Peter Utaka

Early career

Born in Enugu, Nigeria, Utaka moved to Croatia as a 16-year-old to play for Dinamo Zagreb after trying his luck at Ismaily where his older brother John was a cult figure. In 2003, he moved to Belgium from Dinamo and signed for K. Patro Eisden Maasmechelen of the 2nd division. KVC Westerlo moved to sign him the following season, and in his first season in the top flight and the transfer was worth €250,000.

Royal Antwerpen

Utaka joined Royal Antwerp FC in January 2007 where he became a first team regular, and he helped Antwerp qualify for the playoffs, finishing second. He also emerged top scorer with 22 goals and capped hs glorious season, winning the Best Striker's Award. He also put more gloss on his breath-taking performance that season, claiming the Most Valuable Player's award over eight times, making him one of the most feared strikers in Belgium. On 30 August 2008, it was announced that Utaka would join Danish club OB. for an undisclosed fee.

Odense Boldklub

Utaka joined Danish side OB in 2008. In his first season, he finished joint fourth place on the scorers list, while he led all scorers in his second season. In the 2009–10 Danish Superliga he finished with 18 goals in 33 matches, the first time in five years an OB player was top scorer in the league (last was Steffen Højer in 2004-05 with 20 goals). Utaka stayed in OB for three and a half season winning three silver medals in his first three seasons in the Danish Superliga.…

Club

As of match played 6 May 2025.

International

Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Utaka goal.

On 21 September 2009, national coach Shaibu Amodu selected Utaka for the Nigeria national team. Utaka made his debut for Nigeria months later in a 5–2 home win over Congo DR on 3 March 2010, despite only getting his call up late after the NFF called his mother looking for him. He scored the first goal and assisted on the second. He scored twice in a Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Ethiopia. His first goal of the match was the fastest goal in the qualifications for the season, scoring a goal after just 29 seconds into the match.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Japanese Super Cup: 2016 Individual

Belgian Second Division top goalscorer: 2007–08 Danish Superliga top goalscorer: 2009–10 Chinese FA Cup top goalscorer: 2013 J.League top goalscorer: 2016