James Obiorah
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Chibuzor Oboriah | ||
Date of birth | August 24, 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Jos, Nigeria | ||
Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
–1994 | Kalba Union | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994 | Kwara Bombers | 20 | (9) |
1995 | Enyimba | 19 | (0) |
1995–1998 | Anderlecht | 30 | (6) |
1998–2001 | Grasshopper Zurich | 14 | (0) |
2001–2004 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 62 | (20) |
2003–2004 | → Cádiz CF (loan) | 17 | (2) |
2004–2005 | → Chamois Niortais (loan)[2] | 12 | (4) |
2005–2006 | Grazer AK[3] | 5 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Chamois Niortais | 16 | (2) |
2007–2008 | Kaduna United | 23 | (1) |
2008–2009 | SC Toulon[4] | 11 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
1998–2002 | Nigeria[1] | 3 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:41, 13 July 2009 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 18, 2006 |
James Chibuzor Obiorah, born August 24, 1978 in Jos) is a former Nigerian footballer who last played for SC Toulon.
Career
His previous clubs include RSC Anderlecht, Grasshopper Zurich, Cádiz CF, Grazer AK and Lokomotiv Moscow and he was also loaned to Niort from Lokomotiv Moscow in the 2004/2005 season, scoring 4 goals in 12 games. In 2007 he played for Kaduna United F.C., after being released from his contract with French Ligue 2 side Niort.[5] In August 2008 he moved from Kaduna United F.C. to SC Toulon.[6]
International career
Obiorah was the captain of the Nigeria side that reached the quarter-finals of the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship and has played for the Nigeria national football team 3 times,[7] including being called up for World Cup 2002, scoring 1 goal.[8]
References
- ↑ James Obiorah at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- ↑ La fiche de James Obiorah. Football - L'Equipe.fr
- ↑ James Obiorah - Fussballdaten - Die Fußball-Datenbank
- ↑ Profile on foot-national.com
- ↑ InterFooT.de -News- Alles, was das Fussballherz begehrt!
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ FIFA.com - FIFA Player Statistics: James OBIORAH
- ↑ BBC SPORT | WORLD CUP | Squad | James Obiorah
External links
- Obiorah profile at cadistas1910.com (Spanish)
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- Articles with Spanish-language external links
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Nigerian footballers
- Nigeria international footballers
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- FC Lokomotiv Moscow players
- Grasshopper Club Zürich players
- R.S.C. Anderlecht players
- La Liga players
- Cádiz CF players
- Chamois Niortais F.C. players
- Grazer AK players
- Enyimba International F.C. players
- Sporting Toulon Var players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Russian Football Premier League players
- Kaduna United players