL-Trysil)
|[2008](/source/2008_in_Norwegian_football)[{{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}}]
|rowspan="3"|[Adeccoligaen](/source/Adeccoligaen)
|26||10||0||0||colspan="2"|–||26||10
|-
|[2009](/source/2009_in_Norwegian_football)[{{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}}]
|rowspan="2"|[Belgian Pro League](/source/Belgian_Pro_League)
|2||1||0||0||8{{efn|Appearances in [Belgian Pro League](/source/Belgian_Pro_League) play-offs}}||0||10||1
|-
|[2013–14](/source/2013%E2%80%9314_Belgian_Pro_League)[{{cite web |title=K. Ojo |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/kim-ojo/33224/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=31 March 2021}}]
|[Nemzeti Bajnokság I](/source/Nemzeti_Bajnoks%C3%A1g_I)
|15||4||4||1||2{{efn|Appearances in [Hungarian League Cup](/source/Hungarian_League_Cup)}}||1||21||6
|-
|[OH Leuven](/source/Oud-Heverlee_Leuven)
|[2015–16](/source/2015%E2%80%9316_Belgian_Pro_League)