Manuel "Junior" Agogo (born 1 August 1979) is an English-Ghanaian footballer. He is a striker and currently plays for Apollon Limassol. He has spent most of his career in England, and also spent a spell in Major League Soccer.
Born in Accra, Agogo began his career at Sheffield Wednesday in 1995, but only made two league appearances for the Premier League side. During the 1999–00 season he had loan spells at Oldham Athletic, Chester City, Chesterf...
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Manuel "Junior" Agogo (born 1 August 1979) is an English-Ghanaian footballer. He is a striker and currently plays for Apollon Limassol. He has spent most of his career in England, and also spent a spell in Major League Soccer.
Born in Accra, Agogo began his career at Sheffield Wednesday in 1995, but only made two league appearances for the Premier League side. During the 1999–00 season he had loan spells at Oldham Athletic, Chester City, Chesterfield, and Lincoln City. His goal for Chester against Cheltenham Town in October 1999, was voted the second-best goal ever scored at the Deva Stadium.
In 2000 Agogo left Sheffield Wednesday and moved to the United States to play for the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer. He was traded to the Colorado Rapids after playing just one match in Chicago, going on to score 11 goals in 32 appearances for the Rapids.
He was traded from Colorado to the San Jose Earthquakes in June 2001 for Chris Carrieri. He played with the Earthquakes for the rest of...
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