Faith Friday Obilor

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Faith Friday Obilor
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Obilor playing for RoPS against Asteras Triplois, 17 July 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-03-05) 5 March 1991 (age 34)
Place of birth Aba, Nigeria
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Penang
Number 5
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2010 Babanawa
2010–2011 AmaZulu 0 (0)
2011 PS Kemi 21 (0)
2012–2015 RoPS 112 (5)
2012Inter 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)
2024–2025 PDRM 13 (0)
2025– Penang 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 August 2025

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]

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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

On 29 March 2024, Obilor signed a permanent deals with Malaysia Super League side club PDRM. [4]

Penang

On 29 August 2025, Obilor joined Malaysia Super League club Penang on a permanent deal. [5]

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 000000
PS Kemi 2011 Ykkönen 210210
RoPS 2012 Ykkönen201201
2013 Veikkausliiga 311516 [b] 0421
2014 Veikkausliiga311202 [c] 04 [b] 0391
2015 Veikkausliiga302107 [b] 1383
Total112581201711397
Inter Turku (loan) 2012 Veikkausliiga7070
Inter Turku 2016 Veikkausliiga330305 [b] 0410
HJK 2017 Veikkausliiga242803 [c] 0352
2018 Veikkausliiga291816 [d] 0432
2019 Veikkausliiga230505 [d] 0330
Total7632111401114
Sheriff Tiraspol 2020–21 Moldovan Super Liga 170103 [d] 0210
Taraz 2021 Kazakhstan Premier League 24260302
Aksu 2022 Kazakhstan Premier League22050270
2023 Kazakhstan Premier League24020260
Total46070530
PDRM 2024–25 Malaysia Super League 13000130
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 Friday Obilor: Dari Eropah ke Liga-M". StadiumAstro. 1 April 2024.
  5. "Pemain Import Nigeria jadi tahuran Penang FC". MalaysiaGazette. 29 August 2025.
  6. Kai (30 October 2015). "Tässä ovat Captain's Ball -futisgaalan kaikki palkitut tahot". SuomiFutis (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.