35 Facts About Junior Agogo

Manuel "Junior" Agogo was a Ghanaian professional footballer who played as a striker.

Junior Agogo was born in Ghana but spent most of his childhood in the UK.

Junior Agogo then moved back to Ghana during his years in secondary school.

Junior Agogo began his youth career at Sheffield Wednesday in 1995, moving up to the senior squad in 1997.

Junior Agogo played for fifteen different clubs over the next fifteen years, before retiring from professional football in 2012.

Junior Agogo spent most of his playing career in England, with additional spells in the US, Egypt, Cyprus and Scotland.

Junior Agogo's longest spell was at Bristol Rovers, where he made 140 appearances and scored over 40 goals before moving to Nottingham Forest.

Junior Agogo scored a total of 143 goals during his professional football career.

In 2000, Junior Agogo left Sheffield Wednesday and moved to the United States to play for the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer.

Junior Agogo went on to score 11 goals in 32 appearances for the Rapids, including 10 goals in his first season to end as the team's top scorer for the season.

Junior Agogo was traded from Colorado to the San Jose Earthquakes in June 2001 for Chris Carrieri.

Junior Agogo played for the Earthquakes for the rest of the 2001 season, culminating with their MLS Championship victory, but was waived early in the 2002 pre-season, and replaced on the San Jose roster by Devin Barclay.

In 2002, Junior Agogo returned to England, this time with Queens Park Rangers.

Junior Agogo made his debut coming off the bench away against Swindon Town.

Junior Agogo finished the campaign with six goals in all competitions.

On 30 August 2006 the transfer to Forest was completed for an undisclosed fee, with Junior Agogo signing a three-year contract.

However, Junior Agogo scored only three goals after his return from the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, one of which was against Leyton Orient at Brisbane Road.

Junior Agogo finished as Forest's top-scorer that season with thirteen goals, helping the club gain automatic promotion to the Championship.

On 2 July 2008, Junior Agogo joined Zamalek SC, He initially wore the number 29 jersey, but switched to number 9 following Amr Zaki's departure on loan to English side Wigan Athletic.

Junior Agogo joined Apollon Limassol on 5 August 2009, signing a two-year contract with the Cypriots.

Junior Agogo signed a one-year contract with Scottish Premier League club Hibernian, who were then managed by his former Nottingham Forest manager Colin Calderwood, in July 2011.

Junior Agogo was released from his contract in January 2012, after making 14 appearances for the club.

In May 2006, Junior Agogo was called up by Ghana for a friendly against French league side OGC Nice.

Junior Agogo was recalled to the Ghana squad for an East Asia tour in which he faced Japan and South Korea.

Junior Agogo was called up to the Ghana squad for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations.

Junior Agogo then scored in the following game against Namibia, tapping home Michael Essien's cross for the only goal of the game.

Junior Agogo then netted another goal, an 84th minute winner, in the quarter final against Nigeria after John Mensah had been shown a red card in the 60th minute.

In total, Junior Agogo scored 12 goals in 27 matches for the national team between 2006 and 2009.

Junior Agogo was born on 1 August 1979 in Accra, Ghana as one of 11 siblings.

Junior Agogo attended the Ridge Church School in Accra, but before completing primary school, he moved with his family to the UK.

On 29 January 2015, Junior Agogo was hospitalised after suffering a stroke.

Junior Agogo struggled with his speech after his stroke and expressed anxiety at his language problems.

On 20 September 2019, Junior Agogo's remains were cremated in London after a private funeral ceremony at St Mark's Church.

Junior Agogo is remembered with a memorial at Golders Green Crematorium in London.

Junior Agogo wore the number 23 jersey during their League One promotion campaign.