Jores Okore
Okore playing for Aston Villa in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Tetchi Jores Charlemagne Ulrich Okore |
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| Date of birth | 11 August 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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FC Copenhagen | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2007 | B.93 | ||
| 2007–2011 | Nordsjælland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2013 | Nordsjælland | 65 | (5) |
| 2013–2016 | Aston Villa | 38 | (1) |
| 2016– | FC Copenhagen | 4 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011–2014 | Denmark U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 2011– | Denmark | 8 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 March 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:56, 5 July 2016 (UTC) |
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Tetchi Jores Charlemagne Ulrich Okore (born 11 August 1992), known as Jores Okore, is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for FC Copenhagen in the Danish Superliga and the Denmark national team.
Okore is considered a capable and aggressive defender, who is known for his pace and strength.
Okore was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He moved to Denmark with his family at the age of three, where he played football from the age of eight with B.93 in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen. He moved to Nordsjælland in 2007, where he captained the youth side.
Having previously made a handful of appearances in Danish Cup games, including being part of the Nordsjælland Cup-winning team in 2010–11, Okore made his league debut against Horsens on 3 April 2011, coming on as a substitute for Michael Parkhurst. Okore would continue to making first-team appearances in place of the injured Parkhurst for the remainder of the 2010–11 season, going on to make 11 league appearances and creating one assist. Okore signed a new four-year contract with the Farum-based club in June 2011, and was made an official member of the senior squad for the 2011–12 Superliga season by newly appointed head coach Kasper Hjulmand.
On 18 September 2011, Jores scored his first senior goal for Nordsjælland in a 2–0 league win over Brøndby. It was his only goal in that season. In November 2011, he signed a new contract, extending his stay with the club to December 2016. He was made vice-captain of Nordsjælland for the 2012–13 season.
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