Faith Friday Obilor

Faith Friday Obilor
	Obilor playing for RoPS against Asteras Triplois, 17 July 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	5 March 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Aba, Nigeria
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	PDRM
Number	5
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2010	Babanawa
2010–2011	AmaZulu
2011	PS Kemi
2012–2015	RoPS
2012	→ Inter Turku (loan)
2016	Inter Turku
2017–2019	HJK
2020	Sheriff Tiraspol
2021	Taraz
2022–2023	Aksu
2024-	PDRM
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2024

Last updated June 21, 2024

Faith Friday Obilor (born 5 March 1991) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Malaysian Football League club PDRM .^[1]^[2]

Career

Club

In 2011, he came from Nigeria to join PS Kemi in Finnish 2nd league Ykkönen. He changed clubs after the first season as PS Kemi was relegated and continued to play in Ykkönen another year. After playing 7 matches with FC Inter, Obilor joined RoPS and formed a defensive partnership with fellow Nigerian Nduka Alison, and RoPS secured a promotion to Veikkausliiga at the end of the 2012 season.

On 29 November 2016, Obilor signed a two-year contract with HJK.^[3]

Honours

RoPS

Ykkönen (1): 2012
Finnish Cup (1): 2013

HJK

Veikkausliiga: 2017, 2018
Finnish Cup: 2017

Individual

Veikkausliiga Defender of the Year: 2015,^[4] 2018

Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2018

Career statistics

As of 3 June 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
AmaZulu	2010–11	South African Premier Division	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
PS Kemi	2011	Ykkönen	21	0	–		–		–		21	0
RoPS	2012	Ykkönen	20	1	–		–		–		20	1
	2013	Veikkausliiga	31	1	5	1	–		6^{[lower-alpha 2]}	0	42	1
	2014	Veikkausliiga	31	1	2	0	2^{[lower-alpha 3]}	0	4^{[lower-alpha 2]}	0	39	1
	2015	Veikkausliiga	30	2	1	0	–		7^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1	38	3
	Total		112	5	8	1	2	0	17	1	139	7
Inter Turku (loan)	2012	Veikkausliiga	7	0	–		–		–		7	0
Inter Turku	2016	Veikkausliiga	33	0	3	0	–		5^{[lower-alpha 2]}	0	41	0
HJK	2017	Veikkausliiga	24	2	8	0	3^{[lower-alpha 3]}	0	–		35	2
	2018	Veikkausliiga	29	1	8	1	6^{[lower-alpha 4]}	0	–		43	2
	2019	Veikkausliiga	23	0	5	0	5^{[lower-alpha 4]}	0	–		33	0
	Total		76	3	21	1	14	0	–	–	111	4
Sheriff Tiraspol	2020–21	Moldovan Super Liga	17	0	1	0	3^{[lower-alpha 4]}	0	–		21	0
Taraz	2021	Kazakhstan Premier League	24	2	6	0	–		–		30	2
Aksu	2022	Kazakhstan Premier League	22	0	5	0	–		–		27	0
	2023	Kazakhstan Premier League	24	0	2	0	–		–		26	0
	Total		46	0	7	0	–	–	–	–	53	0
PDRM	2024–25	Malaysia Super League	3	0	0	0	–		–		3	0
Career total			339	10	46	2	19	0	22	1	426	13

↑ Includes Suomen Cup, Moldovan Cup, Kazakhstan Cup
1 2 3 4 Includes Finnish League Cup
1 2 Includes UEFA Europa League
1 2 3 Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

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References

↑ Faith Friday Obilor at Soccerway
↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
↑ "HJK sopimukseen Obilorin kanssa". hjk.fi (in Finnish). HJK. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
↑ Kai (30 October 2015). "Tässä ovat Captain's Ball -futisgaalan kaikki palkitut tahot". SuomiFutis (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.

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[5] Includes Suomen Cup, Moldovan Cup, Kazakhstan Cup

[flc-6] 1 2 3 4 Includes Finnish League Cup

[uel-7] 1 2 Includes UEFA Europa League

[ucel-8] 1 2 3 Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

[1] Faith Friday Obilor at Soccerway

[2] "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

[3] "HJK sopimukseen Obilorin kanssa". hjk.fi (in Finnish). HJK. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.

[4] Kai (30 October 2015). "Tässä ovat Captain's Ball -futisgaalan kaikki palkitut tahot". SuomiFutis (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.

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Personal information
Obilor playing for RoPS against Asteras Triplois, 17 July 2014
Date of birth	(1991-03-05) 5 March 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Aba, Nigeria
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	PDRM
Number	5
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2010	Babanawa
2010–2011	AmaZulu	0	(0)
2011	PS Kemi	21	(0)
2012–2015	RoPS	112	(5)
2012	→ Inter Turku (loan)	7	(0)
2016	Inter Turku	31	(0)
2017–2019	HJK	76	(3)
2020	Sheriff Tiraspol	17	(0)
2021	Taraz	24	(2)
2022–2023	Aksu	46	(0)
2024-	PDRM	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2024