Chido Obi

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Chido Obi
Personal information
Full name Chidozie Obi-Martin [1]
Date of birth (2007-11-29) 29 November 2007 (age 16)
Place of birth Glostrup, Denmark [1]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
KB
2022– Arsenal
International career‡
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2023 Denmark U16 8 (4)
2023 England U16 2 (0)
2023– Denmark U17 14 (10)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:44, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Chidozie Obi-Martin (born 29 November 2007), known as Chido Obi, is a Danish footballer currently playing as a forward for Premier League Club Arsenal.

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Early life

Obi was born in Glostrup, a town located within Copenhagen in Denmark, to a Danish mother and a Nigerian father. [2] He briefly attended St Bonaventure’s School in Forest Gate.

Club career

Having started his career in Denmark with local side Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, Obi moved to England as a child, going on to join the academy of Arsenal at the age of fourteen. [3] [4] He progressed through the club's youth ranks, establishing himself as a prolific goal-scorer, and was promoted to the under-18 side at the age of fifteen. In his first start for the under-18 side, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 win against Southampton on 23 September 2023, earning comparisons to Nigerian international striker Victor Osimhen in Danish media. [5]

The following month he made his first appearance for the club's under-21 side, while still fifteen. [6] He continued his meteoric rise at Arsenal in early November 2023, being called up by first-team manager Mikel Arteta to join the senior side for training. [7] Obi made international headlines on 18 November 2023, scoring ten goals as Arsenal beat Liverpool 14–3 at under-16 level. [8] [9] [10]

International career

Eligible to represent Denmark, England and Nigeria at international level, Obi made five appearances in late 2022 for Denmark's under-16 side, before switching allegiance to England and representing them twice at under-16 level in February 2023. [1] [2] However, in April of the same year he returned to the Danish under-16 team, scoring twice in three appearances. [1] [4] His prolific goal-scoring form earned him a call-up to the Danish under-17 side, and he started Denmark's 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification campaign with two goals in his first three games. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 {{https://www.instagram.com/chidoobi.martin/}}
  2. 1 2 Kraglund, Christian (18 February 2023). "England hapser 15-årig dansk angriber for næsen af DBU" [England grabs 15-year-old Danish striker from DBU]. sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  3. ↑ Stoltze, Maya (17 April 2022). "Britiske storklubber jagtede Danske Chido" [Big British clubs chased Danish Chido] (in Danish). Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 19 November 2023– via PressReader.
  4. 1 2 Jensen, Kenneth (23 March 2023). "Var med engelsk U-landshold: Nu vælger han Danmark" [Was with the English U-national team: Now he chooses Denmark]. tipsbladet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  5. ↑ Fuhr Nielsen, Mikkel (23 September 2023). "Purung dansker går målamok i stor Arsenal-sejr" [Young Dane goes on a scoring spree in big Arsenal win]. tipsbladet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  6. ↑ Bendix Søgaard, Malthe (30 October 2023). "15-årig Arsenal-dansker fik debut for storklubbens U21-hold" [15-year-old Arsenal Dane made his debut for the big club's U21 team]. campo.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Arsenal call up 15-year-old wonderkid to first-team training". metro.co.uk. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  8. ↑ Stafford-Bloor, Sebastian (19 November 2023). "Chido Obi-Martin: Arsenal's 15-year-old who scored 10 against Liverpool Under-16s" . theathletic.com. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "Chido Obi-Martin: Arsenal youth player scores 10 goals for U16 side in 14-3 thrashing of Liverpool". skysports.com. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  10. ↑ Doyle, Joe (19 November 2023). "Who is Chido Obi-Martin? The Arsenal wonderkid who scored 10 goals against Liverpool". football.london. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  11. ↑ Arvad Christensen, Rasmus (19 October 2023). "Fremtidig landsholdsstjerne? Stort dansk Arsenal-talent med to nye scoringer" [Future national team star? Great Danish Arsenal talent with two new scores]. indkast.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 19 November 2023.
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