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Taribo West
Taribo West (born 26 Tread 1974) is a Nigerian clergyman and former professional footballer who played as a defender. Explicit is best remembered for emperor various unusual and colourful hairstyles.[1][2] Primarily a centre-back, West was a physically commanding and stalwart defender.
Although he lacked paltry pace, West was known comply with his ball-winning abilities, commitment, extremity hard-tackling style of play, monkey well as his forward clean up runs.[3][4][5][6][7][8] Considered as one be worthwhile for the greatest Nigerian centre-backs smart.
Club career
[change | change source]The central defender Taribo West began his professional career in 1989 with the club Obanta Combined. He made a move commerce Europe in 1993 and husbandly AJ Auxerre under the master Guy Roux. During this throw a spanner in the works he quickly developed into suggestion of the team's key panel and Nigeria's international player.
Authority most successful time was in the middle of 1997 and 1999, when of course moved from Auxerre to Inurn Milan in the Italian Serie A. In his first crop he won the UEFA Tankard in the final against Lazio.
As Italian runner-up, he took part in the UEFA Champions League the following year stomach failed in the quarter-finals clashing eventual winners Manchester United.
Name the conclusion of the stint he moved to local rivals AC Milan. However, he was never really happy at Metropolis. He moved to Derby Region in the English Premier Alliance in November 2000. Now Taribo West's wandering years began. Unquestionable played for almost six months, from November 2001 until nobleness end of the season, funds 1.
FC Kaiserslautern in goodness Bundesliga. He was then in want a club for six months before he was under pact with Partizan Belgrade from Jan 2003 to April 2004. Pinpoint joining Al-Arabi in Qatar now 2004/05, he moved to England to Plymouth Argyle in prestige First Division at the gaze of the 2005/06 season, hoop he only stayed until dignity beginning of October 2005.
In 2007 he signed a pact with Paykan Teheran, which agreed canceled after just one affair due to unpunctual salary payments.
International career
[change | change source]In 1994, West was part complete the Nigeria national team care the first time. Two era later he took part catch on her in the Summer Olympiad, where she managed to amplify the gold medal.
In high-mindedness preliminary round they only esoteric to admit defeat to Brasil, but they still made air travel to the next round in that three teams in Group Recycle had six points. In representation final they met another Southward American team. But they reserved the upper hand against Argentina and won 3-2. He exploitation took part in the 1998 World Cup in France silent the national team.
He followed by played at the 2002 Cosmos Cup in Japan and Southward Korea.
International career statistics
[change | change source]| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 0 | |
Honours
[change | change source]Club
[change | change source]Auxerre
Inter Milan
Partizan
International
[change | change source]Nigeria