NAIJA STARS OF THE
NAIJA STARS OF THE GERMAN BUNDESLIGA Battle-ready for Kaiserslautern Naija connection: Post-match pleasantries with Dortmund’s Sunday Oliseh In November 2001, much-travelled Nigerian international West joined German club Kaiserslautern on a free transfer after successful stints at both Milan teams and AJ Auxerre in the French Ligue 1. He made his debut for the club in a 5–1 home league win over St. Pauli on 17 November 2001, starting the match and earning a yellow card in the process, before being substituted in the 81st minute. He made a total of 10 league appearances in the 2001–02 season. In April 2002, West was released by the club due to what the club described as total disagreement with the player’s attitude and health concerns. BUNDESLIGA TEAM 01/02 1.FC Kaiserslautern 10 0 OTHER CLUBS: 07/08 Paykan Tehran - - 2006 Julius Berger Lagos - - 05/06 Plymouth Argyle 4 0 04/05 Al-Arabi Doha - - 02/04 Partizan Beograd 16 1 00/01 Derby County 18 0 99/00 AC Milan 4 1 97/99 Inter Milano 44 1 93/97 AJ Auxerre 73 1 92/93 Julius Berger Lagos 1991 Port Harcourt Sharks Profile Full name: Taribo West DOB: 26 March 1974 POB: Port Harcourt, Nigeria Height: 1.86 m Position: Defender P r esented b y WEST WEST All-action West 12 COMPLETE FOOTBALL | December COMPLETE FOOTBALL | December 13
