| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gregory Junior Nwokolo | ||
| Date of birth | (1986-01-03)3 January 1986 (age 39)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Onitsha, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2004 | Tampines Rovers | 19 | (9) |
| 2004–2005 | Sriwijaya | 20 | (7) |
| 2005 | Young Lions | 13 | (4) |
| 2005 | Warriors | 12 | (3) |
| 2006 | PSIS Semarang | 18 | (11) |
| 2006–2007 | PSMS Medan | 17 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | Persis Solo | 28 | (14) |
| 2008–2009 | Persija Jakarta | 31 | (16) |
| 2009–2010 | Olhanense | 13 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Persija Jakarta | 26 | (13) |
| 2011–2012 | Pelita Jaya | 24 | (20) |
| 2012 | →Chiangrai United (loan) | 9 | (5) |
| 2012–2013 | Arema Cronus | 24 | (15) |
| 2013–2014 | Persebaya DU | 24 | (14) |
| 2014–2015 | Persija Jakarta | 2 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | BEC Tero Sasana | 19 | (5) |
| 2016 | Persija Jakarta | 14 | (3) |
| 2017–2020 | Madura United | 75 | (22) |
| 2021–2022 | Madura United | 7 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Arema | 10 | (0) |
| Total | 405 | (165) | |
| International career | |||
| 2013–2019 | Indonesia | 8 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gregory Junior Nwokolo (born 3 January 1986) is a formerfootballer who played as aforward. Born in the Nigeria, he represents theIndonesia national team.
Greg began his career in Asia withTampines Rovers. After that, in 2004 he signed forYoung Lions.[3] He left them in the same year to move to the Indonesian club,Persijatim Solo.[4] After half a year in Indonesia for Persijatim, he joinedSingapore Armed Forces in January 2005 and signed back toPSIS Semarang in early 2006.[citation needed]
After a year and a half, in mid-2006 he joinedPSMS Medan.[5] He played forPSMS Medan one year before being signed in January 2007 forPersis Solo,[6] after 14 goals in 28 games in the 2007–08 season was sold toPersija Jakarta.[7]
In 2009, he left the club, Persija Jakarta and he want to seek his fortune in Europe and signed for the Portuguese club,Olhanense until 30 June 2010,[8] in August 2010 before he moved back to Persija Jakarta as a free agent.[citation needed]
In the 2011–12 season, he was recruited byPelita Jaya together withSafee Sali andAleksandar Bajevski. After that, Greg moved toArema Indonesia for the 2012–13 season.
On 5 December 2014, he signed again with Persija Jakarta.[9]
As aNigerian, Nwokolo does not have any record that he has been capped in any match for both junior or senior for theNigeria National Football Team. In early 2010, Nwokolo was rumoured that he will soon play for theIndonesia national football team, though this rumour wasn't confirmed by Nwokolo himself, what is interesting is that he didn't confirm nor deny the rumour. After many speculations, in August 2011Football Association of Indonesia finally confirmed that Nwokolo has beennaturalised, and got Indonesian citizenship officially on 10 October 2011.[10]
Nwokolo made his debut for theIndonesia national football team in the2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification campaign againstSaudi Arabia on 23 March 2013. Nwokolo also played full 90 minutes in a friendly match againstNetherlands on 7 June 2013. On 14 August 2013, Nwokolo scored his first international goal againstPhilippines in a friendly match.
On 20 May 2018, he married Indonesian model and actressKimmy Jayanti, inPerth, Australia.[11]
On 15 April 2014, after thePersipura Jayapura vsPersebaya Bhayangkara match conference, Greg got into a fight withJacksen F. Tiago because of personal problems that started in theIndonesia national football team. The situation then eased after police restrained both of them.[12]
| Indonesia national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2013 | 4 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 2 |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 14 August 2013 | Manahan Stadium,Surakarta, Indonesia |  Philippines | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 25 March 2019 | Mandalar Thiri Stadium,Mandalay, Myanmar |  Myanmar | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
Tampines Rovers
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