Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 6 August 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2001 | Liberty Professionals | ||
2001–2005 | Ajax | 21 | (2) |
2002–2003 | → Germinal Beerschot (loan) | 29 | (2) |
2005–2007 | Sparta Rotterdam | 47 | (1) |
2007–2010 | RKC Waalwijk | 88 | (5) |
2010 | Houston Dynamo | 4 | (0) |
2012 | Mağusa Türk Gücü | 13 | (2) |
2013 | Phoenix FC | 24 | (0) |
2014 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 16 | (0) |
2015 | Ånge | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
1999 | Ghana U17 | 6 | (1) |
2001 | Ghana U20 | 3 | (0) |
2003–2005 | Ghana | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 16, 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of September 16, 2014 |
Anthony Obodai (born 6 August 1982) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. [1]
Born in Accra, Obodai began his career with local team Liberty Professionals in 2000. [2] He signed for Dutch team Ajax in 2001, playing on loan at Belgian side Germinal Beerschot during the 2002–03 season. In August 2005 a move to English side Luton Town collapsed, [3] and Obodai moved to Sparta Rotterdam two days later. [4] Obodai was made club captain at Sparta, [5] but asked to leave the club in January 2007, signing for RKC Waalwijk on 31 January 2007. [6] During his time in the Netherlands and Belgium, Obodai made nearly 200 appearances. [7]
Obodai was signed by Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer in July 2010, [8] making four appearances before being released at the end of the season. [9]
In January 2012 he signed a contract at Birinci Lig side Mağusa Türk Gücü in Northern Cyprus. [10]
In February 2013, Obodai signed for Phoenix FC of the USL Pro, the third division of the United States soccer pyramid. [11] In his first season with the club, Obodai made 24 appearances and tallied one assist. [12] When Phoenix FC faced financial difficulty after its first season of existence, Obodai signed for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, also of the USL Pro, on 7 November 2013. [13]
In January 2015 he signed with Ånge in the Swedish Division 2. [14] He left the club after the season. [15]
Obodai played at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship and the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship. [16] He also earned four senior caps for Ghana between 2003 and 2005. [2]
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