At the home World Cup in 2006, David Odonkor made himself immortal with the assist for the 1-0 winning goal against Poland in the last second. Now the 39-year-old ex-BVB professional is taking on a new challenge in the RTL jungle camp.
German champion in 2002, third place in the World Cup in 2006, 75 Bundesliga games, 16 international matches: David Odonkor’s career is certainly not short of highlights. The lightning-fast right winger had his heyday at Borussia Dortmund, where he first made the leap from the youth team to the professional team and then to a top performer.
In 2006, BVB sold him to Real Betis for a sumptuous 6.5 million euros. Odonkor spent 5 years in Spain with 40 appearances in La Liga. The native of East Westphalia then began a true odyssey through the depths of football. Alemannia Aachen, Hoverla Uzhgorod in the Ukraine, SV Wilhelmshaven as a player and coaching engagements in Verl, Herford or Hamm – Odonkor was on the move a lot.
Ex-BVB star David Odonkor already won “Celebrity Big Brother”
But things have recently become quieter for the 39-year-old. But that will now change. Because the ex-professional is taking part in the reality TV show “I’m a Star – Get Me Out of Here!” part. The first episode of the season will air on January 19, 2024 at 8:15 p.m. on RTL. “I don’t want to think about it too much,” said the ex-BVB star calmly before the broadcast.
For Odonkor, the appearance in the jungle camp is not the first on German television. The Bünder native took part in the TV show “Dance Dance Dance” with his then wife Suzan in 2015. The former footballer also often appears on “Comeback or gone?” with his 15-year-old daughter Adriana. to see.
The World Cup hero has already proven his ambition in 2006. In 2017, Odonkor won the third season of “Celebrity Big Brother”. A warning sign for the other participants in the jungle camp?