RFC
Liégeois (Belgium), AS Monaco (France), Borussia Dortmund (Germany),
??? (United Arab Emirates)
Honours
1996
Vainqueur des Jeux Olympiques (Nigeria)
Biography
Victor Ikpeba (born June 12, 1973 in Benin City) is a football
striker from Nigeria. He has played thirty international matches
and scored three goals for Nigeria, and played at the Football
World Cups in 1994 and 1998. He also helped win the 1994 African
Nations Cup and the Olympic gold medal in 1996.
Victor Ikpeba was discovered by Belgian club RFC Liégeois during the
1989 FIFA U-17 World Championship, and moved to play in Belgium
together with teammate Sunday Oliseh. After scoring 17 goals in
1992-93, Ikpeba was bought by French side AS Monaco where he
gradually became a success, albeit with a tough start. He showed
outstanding form subsequent to the 1996 Olympics, scoring 13
league goals to help Monaco win the league title. His
performances earned him the title African Footballer of the Year
in 1997. Two successful seasons followed, but after moving to
Borussia Dortmund in 1999 things went downhill. Ikpeba never
settled in German football, and as of 2005 he plays in the
United Arab Emirates.
