Godfrey Oboabona

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Godfrey Oboabona
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Obabona with Çaykur Rizespor in 2013
Personal information
Full name Godfrey Itama Oboabona [1]
Date of birth (1990-08-16) 16 August 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Ondo, Nigeria
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
2006–2010 Rising Stars
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2013 Sunshine Stars
2013–2017 Çaykur Rizespor 96 (5)
2017–2018 Al-Ahli 9 (0)
2018–2019 Gorica 14 (0)
2020 FC Dinamo Batumi 11 (2)
International career‡
2012–2016 Nigeria 39 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 2013 South Africa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:57, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:00, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

Godfrey Itama Oboabona MON (born 16 August 1990) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. [3]

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Club career

Oboabona was born in Ondo City, and began his professional career with local club Sunshine Stars [2] In August 2013, the BBC claimed there was speculation linking him with a move to English side Arsenal, a claim denied by both Oboabona and Sunshine Stars chairman Mike Odoko. [4]

Later that month, he signed a four-year contract with Turkish club Çaykur Rizespor. [5] He described the transfer as a "dream move." [6] In September 2018, Oboabona joined HNK Gorica in the Croatian First Football League. [7] [8]

In February 2020 he signed for Georgian club FC Dinamo Batumi. [9]

International career

Oboabona made his international debut for Nigeria in 2012, [2] and has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. [1] He was called up to Nigeria's 23-man squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. [10]

He was selected for Nigeria's squad at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, [11] and the 2014 FIFA World Cup. [12] Oboabona was selected by Nigeria for their 35-man provisional squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics. [13]

Honours

Orders

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References

  1. 1 2 Godfrey Oboabona – FIFA competition record (archived)
  2. 1 2 3 Godfrey Oboabona at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ↑ Godfrey Oboabona at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  4. ↑ Oluwashina Okeleji (3 August 2013). "Nigeria defender Oboabona denies Arsenal link and criticising Wenger". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Oboabona completes move to Rizespor". SuperSport. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  6. ↑ Oluwashina Okeleji (23 August 2013). "Godfrey Oboabona delights in 'dream' move to Turkey". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "Godfrey Oboabona joins Croatia top-flight side HNK Gorica". Goal.com. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "Nigerijski reprezentativac novi je igrač Gorice" (in Croatian). HNK Gorica. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  9. ↑ "Oboabona: Why I joined aspiring Dinamo Batumi | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  10. ↑ Oluwashina Okeleji (10 January 2013). "Nations Cup 2013: Nigeria pick six locally-based players". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  11. ↑ "Nigeria to take new-look squad to Confederations Cup". BBC Sport. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  12. ↑ "World Cup 2014: Peter Odemwingie in provisional Nigeria squad". BBC Sport. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  13. ↑ Oluwashina Okeleji (24 June 2016). "Kelechi Iheanacho included in Nigeria's Olympics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  14. ↑ Okeleji, Oluwashina (13 February 2013). "Presidential reward for Super Eagles". Sport. BBC. Lagos. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
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