Godfrey Oboabona

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Godfrey Oboabona
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Personal information
Full name Godfrey Itama Oboabona[1]
Date of birth (1990-08-16) 16 August 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Akure, Nigeria
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Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Çaykur Rizespor
Number 2
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Sunshine Stars
2013– Çaykur Rizespor 59 (4)
International career‡
2012– Nigeria 34 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 December 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 April 2014

Godfrey Itama Oboabona (born 16 August 1990) is a Nigerian international footballer who plays for Turkish club Çaykur Rizespor, as a defender.[3]

Career

Club career

Oboabona was born in Akure and began his professional career with local club Sunshine Stars.[2] In August 2013 he was linked with a move to English side Arsenal,[4] but later that month signed a four-year contract with Turkish club Çaykur Rizespor.[5] He described the transfer as a "dream move."[6]

International football

He made his international debut for Nigeria in 2012,[2] and has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.[1] He was called up to Nigeria's 23-man squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.[7]

He was selected for Nigeria's squad at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup,[8] and was named in the provisional squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[9]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Godfrey Oboabona – FIFA competition record
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Godfrey Oboabona at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  3. ↑ Godfrey Oboabona at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
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