Chinedu Obasi

Chinedu Obasi

Personal information
Full name	Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi
Date of birth	1 June 1986 (1986-06-01) (age 25)
Place of birth	Enugu, Nigeria
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	1899 Hoffenheim
Number	20
Youth career
1997–2002	River Lane Youth Club Enugu[1]
2002–2004	Enugu Rangers
2004	JC Raiders
2005	Lyn
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005–2007	Lyn	29	(14)
2007–	1899 Hoffenheim	91	(25)
National team‡
2005	Nigeria U-20
2005–	Nigeria	18	(4)
Honours Competitor for  Nigeria Men's Football Silver 2008 Beijing Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:36, 19 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 05:14, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Chinedu "Edu" Ogbuke Obasi (born 1 June 1986 in Enugu) is a Nigerian footballer. He plays as a winger for German club 1899 Hoffenheim, and has made seventeen appearances for the Nigerian national team.

Trivia

"Edu", as he is also known, came to Norway at the same time as his countryman John Obi Mikel. On 20 December 2006, a transfer deal was announced with Lokomotiv Moscow^[2] and Ogbuke was set to move to the Russian side in January. The deal was derailed, however, when the president, sporting director and manager of Lokomotiv were all fired six days later.

On 27 August 2007, Edu moved to 1899 Hoffenheim for an undisclosed fee.^[3]

International

Chinedu impressed in the 2005 Under-20 World Championships in the Netherlands, and scored both in the semi-final and the final (which Nigeria lost to Argentina).

Obasi was one of the outstanding performers for Nigeria at the 2010 African Nations Cup where they were beaten in the semi-finals by Ghana. In his first game of the competition against Egypt, Obasi scored, in the 12th minute of the match, in a 3–1 loss.

Honours

International

• FIFA World Youth Championship:
  • Runner-up: 2005
• Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics:
  • Silver Medal: 2008

Individual

• Norwegian Premier League player of the month: August 2006
• Kniksen award: Young player of the year in 2006

References

1. ^ "Obasi, Chinedu" (in German). kicker.de. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2010-11/1899-hoffenheim-3209/46479/spieler_chinedu-obasi.html. Retrieved 25 February 2011. 
2. ^ "Ogbuke set for Russia switch". news.bbc.co.uk. 20 December 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/6198169.stm. Retrieved 17 January 2007. 
3. ^ "Edu arrived in Hoffenheim" (in German). tsg-hoffenheim.de. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927050045/http://www.tsg-hoffenheim.de/4news.php?d%5bnr%5d=1947&d%5babteilung%5d=Startseite. Retrieved 27 August 2007. 

External links

• Chinedu Obasi at fussballdaten.de (German)

Persondata
Name	Obasi, Chinedu
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Date of birth	1 June 1986
Place of birth	Enugu, Nigeria
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