Okoronkwo started his career at FC Lagos before moving to the Nigerian club
Julius Berger. His first club outside Nigeria was a six-month spell at
Al-Rayyan in Qatar, but the club could not afford to keep him beyond this period and he returned home to
Iwuanyanwu Nationale. He spent one season there before again heading abroad with Moldovan club
Sheriff Tiraspol for two seasons. In the summer of 2000, he signed for
Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine. With Shakhtar he played in the
UEFA Champions League and
UEFA Cup, and won the Ukrainian Cup in 2001 and the league title in 2002. After his contract expired in 2003, several
Premier League and
Bundesliga clubs like
Schalke 04 and
Borussia Mönchengladbach tried to sign him. He eventually signed a one-year deal with newly promoted Premier League side
Wolverhampton Wanderers. Okoronkwo's time in England did not prove a success though, as he was unable to break into the team until the closing months of the season, by which time the club faced almost certain relegation. After they suffered the drop, Okoronkwo was released and eventually moved to play in Russia with
Alania Vladikavkaz. Alania folded under financial problems in 2005 and he signed with
Moscow in 2006, soon becoming an important member of the starting line-up at his new club. That season he was voted the club's player of the season, alongside
Hector Bracamonte. He was a well known and popular player in the game CM 01-02. ==International career==