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Patrick Owomoyela

パトリック・オウォモイエラ　/　ぱとりっく・おうぉもいえら

American association football player

November 5, 1979 (age 46)　・　Hamburg, United States

association football player

My Take

Patrick Owomoyela is the sort of footballer I instinctively admire. A Hamburg-born right-back of Nigerian heritage, he grafted his way up through Lüneburg, Osnabrück and Paderborn before reaching the big stages of Werder Bremen and Borussia Dortmund. The full-back role is thankless, demanding relentless running and defensive discipline with little glory, and at 187cm he clearly held his own in duels. I have a real soft spot for players who earn their place through consistency and trust rather than flash. Owomoyela's career reads like a steady, hard-won climb, and that quiet reliability is precisely the quality I find most underrated in modern football.

Overview

Patrick Olaiya Olukayode Owomoyela (German pronunciation: [ˈpatʁɪk ʔovomoˈjɛlaː]; born 5 November 1979) is a German former professional footballer who played mainly as a right-back. He previously played for Lüneburger SK, VfL Osnabrück, SC Paderborn 07, Arminia Bielefeld, SV Werder Bremen, Borussia Dortmund and Hamburger SV II.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Patrick Owomoyela
Name (Japanese): パトリック・オウォモイエラ
Reading: ぱとりっく・おうぉもいえら
Born: November 5, 1979 (age 46)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Goat
Origin: Hamburg, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 187 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.owomoyela.de
Xhttps://x.com/RealOwo
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A8%E3%83%A9

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