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Peter Odemwingie is a male association football player born in Tashkent in 1981. He holds citizenship in Nigeria and Russia and speaks English, Nigerian Pidgin, and Russian. His career began in 1998, and he played as a forward, wearing the number 9 shirt.
Odemwingie represented Nigeria and Russia in international competitions, including the 2004 African Cup of Nations, the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups. He played for several clubs, including R.A.A. Louviéroise, Bendel Insurance F.C., FC Lokomotiv Moscow, and West Bromwich Albion F.C. His club career spanned the Premier League, Ligue 1, Russian Premier League, and EFL Championship. Over his career, he played one match and scored zero goals.
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Vinony's link graph records 282 inbound references to Peter Odemwingie, and connects out to Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., South Africa men's national association football team and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.
It is catalogued under topics including 1981 births, 2004 African Cup of Nations players and 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players.
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Key facts
- 1994
- KAMAZ
- 1999
- AS Racines Lagos
- 2008
- Nigeria Olympic ( O.P. )
- 2016
- → Bristol City (loan)
- Full name
- Peter Osaze Odemwingie
- Date of birth
- ( 1981-07-15 ) 15 July 1981 (age 44)
- Place of birth
- Tashkent , Uzbek SSR , Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan )
- Height
- 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Position
- Forward
- 1995 1998
- CSKA Moscow
- Years
- Team
- 2000 2002
- Bendel Insurance
- 2002 2004
- La Louvière
- 2004 2007
- Lille
- 2007 2010
- Lokomotiv Moscow
- 2010 2013
- West Bromwich Albion
- 2013 2014
- Cardiff City
- 2014 2016
- Stoke City
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Nationality
- Nigeria
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Tashkent
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Participant in
- 2010 Africa Cup of Nations
- Hair colour
- black hair
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Nigeria national under-20 football team
- Position played
- forward
- League
- EFL Championship
- Country for sport
- Russia
- Mass
- 75
- Image
- 1 peter odemwingie stoke 2015 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 182
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- Commons category
- Peter Odemwingie
- date of birth
- 1981-07-15
- sport number
- 9
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 1
- total goals in career
- 0
- start of work period
- 1998-00-00
- name in native language
- Peter Odemwingie
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Peter Osaze Odemwingie (born 15 July 1981) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Born in what is now Uzbekistan, Odemwingie began his career with Bendel Insurance 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. Lokomotiv Moscow bought him for £10 million in July 2007. He scored 23 times in 3+1⁄2 years for Lokomotiv.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peter Odemwingie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.