Daniel Amokachi

**Daniel Amokachi** (born 30 December 1972) is a former Nigerian football player. He has played for Nigeria national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|Club Brugge|1990–91|rowspan="5"|Belgian First Division|3|0|
|1991–92|26|12|||||
|1992–93|23|9|||||
|1993–94|28|14|||||
|1994–95|1|0|||||
|rowspan="3"|Everton|1994–95|rowspan="2"|Premier League|18|4|
|1995–96|25|6|||||
|rowspan="4"|Beşiktaş|1996–97|rowspan="3"|First League|30|7|
|1997–98|27|8|||||
|1998–99|20|4|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="10"|Nigeria|1990|7|1|
|1991|4|1|||
|1992|1|1|||
|1993|4|2|||
|1994|12|2|||
|1995|5|2|||
|1996|1|2|||
|1997|5|2|||
|1998|4|0|||
|1999|1|0|||

- _Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Amokachi goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|18 August 1990|Lagos, Nigeria|||3–0|1992 African Cup of Nations qualification||||||||
|2|27 April 1991|Lagos, Nigeria|||3–0|1992 African Cup of Nations qualification||||||||
|3|29 August 1992|Lagos, Nigeria|||2–0|1994 African Cup of Nations qualifier||||||||
|4|13 July 1993|Lagos, Nigeria|||4–1|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|5|25 September 1993|Lagos, Nigeria|||4–1|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|6|21 June 1994|Dallas, United States|||3–0|1994 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|7|30 June 1994|Boston, United States|||2–0|1994 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|8|6 January 1995|Riyadh, Saudi Arabia|||3–0|1995 Intercontinental Cup||||||||
|9|13 January 1995|Riyadh, Saudi Arabia|||1–1|1995 Intercontinental Cup||||||||
|10|9 November 1996|Lagos, Nigeria|||2–0|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|11||||||||||||||
|12|5 April 1997|Lagos, Nigeria|||2–1|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|13||||||||||||||

## Honours

**Everton**
- FA Cup: 1994–95
- FA Charity Shield: 1995

**Beşiktaş**
- Turkish Cup:
- Turkish Super Cup: 1998

**Nigeria**
- African Cup of Nations: 1994
- Olympic Games: Gold Medal 1996

**Individual**
- Beşiktaş's Super League 2000th goal.
- International Honorary Award of Sportsmen of Turkey: 2015
- African Footballer of the Year Third: 1994 <small>_(France Football)_</small>, 1995, 1996
- UEFA Champions League First Goal: 1992
- Belgian Ebony Shoes Award: 1992,1994
- IFFHS 20th-century best player in Africa: 18th place
- West African Club Championship 'The best young footballer' award: 1989
- Pro League 'Most successful foreign player' award: 1992
- Beşiktaş J.K. Squads of Century (Bronze Team)

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Daniel Amokachi
- **full name**: Daniel Ray Owefin Amokachi
- **caption**: Amokachi in 1993
- **birth place**: Kaduna, Nigeria
- **height**: 1.80 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **years1**: 1989–1990
- **clubs1**: Ranchers Bees
- **caps1**: 55
- **goals1**: 20
- **years2**: 1990–1994
- **clubs2**: Club Brugge KV, Club Brugge
- **caps2**: 81
- **goals2**: 35
- **years3**: 1994–1996
- **clubs3**: Everton F.C., Everton
- **caps3**: 43
- **goals3**: 10
- **years4**: 1996–1999
- **clubs4**: Beşiktaş J.K., Beşiktaş
- **caps4**: 77
- **goals4**: 19
- **years5**: 1999–2002
- **clubs5**: Colorado Rapids
- **caps5**: 89
- **goals5**: 27
- **years6**: 2002–2005
- **clubs6**: Nasarawa United F.C., Nasarawa United
- **caps6**: 143
- **goals6**: 41
- **totalcaps**: 345
- **totalgoals**: 152
- **nationalyears1**: 1990–1999
- **nationalteam1**: Nigeria national football team, Nigeria
- **nationalcaps1**: 44
- **nationalgoals1**: 13
- **manageryears1**: 2006
- **managerclubs1**: Nasarawa United F.C., Nasarawa United
- **manageryears2**: 2007
- **managerclubs2**: Nigeria national football team, Nigeria (Assistant coach)
- **manageryears3**: 2008
- **managerclubs3**: Enyimba International F.C., Enyimba
- **manageryears4**: 2008–2014
- **managerclubs4**: Nigeria national football team, Nigeria (Assistant coach)
- **manageryears5**: 2014–2015
- **managerclubs5**: Nigeria national football team, Nigeria (interim)
- **manageryears6**: 2015
- **managerclubs6**: Ifeanyi Ubah F.C., Ifeanyi Ubah
- **manageryears7**: 2016–2017
- **managerclubs7**: JS Hercules