Victor Obinna
Obinna playing for Lokomotiv Moscow in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Victor Nsofor Obinna | ||
| Date of birth | 25 March 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Jos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
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Current team
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Free agent | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003 | Plateau United | ||
| 2004 | Kwara United | ||
| 2005 | Enyimba | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2008 | Chievo | 82 | (19) |
| 2008–2011 | Internazionale | 9 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | → Málaga (loan) | 26 | (4) |
| 2010–2011 | → West Ham United (loan) | 25 | (3) |
| 2011–2015 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 45 | (3) |
| 2014 | → Chievo (loan) | 10 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | MSV Duisburg | 15 | (3) |
| 2016–2017 | SV Darmstadt | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005– | Nigeria | 48 | (12) |
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:04, 8 May 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 06:40, 13 April 2014 (UTC) |
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Victor Nsofor Obinna (born 25 March 1987) is a Nigerian footballer who is currently a free agent.
Obinna in Igbo, literally means "father's heart". He played for Chievo in Italy's Serie B, having played regularly in Serie A with the club until their relegation in 2007. He made his full international debut for Nigeria at the 2006 African Cup of Nations, scoring once in three appearances as his side were eliminated in the semi-finals.
Obinna celebrates by doing a cartwheel-to-two-hand aided backflips-to-backflip somersault.
Obinna played for Nigerian clubs Plateau United and Kwara United, he went on trials with Italian clubs Internazionale, Perugia and Juventus before signing with Brazilian club Internacional, but international clearance problems meant that the transfer was never finalised. He rejoined Enyimba to take part in their domestic league campaign and CAF Champions League defence.
Obinna was signed by Italian club Chievo on a five-year contract in July 2005. But also reported that Chievo formed an agreement with Internazionale that Obinna first registered as Chievo player in order to use the non-EU registration quota of Chievo, like Júlio César in the 2004–05 season. Then he would be call back to Inter.
In his first season with Chievo, Obinna scored six goals in 26 games, including a goal on his Serie A debut against Parma in a 1–0 win, 11 September 2005. In the first months of the 2006 season, Obinna was suspended for having signed a contract with both Internacional and Chievo in 2005. Chievo were relegated at the end of the 2006–07 season, casting some doubt over Obinna's future; the club choosing to keep Obinna in the squad to help gain promotion back to Serie A.
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