{{Short description|Nigerian footballer (born 1983)}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Raphael Edereho |image = |fullname = Raphael Edereho |height = {{height|m=1.82}} |birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1983|3|21}} | birth_place = Delta State, Nigeria |currentclub = |clubnumber = |position = Striker |youthyears1= |youthclubs1= | years1 = 2000–2001 | years2 = 2001–2002 | years3 = 2002–2003 | years4 = 2004 | years5 = 2005 | years6 = 2005 | years7 = 2005 | years8 = 2005–2006 | years9 = 2007 | years10 = 2007 | years11 = 2008 | years12 = 2011 | years13 = 2012 | years14 = 2012–2013 | years15 = 2013–2014 | years16 = 2014 | years17 = 2014–2015 | clubs1 = Al Sarha | clubs2 = Ebiedafe | clubs3 = AS Racine | clubs4 = FC Prishtina | clubs5 = RoPS | clubs6 = Tervarit | clubs7 = KuPS | clubs8 = Persepolis | clubs9 = Shakhter Kargandy | clubs10 = AC Oulu | clubs11 =VPS | clubs12 =OPS| clubs13 = FC Santa Claus | clubs14 = Najaf FC | clubs15 = Duhok SC | clubs16 = Naft Maysan | clubs17 = Masafi Al-Shamal | caps1 = 28 | goals1 = 19 | caps2 = 30 | goals2 = 15 | caps3 = 32 | goals3 = 17 | caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 6 | caps5 = 7 | goals5 = 0 | caps6 = 6 | goals6 = 5 | caps7 = - | goals7 = - | caps8 = 6 | goals8 = 1 | caps9 = 11 | goals9 = 6 | caps10 = 7 | goals10 = 4 | caps11 = 24 | goals11 = 4 | caps12 = 15 | goals12 = 3 | caps13 = 13 | goals13 = 5 | nationalyears1= | nationalteam1= Nigeria U-17 | nationalcaps1= | nationalgoals1 = | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }}
'''Raphael Edereho''' (born March 21, 1983, in Delta State, Nigeria) is a retired Nigerian football player.
==Club career== Edereho started his career at the Saudi Arabian club Al Sarha FC in 2000. The following year, he moved back to his homeland, Nigeria, and played for Ebiedafe FC, and then transferred in 2002 to another Nigerian club, AS Racine FC. In 2004, Edereho made his first move to Europe and was transferred to KF Prishtina playing in the Football Superleague of Kosovo. The Finnish Veikkausliiga League was his next destination where he played for RoPS Rovaniemi, Tervarit Oulu and KuPS Kuopio where he impressed enough to transfer to Iranian giants Persepolis FC in 2006. In November 2006, it was also found out that KuPS Kuopio did not receive the transfer fee for Edereho from Persepolis. FIFA was investigating the situation and decided that Persepolis must pay the transfer fee.<ref>[http://www.mtv3.fi/urheilu/futis/uutiset.shtml/arkistot/futis/2008/03/618558 MTV3 Internet Jalkapallo Futis Veikkausliiga Mestarien liiga Valioliiga Serie A La Liga Bundesliiga<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In 2011, he moved to OPS.<ref>[http://www.ops.fi/uutiset/46/2011/805 Edereho Ops 2011]</ref> In 2012–13 he played with Najaf FC, in 2013–14 with Duhok SC, in 2014 with Naft Maysan, and in 2014–15 with Masafi Al-Shamal, all in the Iraqi Premier League.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/players/foreign-iraqleague.html Foreign Players in the Iraqi Premier League] at RSSSF</ref>
==International career== Edereho has represented Nigeria at U17 level.
==References== <references/>
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070312151710/http://www.kups.fi/magazine/7-2005/7.php KuPS Magazine Article (Finnish)] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070312151744/http://www.kups.fi/2005/ajankohtaista.php?we_objectID=1555 Edereho to Persepolis FC (Finnish)]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Edereho, Raphael}} Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Delta State Category:Nigerian men's footballers Category:Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Rovaniemen Palloseura players Category:AC Oulu players Category:Kuopion Palloseura players Category:Veikkausliiga players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Category:Persian Gulf Pro League players Category:Persepolis F.C. players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Iran Category:Kazakhstan Premier League players Category:FC Shakhter Karagandy players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Category:Football Superleague of Kosovo players Category:FC Prishtina players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Kosovo Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Iran Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Iraq Category:FC Santa Claus players Category:Tervarit players Category:21st-century Nigerian sportsmen