{{Short description|Nigerian footballer (born 1997)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Paschal Okoli | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Paschal Onyedika Okoli | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|10|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Nigeria | height = | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Čelik Zenica | clubnumber = 4 | youthyears1 = 2016–2017 | youthclubs1 = Bursaspor | years1 = 2017–2018 | clubs1 = Bursaspor | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2017–2018 | clubs2 = Bursaspor U21 | caps2 = 5 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2018 | clubs3 = → Čelik Zenica (loan) | caps3 = 7 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2018–2019 | clubs4 = Bursaspor | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2019– | clubs5 = Čelik Zenica | caps5 = 11 | goals5 = 0 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | pcupdate = 25 May 2019 | ntupdate = }}
'''Paschal Onyedika Okoli''' (born 17 October 1997) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina club NK Čelik Zenica.
==Club career== ===Early career=== Okoli signed his first professional contract with Turkish Süper Lig club Bursaspor on 14 July 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bursaspor.org.tr/bs//haber?id=22849|title=Bursaspor Kulübü Resmi İnternet Sitesi|last=Bursaspor|website=www.bursaspor.org.tr|access-date=2017-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116131643/https://www.bursaspor.org.tr/bs//haber?id=22849|archive-date=2018-11-16|url-status=dead}}</ref> He made his professional debut with Bursaspor in a 2–1 league loss to Galatasaray on 24 September 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=528&macId=180384|title=BURSASPOR GALATASARAY A.Ş. - Match Details TFF|website=www.tff.org}}</ref>
While at the club, Okoli also played for the U21 team of Bursaspor, making 5 appearances and scoring one goal.
From February to June 2018, he was loaned out to Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina club NK Čelik Zenica.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/novo-pojacanje-celika-dolazi-iz-bursaspora/269516|title=Novo pojačanje Čelika dolazi iz Bursaspora|date=28 February 2018|access-date=28 February 2018|language=Bosnian|author=A. Pašić|publisher=sportsport.ba}}</ref> He played 7 matches for Čelik and scored one goal in that period.
After coming back to Bursaspor in June 2018, Okoli didn't make a single appearance in the 2018–19 Süper Lig season, and in February 2019, he left Bursaspor.
===Čelik Zenica=== On 18 February 2019, shortly after leaving Bursaspor, Okoli returned to and signed for Čelik Zenica.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/zenicani-se-pojacali-okoli-potpisao-za-nk-celik/307002|title=Zeničani se pojačali: Okoli potpisao za NK Čelik|date=18 February 2019|access-date=18 February 2019|language=Bosnian|author=S.Mlaćo|publisher=sportsport.ba}}</ref>
He made his debut for Čelik on 2 March 2019, in a 1–1 league draw against FK Tuzla City.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/03/02/bosnia-herzegovina/premier-liga/sloga/nk-celik-zenica/2940965/|title=Tuzla City vs Čelik Zenica|date=2 March 2019|access-date=2 March 2019|language=English|publisher=Soccerway.com}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|match played 25 May 2019}}<ref>{{Soccerway|paschal-onyedika-okoli/496630}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |Bursaspor |2017–18 |Süper Lig |1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||2||0 |- |Čelik Zenica (loan) |2017–18 |Bosnian Premier League |7||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||7||1 |- |Bursaspor |2018–19 |Süper Lig |0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0 |- |Čelik Zenica |2018–19 |Bosnian Premier League |11||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||11||0 |- !colspan=3|Career total !19||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||20||1 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{TFF player|1977674}} * {{Mackolik player|491774}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Okoli, Paschal}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:Nigerian men's footballers Category:Bursaspor footballers Category:NK Čelik Zenica players Category:Süper Lig players Category:Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:21st-century Nigerian sportsmen