Nnamdi Oduamadi

Nnamdi Oduamadi

Personal information
Full name	Nnamdi Oduamadi Chidiebere
Date of birth	(1990-10-17) 17 October 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Lagos, Nigeria
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Colleferro
Youth career
1997–2008	Pepsi Football Academy
2009–2010	AC Milan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2011	Genoa	1	(0)
2010–2011	→ AC Milan (loan)	1	(0)
2011–2018	AC Milan	0	(0)
2011–2012	→ Torino (loan)	11	(3)
2012–2013	→ Varese (loan)	16	(2)
2013–2014	→ Brescia (loan)	14	(0)
2014	→ Varese (loan)	12	(4)
2014–2015	→ Crotone (loan)	12	(1)
2015	→ Latina (loan)	16	(2)
2015	→ Şanlıurfaspor (loan)	1	(0)
2016	→ HJK Helsinki (loan)	28	(7)
2018–2019	Tirana	11	(1)
2021	Crema	6	(0)
2022–	Colleferro	0	(0)
International career
	Nigeria U17
	Nigeria U20
2011–2014	Nigeria	13	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 January 2022

Nnamdi Oduamadi Chidiebere (born 17 October 1990), also known by his shirt name Odu, ^[1] is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward currently under contract for Eccellenza club Colleferro. He has represented the Nigeria national team.

Club career

Early career

Born in Lagos, Oduamadi started playing football at the local Pepsi Football Academy at the age of 7. ^{[2] [3]} He left his home country in 2008 to join Milan, although he was officially signed only in January 2009 due to bureaucratic issues. ^[3] Oduamadi spent two seasons in the club's youth system and was a member of the under-20 side who won the Coppa Italia Primavera in 2010, 25 years after the team's last success in the competition. ^[4]

At the beginning of the 2010–11 season, Milan announced to have sold half of the rights to Oduamadi to Genoa in co-ownership for €3.5 million, ^[5] as part of the deal that saw defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos move the other way. ^[6] The Nigerian, though, stayed at Milan on loan, ^[7] being included in the first team squad. He made his official debut for the club in a league game against Catania on 18 September 2010, coming off the bench in the last minutes. ^[8] However, that remained his only appearance of the season and he still played games for the under-20 team at times through the season as an over-age player, ^[9] being also included in the squad for the annual Viareggio Cup. ^[10]

Torino

At the beginning the 2011–12 season, Oduamadi's co-ownership deal between Milan and Genoa was resolved in favour of the former, ^[11] but he was sent on loan to Serie B club Torino. ^[12] He ended the season with 11 appearances and three goals.

Varese and Brescia

For the 2012–13 season, Oduamadi joined Serie B side Varese on another loan deal. ^[13]

At the start of the 2013–14 campaign, Oduamadi moved to Serie B club Brescia, once again on loan. ^[14]

On 31 January 2014, Oduamadi rejoined Varese, making his second loan spell. ^[15]

Crotone & Latina

On 8 August 2014, Oduamadi was signed by Serie B club Crotone. ^[16] On 21 January 2015 he was signed by U.S. Latina Calcio. ^{[17] [18]}

Şanlıurfaspor and back to Milan

On 22 July 2015, Oduamadi moved on loan to TFF First League club Şanlıurfaspor for the season. ^[19] However, the deal was cut short before the end of the summer transfer window and he came to Milan. ^[20]

HJK Helsinki

On 22 March 2016, Oduamadi moved to Finnish club HJK Helsinki, on a loan deal set to expire on 31 December. ^[21] On 26 May 2016, he scored the decisive goal in the Helsinki derby as HJK claimed a 2–1 victory over HIFK. ^[22]

Back to Milan

In 2017–18 season, Oduamadi played for Milan Primavera team as an over-age player. ^[23] He also received call-up from the first team. ^[24]

Later career

On 8 October 2021, Oduamadi signed for Serie D club Crema. ^[25]

International career

At international level, Oduamadi was first capped by Nigeria U-17, when he was at the Pepsi Football Academy. ^[26] He went on to be called up by Nigeria U-20 to take part in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, but eventually was cut from the final squad due to an hamstring injury. ^[27]

Oduamadi made his full international debut for Nigeria against Kenya, on 29 March 2011, featuring as a second-half substitute. ^[28] Two years later, he made his second appearance against Kenya in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match, where he scored the equalising goal in the 94th minute to level the score. ^[29]

Oduamadi was selected for Nigeria's squad at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, ^[30] in which he scored three goals against Tahiti in their opening match. ^[31]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 August 2016

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
AC Milan	2010–11	Serie A	1	0	0	0	–		0	0	–		1	0
	2011–12		0	0	0	0	–		0	0	–		0	0
	2012–13		0	0	0	0	–		0	0	–		0	0
	2013–14		0	0	0	0	–		0	0	–		0	0
	2014–15		0	0	0	0	–		–		–		0	0
	2015–16		0	0	0	0	–		–		–		0	0
	2016–17		0	0	0	0	–		–		–		0	0
	2017–18		0	0	0	0	–		– [32]		–		0	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	-	-	0	0	-	-	1	0
Torino (loan)	2011–12	Serie B	11	3	0	0	–		–		–		11	3
Varese (loan)	2012–13	Serie B	16	2	0	0	–		–		–		16	2
Brescia (loan)	2013–14	Serie B	14	0	2	1	–		–		–		16	1
Varese (loan)	2013–14	Serie B	12	4	0	0	–		–		–		12	4
Crotone (loan)	2014–15	Serie B	12	1	1	0	–		–		–		13	1
Latina (loan)	2014–15	Serie B	16	2	0	0	–		–		–		16	2
Şanlıurfaspor (loan)	2015–16	TFF First League	1	0	0	0	–		–		–		1	0
HJK (loan)	2016	Veikkausliiga	28	7	2	0	0	0	4	0	–		34	7
Career total			111	19	5	1	0	0	4	0	-	-	119	20

International

Nigeria national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2012	1	0
2013	11	4
2014	1	0
Total	13	4

Statistics accurate as of match played 28 May 2014 ^[33]

International goals

Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first.

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	23 March 2013	U. J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar, Nigeria	Kenya	1–1	1–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	17 June 2013	Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Tahiti	2–0	6–1	2013 FIFA Confederations Cup
3.				3–0
4.				5–1
As of 17 June 2013. [34]

Honours

Milan

• Serie A (1): 2010–11

See also

• List of FIFA Confederations Cup goalscorers

References

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24. "AS ROMA V AC MILAN: THE FULL SQUAD GOES TO ROME" (Press release). A.C. Milan. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
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26. "The Pepsi lad they call 'Igwe'". pepsifootballacademy.com. Pepsi Football Academy. August 2006. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
27. "Injury knocks out Nigeria's Nnamdi Oduamadi from U-20 World Cup". vanguardgr.com. Vanguard Media Limited. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
28. admin (24 July 2012). "Oduamadi still rues Olympics failure". Nigerian Footballer. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
29. admin (7 January 2017). "Nnamdi Oduamadi: Still Struggling for Shirt at Milan". THISDAYLIVE. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
30. "Nigeria to take new-look squad to Confederations Cup". BBC Sport. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013. Forwards: Joseph Akpala (Werder Bremen), Michael Babatunde (FC Kryvbas), Muhammad Gambo (Kano Pillars), Brown Ideye (Dynamo Kiev), Ahmed Musa (CSKA Moscow), Nnamdi Oduamadi (Varese), Anthony Ujah (FC Cologne)
31. "Super Eagles stroll to victory". ESPN FC. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013. Nnamdi Oduamadi (10', 26', 76')
32. Not part of the squad. source: "UEFA Europa League – Milan – Squad". UEFA. 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
33. "Nnamdi Oduamadi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
34. "Nigeria – N. Oduamadi – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway".

External links

• Profile at Assocalciatori.it (in Italian)
• Nnamdi Oduamadi – FIFA competition record (archived)