Faith Friday Obilor

Faith Friday Obilor

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*
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)
2024–2025	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]}

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

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

HJK

• Veikkausliiga: 2017, 2018
• Finnish Cup: 2017

Individual

• Veikkausliiga Defender of the Year: 2015, ^[6] 2018
• Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2018

Career statistics

As of 27 November 2024.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		Continental		Other		Total
		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 [b]	0	42	1
	2014	Veikkausliiga	31	1	2	0	2 [c]	0	4 [b]	0	39	1
	2015	Veikkausliiga	30	2	1	0	–		7 [b]	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 [b]	0	41	0
HJK	2017	Veikkausliiga	24	2	8	0	3 [c]	0	–		35	2
	2018	Veikkausliiga	29	1	8	1	6 [d]	0	–		43	2
	2019	Veikkausliiga	23	0	5	0	5 [d]	0	–		33	0
	Total		76	3	21	1	14	0	–	–	111	4
Sheriff Tiraspol	2020–21	Moldovan Super Liga	17	0	1	0	3 [d]	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	13	0	0	0	–		–		13	0
Career total			349	10	46	2	19	0	22	1	436	13

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

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.