Chidi Odiah
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Chukwudi Odiah | ||
| Date of birth | December 17, 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Port Harcourt, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Julius Berger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Eagle Cement | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | Eagle Cement | 28 | (3) |
| 2000 | Julius Berger | 10 | (1) |
| 2000–2004 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 58 | (5) |
| 2004–2012 | CSKA Moscow | 84 | (3) |
| 2015– | Julius Berger | ? | (?) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2010 | Nigeria | 28 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 February 2012. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 05:07, 23 June 2010 (UTC) |
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Chidi Odiah (born 17 December 1983) is Nigerian professional football playerwho is currently playing for Julius Berger.
Chidi Odiah has represented his country at international level. He has shown himself to be a skillful, attack minded fullback with a high work-rate.
He began his career with Eagle Cement in the Nigeria Premier League, before moving to Julius Berger F.C. in 2000 for which he has played 10 games. In this year Julius Berger F.C. won the Nigeria Premier League.
In late 2000 he moved to Sheriff Tiraspol. For the time spent in Tiraspol, Odiah appeared in 58 games adding five goals, becoming one of the major players in the team. Sheriff dominated Moldovan football and Chidi won many honors: Moldovan National Division – 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04; Moldovan Cup – 2000/01, 2001/02; Moldovan Super Cup – 2003 and CIS Cup – 2003. He also gained experience in the UEFA Champions League qualifying phase.
In CIS Cup, he drew the attention of scouts CSKA and in 2004, Odiah joined CSKA Moscow on a four-year contract. Chidi was given the number 15 shirt. He made his debut for CSKA in the Russian Premier League against Rostov. He quickly took up position right back. Season 2005 was the best in his career, to date, Chukwudi won: Russian Premier League – 2005, Russian Cup – 2005, 2004–05 UEFA Cup (by beating Sporting Lisbon 3–1 in the Final on Estádio José Alvalade) and participation in the 2005 UEFA Super Cup. At quarter-finals 2004–05 UEFA Cup he scored the first goal in the 4–0 win over Auxerre. Last success in CSKA: quarter-finals 2009–10 UEFA Champions League and 2010-11 Russian Cup.
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