var playerInfo={"229187823D238BA5":"13404","D91AFD3F8E13D94664CE2C04A1143112":"Charlton Athletic,Sheffield Wed.,Queens Park Rangers,Sporting Clube de Portugal,Malaga[on loan],FC Twente Enschede[on loan],AC Milan,Standard Liege,Newcastle,La Louviere,Metz","05B90AE4F21571952008D48326AE77E3":"5","CDD05FD46E6F78B9FEABD05EFFA7F762":"<P><STRONG>Standard Li&#232;ge<BR><\/STRONG>Belgian First Division Winner: 2007&#8211;08, 2008&#8211;09<BR>Belgian Supercup Winner: 2008<BR><BR><STRONG>Twente <BR><\/STRONG>KNVB Cup Winner: 2011<BR><BR><STRONG>Individual<BR><BR>NCAA<BR><\/STRONG>All-American: NSCAA Second Team: 2001<BR><BR><STRONG>Belgian First Division<BR><\/STRONG>Best XI: 2004&#8211;05, 2007&#8211;08<BR>Best Foreign Player: 2004&#8211;05<BR><BR><STRONG>U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year<\/STRONG>: 2006<\/P>","519F480A5D95AABEE231AFCBBAB20A94":"","37FE64B882E92ECB":"Oguchi Onyewu","56D1193A280251FE":"Oguchi Onyewu","5232E2CC9B16F53977588D5F27A411B8":"<P>Oguchialu Chijioke Onyewu played two years of college soccer at Clemson University, and moved to Europe in 2002, signing with Metz of Ligue 2 in France. In 2003, he was loaned out to La Louvi&#232;re in Belgium, and to Standard Li&#232;ge a year later. The move to Li&#232;ge was made permanent for the 2004&#8211;05 season. After the season, he was named to the Belgian league's Best XI as well as Foreign Player of the Year for 2005.<BR><BR>On December 26, 2006, Onyewu was voted U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year. He was the first defender to earn the award since Alexi Lalas in 1995. Having been the subject of many transfer rumors regarding clubs throughout Europe, Onyewu finally completed a loan deal with Newcastle United on January 30, 2007, covering the remainder of the 2006&#8211;07 season. He made his debut for Newcastle against Fulham on February 3, 2007, and his home debut a week later, alongside Titus Bramble, in a 2&#8211;1 victory over Liverpool. The two formed an ill-fated partnership, making a number of costly mistakes which was ultimately to cost Onyewu his place. Following the arrival of new manager Sam Allardyce, Onyewu fell out of favor, and Newcastle decided not to make the loan deal permanent. <BR><BR>He returned to Standard, and his play continued to improve. He made his 100th Belgian First Division appearance for Standard Li&#232;ge on March 14, 2008, against Germinal Beerschot, and was an intregal part of the club as they went on a 29-match unbeaten streak to win the 2007&#8211;08 Belgian First Division. After the season he was named to the Belgian league Best XI for the second time. His strong form continued during the 2008&#8211;09 season. He led the Standard defense to a second consecutive Belgian league title. Standard was drawn with Anderlecht at season's end, and Standard won a two-legged playoff for the championship.<BR><BR><STRONG>A.C. Milan<BR><\/STRONG>Onyewu signed a three-year contract with Milan on July 7, 2009, but never played a league game in his year and a half stint at the club. He made his Milan debut on July 22, coming on as a substitute for Alessandro Nesta in a loss to Club Am&#233;rica in the World Football Challenge. He made his competitive debut on September 30, again relieving Nesta in a Champions League loss to Z&#252;rich at San Siro. Onyewu missed all the 2009&#8211;10 season &#8211; appearing in only one Champions League match &#8211; due a knee injury suffered while on national team duty. At the end of the season, on May 17, 2010, it was announced that Onyewu's contract with Milan was extended by one season, keeping him under contract with the club through the end of the 2012&#8211;13 season; upon Onyewu's request, the one-year extension included no salary.<BR><BR>On November 5, 2010; Onyewu made international headlines when he and teammate Zlatan Ibrahimovi\u0107 engaged in a fight during training, prior to a league match against Bari. It was reported that Onyewu suffered a reckless tackle from Ibrahimovi\u0107, causing Onyewu to confront him. The two were then separated by team mates, though the club reported he and Ibrahimovi\u0107 have made up for their fight.<BR><BR><STRONG>Twente (loan)<BR><\/STRONG>Onyewu left Milan on 11 January 2011, to join Dutch Eredivisie champions Twente on loan for the remainder of the season.<BR><BR><STRONG>Sporting<BR><\/STRONG>On June 28, 2011, Oguchi joined Sporting CP on a free transfer signing a three-year deal from AC Milan. At the club he became a first choice pick for Sporting's defence alongside World Cup winner &#194;nderson Polga who he formed a solid partnership with. He helped the club to a semi final of the 2011-12 Europa League in his debut season with the club.<BR><BR><STRONG>M&#225;laga<BR><\/STRONG>On 31 August 2012, during the last hours of the transfer window, Onuyewu was signed on loan by La Liga outfit M&#225;laga CF, with an option to buy after the season. He made his debut for M&#225;laga on 24 October 2012, playing the last minute in a 1-0 home win against his former club AC Milan, in the Champions league group stage. One week later, on 31 October, he started his first official match for M&#225;laga and went on scoring in a 4\u22123 away win against lowly CP Cacere&#241;o in the Copa del Rey.<\/P>","F14A25307A7B90F34DF7D46459F247E0":"1982-5-13","43E2EE6075CF14CE3F1421B506383C07":"USA","1CD1A53514962B6A":"1","A3B3C821F4815DD2":"12822","80071F80C4550E7F":"194cm","D91FA56861637784":"Philadelphia Union","F849A024F3C8AF1B2C4A709B4C92BB0F":"2017-1-30","584B722087373EED7A432DDE0763CE35":"2","9B962DAE9CDB1287":"95kg","AA81248D0821D00F0BA9BCB533E2881F":"Charlton Athletic","e_index":3};