Anthony Obodai

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Anthony Obodai
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Obodai with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-08-06) 6 August 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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 24 (3)
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]

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Career

Club career

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]

International career

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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References

  1. ↑ Dit is het leven van Anthony 'The King' Obodai in Ghana vice.com
  2. 1 2 Anthony Obodai at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ↑ "Boss backtracks on Obodai swoop". BBC Sport. 28 August 2005. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
  4. ↑ Ibrahim Sannie (30 August 2005). "Obodai signs for Sparta Rotterdam". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
  5. ↑ Ibrahim Sannie (27 January 2007). "Ghana's Obodai wants Sparta exit". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
  6. ↑ Ibrahim Sannie (31 January 2007). "Ghana's Obodai joins Waalwijk". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
  7. ↑ (in Dutch) Voetbal International
  8. ↑ K.N.S. Mensah (15 July 2010). "Anthony Obodai Joins MLS Club Houston Dynamo". Goal.com. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
  9. ↑ MLS profile Archived February 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ KTFF profile
  11. ↑ Domingo, Odeen. "Phoenix FC midfielder and ex-Dutch league pro Anthony Obodai loves Phoenix". AZcentral.com. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  12. ↑ "Phoenix FC 2013 Statistics". USL Pro. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  13. ↑ Vesty. "HOUNDS SIGN ANTHONY OBODAI". Steel Army. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  14. ↑ "Zlatans lagkamrat klar – för Ånge IF". Aftonbladet. 7 January 2015.
  15. ↑ "Nybygget Ånge IF är redo för premiären: "Vi är en familj"". Sundsvalls Tidning.
  16. ↑ Anthony Obodai – FIFA competition record (archived)
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