.jpg) Odemwingie appearing for Stoke City in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter Osaze Odemwingie[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 July 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan) | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994 | KAMAZ | ||
| 1995–1998 | CSKA Moscow | ||
| 1999 | AS Racines Lagos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2002 | Bendel Insurance | 53 | (19) |
| 2002–2004 | La Louvière | 44 | (9) |
| 2004–2007 | Lille | 75 | (23) |
| 2007–2010 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 75 | (21) |
| 2010–2013 | West Bromwich Albion | 87 | (30) |
| 2013–2014 | Cardiff City | 15 | (1) |
| 2014–2016 | Stoke City | 27 | (5) |
| 2016 | → Bristol City (loan) | 7 | (2) |
| 2016–2017 | Rotherham United | 7 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Madura United | 23 | (15) |
| Total | 413 | (125) | |
| International career | |||
| 2008 | Nigeria Olympic (O.P.) | 6 | (1) |
| 2002–2014 | Nigeria | 65 | (11) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Peter Osaze Odemwingie (born 15 July 1981) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Born in what is now Uzbekistan, Odemwingie began his career with Bendel Insurance[3] in the Nigeria Premier League. He then earned a move to European football with Belgian side La Louvière where he spent three seasons winning the Belgian Cup before moving to French side Lille. Odemwingie scored 26 goals for Lille while also playing in the UEFA Champions League with the side.[4] Lokomotiv Moscow bought him for £10 million in July 2007. He scored 23 times in 3+1⁄2 years for Lokomotiv.
He joined English side West Bromwich Albion in August 2010. He scored 30 Premier League goals for the Baggies, which won him three Premier League Player of the Month awards. A failed move to Queens Park Rangers saw him fall out of favour with manager Steve Clarke and he was sold to Cardiff City in August 2013 for a fee of £2.25 million. He spent six months at Cardiff before joining Stoke City in a player-exchange with Kenwyne Jones in January 2014.
Odemwingie made his debut for the Nigeria national team in a friendly against Kenya in May 2002 and has represented the country over 60 times, including at two World Cups and four Africa Cup of Nations, as well as winning silver at the 2008 Olympics.
- ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/08/2010 and 31/08/2010" (PDF). The Football Association. August 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2010.
- ^ "Premier League Player Profile Peter Odemwingie". Premier League. Barclays Premier League. 2015. Archived from the original on 17 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Peter Odemwingie". ESPN.co.uk. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "A tribute to Peter Odemwingie, a wonderful player unfairly remembered". Planet Football. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2020.