James Obiorah

James Obiorah
Personal information
Full name James Chibuzor Oboriah
Date of birth (1978-08-24) 24 August 1978
Place of birth Jos, Nigeria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position Forward
Youth career
–1994 Kalba Union
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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 (loan) 17 (2)
2004–2005 → Chamois Niortais (loan)[2] 12 (4)
2005–2006 Grazer AK[3] 5 (0)
2006–2007 Chamois Niortais 16 (2)
2007–2008 Kaduna United 23 (1)
2008–2009 Toulon[4] 11 (2)
Total 229 (46)
International career
1995 Nigeria U17 4 (2)
1998–2002 Nigeria[1] 3 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Chibuzor Obiorah (born 24 August 1978) is a Nigerian former professional 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 and the 2002 Unity Cup.

Club career

His previous clubs include RSC Anderlecht, Grasshopper Zurich, Cádiz, 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, after being released from his contract with French Ligue 2 side Niort.[5] In August 2008 he moved from Kaduna United to 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 team three times,[7] including being called up for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, scoring 1 goal.[8]

His only goal for Nigeria came at the 2002 Unity Cup against Jamaica.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 James Obiorah at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ↑ La fiche de James Obiorah. Football - L'Equipe.fr
  3. ↑ James Obiorah - Fussballdaten - Die Fußball-Datenbank
  4. ↑ Profile on foot-national.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
  8. 1 2 "James Obiorah". BBC. 29 May 2002. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
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