Joshua Obaje
{{Short description|Nigerian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|04|01|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Nigeria
| height = {{height|m=1.85}}
| currentclub = plateau United FC
| position = Striker
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| years1 = 2009–2011 | clubs1 = Heartland | caps1 = - | goals1 = -
| years2 = 2011–2013 | clubs2 = Black Leopards | caps2 = | goals2 = 4
| years3 = 2013–2014 | clubs3 = Warri Wolves | caps3 = - | goals3 = -
| years4 = 2014 | clubs4 = ASO Chlef | caps4 = 13 | goals4 = 1
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Joshua Obaje is a Nigerian professional footballer, who is currently playing for the Nigeria professional Football Club, Plateau United F.C.
International career
In January 2014, coach Stephen Keshi invited him to be included in the Nigeria national football team for the 2014 African Nations Championship.{{cite web|title=Nigeria name final squad for 2014 CHAN|url=https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/nigeria-name-final-squad-2014-chan-215018436--sow.html|publisher=Yahoo Sports|accessdate=1 November 2015|date=1 January 2014}}{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/25568201 | title=Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi names weakened CHAN Squad | work=bbc.com/ | accessdate=10 February 2014}} He helped the team defeat Zimbabwe to a third-place finish, 1–0.{{cite web | url=http://www.kickoff.com/news/41111/nigeria-beat-zimbabwe-to-win-chan-bronze | title=Nigeria win Chan bronze | publisher=kickoff.com | accessdate=10 February 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140609041355/http://www.kickoff.com/news/41111/nigeria-beat-zimbabwe-to-win-chan-bronze | archive-date=9 June 2014 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://sunnewsonline.com/new/sports/chan-2014-eagles-win-bronze/ |title=CHAN 2014: Eagles win bronze |publisher=sunnewsonline.com |accessdate=10 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218033735/http://sunnewsonline.com/new/sports/chan-2014-eagles-win-bronze/ |archivedate=18 February 2014 }}
References
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Category:Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Algeria
Category:Nigeria men's A' international footballers
Category:2014 African Nations Championship players
Category:Nigerian men's footballers
Category:Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Algeria
Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa
Category:Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
Category:Black Leopards F.C. players
Category:Heartland F.C. players
Category:Warri Wolves F.C. players
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:21st-century Nigerian sportsmen
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