Peter Ijeh

Early career

After playing for clubs like NiTel United Lagos and won the highest goal scorer award with Julius Berger FC in the Nigerian Premier League,he joined Swedish club Malmö FF in 2001. He was the top scorer in Allsvenskan in 2002 with 24 goals. In 2003, he suffered a leg injury that kept him out of most of the season, but he still managed to come back strongly and finished with 10 goals. In late 2003, he transferred to IFK Göteborg on a free transfer in a highly controversial affair as the club's big name signing for its 100th anniversary and Göteborg finished third. In 2005 Ijeh moved to Danish club FC Copenhagen and won the league title in 2005–06 season.

Viking

On 19 June 2006, Ijeh moved to Viking FK in Norway on a 3 million Danish krone deal. He became an instant success, scoring 11 goals in 15 games to save the team from relegation. In the last game of the 2006 season Ijeh scored 4 goals and pressured an opposition defender to concede an own goal as Viking surprisingly demolished local rivals and second-placed S.K. Brann 5–0 to climb two places in the table and thus escape relegation on goal difference. In early January 2007, several sources within Norwegian football claimed that Ijeh would soon be looking for another club, with English Championship side Coventry City courting the Nigerian striker, who was thought to be keen to test his skills in the more physical English game. Coventry City manager Micky Adams was thought to have watched the…

Ijeh studied at Gothenburg University and the Swedish Football Federation (SvFF) and acquired a UEFA advanced licensed certificate. He is also a technical and tactical soccer coach. Ijeh took over Assyriska BK in November 2013 as a head coach. On 10 November 2020, it was announced that Ijeh would take over as manager for Division 2 club Vårgårda IK in Västergötland, Sweden. On 7 June 2022, the club announced that Ijeh would leave his post as manager.

Ijeh is a member of the Norwegian Christian sports organization Kristen Idrettskontakt (KRIK). His daughter is Evelyn Ijeh, a professional soccer player with the National Women's Soccer League club North Carolina Courage.