James Obiorah

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James Obiorah
Personal information
Full name James Chibuzor Oboriah
Date of birth (1978-08-24) 24 August 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth Jos, Nigeria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[ citation needed ]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
0000–1994 Kalba Union
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994 Kwara Bombers 20 (9)
1995 Enyimba 19 (0)
1995–1998 Anderlecht 30 (6)
1998–2001 Grasshopper Zurich 14 (0)
2001–2004 Lokomotiv Moscow 62 (20)
2003–2004 → Cádiz CF (loan) 17 (2)
2004–2005 → Chamois Niortais (loan) [1] 12 (4)
2005–2006 Grazer AK [2] 5 (0)
2006–2007 Chamois Niortais 16 (2)
2007–2008 Kaduna United 23 (1)
2008–2009 SC Toulon [3] 11 (2)
International career
1998–2002 Nigeria [4] 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Chibuzor Obiorah (born 24 August 1978) is a Nigerian former footballer who played as a forward.

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He is best known for his time in Russia as a Lokomotiv Moscow player, with whom he won the Russian Premier League in 2002 and 2004, on top of a few other domestic cup trophies. He also played for the national team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

His previous clubs include RSC Anderlecht, Grasshopper Zurich, Cádiz CF, Grazer AK and Lokomotiv Moscow and he was also loaned to Niort from Lokomotiv Moscow in the 2004–05 season, scoring 4 goals in 12 games. In 2007, he played for Kaduna United F.C., after being released from his contract with French Ligue 2 side Niort. [5] In August 2008 he moved from Kaduna United F.C. to SC Toulon. [6]

International career

Obiorah was the captain of the Nigeria side that reached the quarter-finals of the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship and also played for the Nigeria national football team 3 times, [7] including being called up for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, scoring 1 goal. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ La fiche de James Obiorah. Football - L'Equipe.fr
  2. ↑ James Obiorah - Fussballdaten - Die Fußball-Datenbank
  3. ↑ Profile on foot-national.com
  4. ↑ James Obiorah at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. ↑ InterFooT.de -News- Alles, was das Fussballherz begehrt!
  6. ↑ "Orlando Pirates Considering James Obiorah Signing | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  7. ↑ FIFA.com - FIFA Player Statistics: James OBIORAH [ permanent dead link ]
  8. ↑ "James Obiorah". BBC. 29 May 2002. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
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