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Obafemi Martins
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Nigerian association football player
OverviewAI-generated
Obafemi Akinwunmi Martins is a Nigerian association football player born in Lagos in 1984. He plays as a forward and has represented Nigeria in international competition, including the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2006, 2008, and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. His professional career began in 2000, and he has competed in the Bundesliga, Premier League, and Major League Soccer.
Martins has played for several clubs, including VfL Wolfsburg, Rubin Kazan, Birmingham City F.C., Newcastle United F.C., and Wuhan Zall. He wears the number 9 shirt. He speaks English and Nigerian Pidgin.
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Key facts
- 2011
- → Birmingham City (loan)
- 2020
- Shanghai Shenhua
- Full name
- Obafemi Akinwunmi Martins
- Date of birth
- ( 1984-10-28 ) 28 October 1984 (age 41)
- Place of birth
- Lagos , Nigeria
- Height
- 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
- Position
- Forward
- 1999 2000
- Ebedei
- Years
- Team
- 2000 2001
- Reggiana
- 2001 2006
- Inter Milan
- 2006 2009
- Newcastle United
- 2009 2010
- VfL Wolfsburg
- 2010 2012
- Rubin Kazan
- 2012 2013
- Levante
- 2013 2015
- Seattle Sounders FC
- 2016 2018
- Shanghai Shenhua
- 2004 2015
- Nigeria
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Wuhan Zall
- Position
- Forward
- Nationality
- Nigeria
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Martins
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Nigeria
- Place of birth
- Lagos
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Nigerian Pidgin
- Participant in
- 2006 Africa Cup of Nations
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Shanghai Shenhua F.C.
- Position played
- forward
- League
- Major League Soccer
- Country for sport
- Nigeria
- Mass
- 70
- Official website
- obafemimartins9.com
- Image
- Obafemi Martins.png
- Height
- 170
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- Commons category
- Obafemi Martins
- date of birth
- 1984-10-28
- sport number
- 9
- birth name
- Obafemi Akinwunmi Martins
- name in native language
- Obafemi Martins
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 1
- total goals in career
- 0
- start of work period
- 2000-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Obafemi Akinwunmi Martins (/ˌoʊbəˈfɛmi/ oh-buh-FEH-mee /ˌɑːkɪnˈwʊnmi/ ah-kin-WOON-mee /ˈmɑːrtɪns/ MAR-tinz; born 28 October 1984) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
After leaving Nigeria for Italy at age 16, he played for a number of top-division clubs around Europe. He began his senior career in 2002 at Serie A club Inter Milan, before he moved to Premier League club Newcastle United in 2006, and then to Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg in 2009. Having joined Russian Premier League side Rubin Kazan in 2010, they loaned him to Birmingham City in 2011. He spent a season with La Liga club Levante, he played for Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer from 2013 to 2015, before spending several years in the Chinese Super League with Shanghai Shenhua and Wuhan.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Obafemi Martins” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.