 Okaka at Spezia in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stefano Chuka Okaka[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 August 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Castiglione del Lago, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Castiglionese | |||
| Sanfatucchio | |||
| 2001 | Centro Italia Parma | ||
| 2002–2004 | Cittadella | ||
| 2004–2005 | Roma | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2012 | Roma | 34 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | → Modena (loan) | 33 | (7) |
| 2009–2010 | → Brescia (loan) | 17 | (2) |
| 2010 | → Fulham (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 2011 | → Bari (loan) | 10 | (2) |
| 2012 | → Parma (loan) | 14 | (3) |
| 2012–2014 | Parma | 2 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → Spezia (loan) | 38 | (7) |
| 2014–2015 | Sampdoria | 36 | (8) |
| 2015–2016 | Anderlecht | 37 | (15) |
| 2016–2019 | Watford | 36 | (5) |
| 2019 | → Udinese (loan) | 16 | (6) |
| 2019–2021 | Udinese | 57 | (12) |
| 2021–2023 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 52 | (13) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007–2008 | Italy U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2008 | Italy U20[2] | 2 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | Italy U21 | 7 | (2) |
| 2014–2020 | Italy | 5 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:02, 15 November 2020 (UTC) | |||
Stefano Chuka Okaka (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsteːfano oˈkaːka]; born 9 August 1989) is an Italian former footballer who played as a forward.
He began his career at Roma, debuting shortly after his 16th birthday and being loaned to several other teams for the duration of his contract. He totalled over 125 Serie A games for that club, Bari, Parma, Sampdoria and Udinese. Abroad, he played 47 Premier League matches for Fulham and Watford, and had a season in Belgium with Anderlecht.
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