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Faith Friday Obilor

{{Short description|Nigerian footballer}}

{{BLP sources|date=November 2012}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Faith Friday Obilor

| image = Obilor.jpg

| image_size = 220

| caption = Obilor playing for RoPS against Asteras Triplois, 17 July 2014

| height = 1.88 m

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1991|03|05}}

| birth_place = Aba, Nigeria

| currentclub = PDRM

| clubnumber = 5

| position = Centre back

| years1 = 2009–2010

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| clubs1 = Babanawa

| years2 = 2010–2011

| caps2 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| clubs2 = AmaZulu

| years3 = 2011

| caps3 = 21

| goals3 = 0

| clubs3 = PS Kemi

| years4 = 2012–2015

| caps4 = 112

| goals4 = 5

| clubs4 = RoPS

| years5 = 2012

| caps5 = 7

| goals5 = 0

| clubs5 = → Inter Turku (loan)

| years6 = 2016

| caps6 = 31

| goals6 = 0

| clubs6 = Inter Turku

| years7 = 2017–2019

| caps7 = 76

| goals7 = 3

| clubs7 = HJK

| years8 = 2020

| caps8 = 17

| goals8 = 0

| clubs8 = Sheriff Tiraspol

| years9 = 2021

| caps9 = 24

| goals9 = 2

| clubs9 = Taraz

| years10 = 2022–2023

| caps10 = 46

| goals10 = 0

| clubs10 = Aksu

| years11 = 2024-

| caps11 = 13

| goals11 = 0

| clubs11 = PDRM

| club-update = 27 November 2024

| nationalteam-update =

}}

Faith Friday Obilor (born 5 March 1991) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Malaysian Football League club PDRM .{{Soccerway|faith-obilor/190293}}{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C5GLb8RS3PT/?igsh=MWRnYnh5dndoc251OA== |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=www.instagram.com}}

Career

=Club=

In 2011, he came from Nigeria to join PS Kemi in Finnish 2nd league Ykkönen. He changed clubs after the first season as PS Kemi was relegated and continued to play in Ykkönen another year. After playing 7 matches with FC Inter, 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.

On 29 November 2016, Obilor signed a two-year contract with HJK.{{cite web|title=HJK sopimukseen Obilorin kanssa|url=http://www.hjk.fi/uutiset/Miehet-3787|website=hjk.fi|publisher=HJK|accessdate=5 December 2016|language=Finnish|date=29 November 2016}}

Honours

;RoPS

HJK

Individual

  • Veikkausliiga Defender of the Year: 2015,{{Cite web |last=Kai |date=2015-10-30 |title=Tässä ovat Captain's Ball -futisgaalan kaikki palkitut tahot |url=https://www.suomifutis.com/2015/10/tassa-ovat-captains-ball-futisgaalan-kaikki-palkitut-tahot/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=SuomiFutis |language=fi}} 2018
  • Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2018

Career statistics

{{updated|27 November 2024.}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Suomen Cup, Moldovan Cup, Kazakhstan Cup}}

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AmaZulu

|2010–11

|South African Premier Division

|0

000colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–00
PS Kemi

|2011

|Ykkönen

|21

0colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–210
rowspan="5"|RoPS

|2012

|Ykkönen

|20

1colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–201
2013

|Veikkausliiga

|31

151colspan="2"|–6{{efn|name=flc}}0421
2014

|Veikkausliiga

|31

1202{{efn|Includes UEFA Europa League|name=uel}}04{{efn|Includes Finnish League Cup|name=flc}}0391
2015

|Veikkausliiga

|30

210colspan="2"|–7{{efn|name=flc}}1383
colspan="2"|Total

!112

581201711397
Inter Turku (loan)

|2012

|Veikkausliiga

|7

0colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–70
Inter Turku

|2016

|Veikkausliiga

|33

030colspan="2"|–5{{efn|name=flc}}0410
rowspan="4"|HJK

|2017

|Veikkausliiga

|24

2803{{efn|name=uel}}0colspan="2"|–352
2018

|Veikkausliiga

|29

1816{{efn|Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League|name=ucel}}0colspan="2"|–432
2019

|Veikkausliiga

|23

0505{{efn|name=ucel}}0colspan="2"|–330
colspan="2"|Total

!76

3211140––1114
Sheriff Tiraspol

|2020–21

|Moldovan Super Liga

|17

0103{{efn|name=ucel}}0colspan="2"|–210
Taraz

|2021

|Kazakhstan Premier League

|24

260colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–302
rowspan="3"|Aksu

|2022

|Kazakhstan Premier League

|22

050colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–270
2023

|Kazakhstan Premier League

|24

020colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–260
colspan="2"|Total

!46

070––––530
PDRM

|2024–25

|Malaysia Super League

|13

000colspan="2"|–colspan="2"|–130
colspan="3"|Career total

!349

1046219022143613

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References

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Category:1991 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Aba, Nigeria

Category:Nigerian men's footballers

Category:Nigerian expatriate men's footballers

Category:Babanawa F.C. players

Category:AmaZulu F.C. players

Category:FC Inter Turku players

Category:Rovaniemen Palloseura players

Category:Kemi City F.C. players

Category:Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players

Category:FC Sheriff Tiraspol players

Category:FC Taraz players

Category:Veikkausliiga players

Category:Ykkönen players

Category:Moldovan Super Liga players

Category:Kazakhstan Premier League players

Category:Polis Diraja Malaysia FC players

Category:Malaysia Super League players

Category:Men's association football defenders

Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa

Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Finland

Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Moldova

Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan

Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia

Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa

Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Finland

Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova

Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan

Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia

Category:21st-century Nigerian sportsmen