Martin Offiah

Martin Offiah
MBE
Offiah at Wicked 10th Birthday 2016
Personal information
Full nameMartin Nwokocha Offiah
Born (1965-12-29) 29 December 1965
Hackney, London, England
Playing information
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight14 st 5 lb (91 kg)
Rugby league
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1987–91 Widnes 145 181 0 0 724
1989 Eastern Suburbs 12 9 0 0 36
1991 St George Dragons 14 11 0 0 44
1992–95 Wigan 159 186 1 3 749
1993 Eastern Suburbs 1 0 0 0 0
1996–99 London Broncos 48 36 0 0 144
2000–01 Salford City Reds 45 23 0 2 94
Total 424 446 1 5 1791
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1992–96 England 5 8 0 1 33
1988–94 Great Britain 33 26 0 0 104
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1996–97 Bedford 14 8 0 0 40
2001–02 London Wasps 8 5 0 0 25
Total 22 13 0 0 65
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Martin Nwokocha Offiah MBE (/ɒˈfiə/ O-fee-ə (original pronunciation), /əˈfaɪə/ ə-FYE-ə (commonly used)); born 29 December 1965) is an English former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. He scored over 500 tries during his rugby league career, making him the third-highest try scorer (and top try-scoring English player) of all time. Offiah was inducted into the Rugby League Hall of Fame in 2013, and now features in a statue of great rugby league players outside Wembley Stadium.

He was a Great Britain and England international winger, and due to his running speed he was nicknamed "Chariots" Offiah after the film Chariots of Fire. Offiah played rugby union before moving to English rugby league club Widnes in 1987. He later played for Wigan, London Broncos and Salford City Reds, and in Australia for Eastern Suburbs and St. George. After rugby union turned professional, Offiah also had short spells playing for Bedford and London Wasps.

Since retiring Offiah has appeared on several reality TV shows. In May 2023, he was appointed an ambassador of Wigan Warriors.


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