Faith Friday Obilor

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Faith Friday Obilor
Faith Obilor Friday with Penang FC.jpg
Faith Friday as Player of the Month
Personal information
Full name Faith Friday Obilor
Date of birth (1991-03-05) 5 March 1991 (age 34)
Place of birth Aba, Nigeria
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Penang
Number 55
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011 RoPS 21 (0)
2012 → Inter Turku (loan) 4 (0)
2013–2015 RoPS 89 (8)
2016 Inter Turku 31 (2)
2017–2019 HJK 73 (2)
2020 Sheriff Tiraspol 12 (0)
2021 Taraz 15 (1)
2021–2022 Aksu 30 (2)
2023 Pyunik 1 (0)
2023–2024 Northeast United 0 (0)
2024–2025 PDRM FC 22 (0)
2025– Penang 12 (2)
Total310(17)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 January 2026

Faith Friday Obilor (born 5 March 1991) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Malaysia Super League club Penang. [1] [2]

Contents

Career

Club

PS Kemi

In 2011, he came from Nigeria to join PS Kemi in Finnish 2nd league Ykkönen.

RoPS

He changed clubs after the first season as PS Kemi was relegated and continued to play in Ykkönen another year. 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.

FC Inter

Obilar joined another Finnish club FC Inter on loan from RoPS. On 19 January 2016, Obilar back again joining FC Inter on a permanent transfer from RoPS.

HJK

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


PDRM FC

In March 2024, Obilor moved to Southeast Asia for the first time, signing with Malaysia Super League side PDRM FC. [4] He made 22 appearances during the 2024–25 season, establishing himself as one of the league's top-rated defenders.

Penang

On 27 August 2025, Obilor joined Penang on a free transfer. [5] He made an immediate impact, scoring his first goal for the club in a 5–0 victory over Melaka FC in January 2026. He followed this with a match-winning header against Kuala Lumpur City F.C. on 14 January 2026.

Honours

RoPS

HJK

Individual

Career statistics

As of 27 November 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AmaZulu 2010–11 South African Premier Division 0000––00
PS Kemi 2011 Ykkönen 210–––210
RoPS 2012 Ykkönen201–––201
2013 Veikkausliiga 31151–6 [b] 0421
2014 Veikkausliiga311202 [c] 04 [b] 0391
2015 Veikkausliiga30210–7 [b] 1383
Total112581201711397
Inter Turku (loan) 2012 Veikkausliiga70–––70
Inter Turku 2016 Veikkausliiga33030–5 [b] 0410
HJK 2017 Veikkausliiga242803 [c] 0–352
2018 Veikkausliiga291816 [d] 0–432
2019 Veikkausliiga230505 [d] 0–330
Total763211140––1114
Sheriff Tiraspol 2020–21 Moldovan Super Liga 170103 [d] 0–210
Taraz 2021 Kazakhstan Premier League 24260––302
Aksu 2022 Kazakhstan Premier League22050––270
2023 Kazakhstan Premier League24020––260
Total46070––––530
PDRM 2024–25 Malaysia Super League 13000––130
Career total3491046219022143613

References

  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. ↑ "Faith Obilor sedia perkuat kental pertahanan Sang Saka Biru". Stadium Astro. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "Penang FC sambar khidmat Faith Obilor". Berita Harian. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  6. ↑ Kai (30 October 2015). "Tässä ovat Captain's Ball -futisgaalan kaikki palkitut tahot". SuomiFutis (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
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