Obinna Nwaneri

Obinna Nwaneri
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-03-19) 19 March 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, right-back
Youth career
Julius Berger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Julius Berger 6 (1)
2003–2004 Enyimba
2004–2007 Espérance 43 (3)
2007–2010 FC Sion 71 (2)
2010–2011 Kazma
2012–2014 Kelantan 50 (3)
2015 ATM
2016 Perlis
International career‡
2005–2010 Nigeria 34 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 January 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 January 2016

Obinna Nwaneri // ⓘ (born 19 March 1982)[1] is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as centre-back or right-back position but could also play as a forward.[2][3][4]

His name, Obinna, means "Father's heart" in Igbo.[5] He is described as mobile central defender with pace, control and timing. A natural leader, which had earned him the captain armband in Enyimba and FC Sion respectively.

Nwaneri started his career with Nigerian side Julius Berger then with African Champions Enyimba, where he won the CAF Champions League and then signed with Swiss club FC Sion during the 2007 January transfer window, a club he later captained before leaving the following summer.

  1. ^ Date of Birth: 19 March 1982, passport: (D) A0892856
  2. ^ "Kelantan Ikat Obinna Sebagai Pemain Terbaharu" (in Malay). Bernama. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  3. ^ "OBINNA IMPORT TERBARU KELANTAN". Archived from the original on 2 February 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Obinna, Okucha Main Liga Super" (in Malay). 2 February 2012. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  5. ^ Meaning of Obinna in Nigerian.name Retrieved 18 March 2018.