James Obiorah
{{short description|Nigerian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Nigerian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = James Obiorah
| fullname = James Chibuzor Oboriah
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|8|24|df=yes}}
| height = {{convert|1.85|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Forward
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1994
| youthclubs1 = Kalba Union
| years1 = 1994
| clubs1 = Kwara Bombers
| caps1 = 20 | goals1 = 9
| years2 = 1995
| clubs2 = Enyimba
| caps2 = 19 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1995–1998
| clubs3 = Anderlecht
| caps3 = 30 | goals3 = 6
| years4 = 1998–2001
| clubs4 = Grasshopper Zurich
| caps4 = 14 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2001–2004
| clubs5 = Lokomotiv Moscow
| caps5 = 62 | goals5 = 20
| years6 = 2003–2004 | clubs6 = → Cádiz CF (loan) | caps6 = 17 | goals6 = 2
| years7 = 2004–2005 | clubs7 = → Chamois Niortais (loan)[https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur16287.html La fiche de James Obiorah. Football - L'Equipe.fr] | caps7 = 12 | goals7 = 4
| years8 = 2005–2006 | clubs8 = Grazer AK[http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/obiorahjames/ James Obiorah - Fussballdaten - Die Fußball-Datenbank] | caps8 = 5 | goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2006–2007 | clubs9 = Chamois Niortais | caps9 = 16 | goals9 = 2
| years10 = 2007–2008 | clubs10 = Kaduna United | caps10 = 23 | goals10 = 1
| years11 = 2008–2009 | clubs11 = SC Toulon[http://www.foot-national.com/1659-joueur-football-Obiorah-James.html Profile on foot-national.com] | caps11 = 11 | goals11 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 1998–2002
| nationalteam1 = Nigeria{{NFT player|id=4818|accessdate=}}
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| pcupdate =
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James Chibuzor Obiorah (born 24 August 1978) is a Nigerian former footballer who played as a forward.
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.[http://www.interfoot.de/footnews.htm InterFooT.de -News- Alles, was das Fussballherz begehrt!] In August 2008 he moved from Kaduna United F.C. to SC Toulon.{{Cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/1659/south-africa/2009/10/07/1546347/orlando-pirates-considering-james-obiorah-signing|title=Orlando Pirates Considering James Obiorah Signing {{!}} Goal.com|website=www.goal.com|language=en|access-date=2018-05-14}}
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,[http://83.231.172.49/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=178381/index.html FIFA.com - FIFA Player Statistics: James OBIORAH]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} including being called up for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, scoring 1 goal.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/nigeria/squad/newsid_1998000/1998297.stm|title=James Obiorah|date=29 May 2002|publisher=BBC|access-date=24 August 2019|language=en-GB}}
References
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External links
- [http://cadistas1910.awardspace.com/ficha_jugador.php?idjugador=391&nombre=Obiorah Obiorah profile at cadistas1910.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707202141/http://cadistas1910.awardspace.com/ficha_jugador.php?idjugador=391&nombre=Obiorah |date=7 July 2011 }} {{in lang|es}}
{{Nigeria Squad 2002 World Cup}}
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Category:Nigerian men's footballers
Category:Nigeria men's international footballers
Category:2002 FIFA World Cup players
Category:FC Lokomotiv Moscow players
Category:Grasshopper Club Zurich players
Category:R.S.C. Anderlecht players
Category:Chamois Niortais FC players
Category:Belgian Pro League players
Category:Russian Premier League players
Category:Kaduna United F.C. players
Category:Men's association football midfielders