Eric Obinna Chukwunyelu

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Eric Obinna
Personal information
Full name Eric Obinna Chukwenyelu
Date of birth 10 June 1981 (1981-06-10) (age 28)
Place of birth    Owerri, Nigeria
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Daejeon Citizen
Number 99
Youth career

1998
1998
Iwuanyanwu Comets
Vitória
Arsenal
Senior career1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999
1999-2000
2000-2002
2002-2004
2004-2005
2005
2006
2007
2008-
AS Saint-Étienne
Red Star Saint-Ouen
FC Rouen
Stuttgarter Kickers
1. FC Kaiserslautern
Reading
Stevenage Borough
S.S. Cassino 1927
Daejeon Citizen
05 (0)
04 (0)
17 (5)
40 (9)
00 (0)
06 (0)
09 (0)
36 (29)
14 (2)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 6 December 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Eric Obinna Chukwunyelu (born 10 June 1981 in Owerri, Nigeria) is an French-Nigerian footballer, who plays currently in South Korea by Daejeon Citizen.

[edit] Club career

Eric Obinna, as he is commonly known, has had played for many clubs in including: Reading, Stuttgarter Kickers, Kaiserslautern, FC Rouen, Red Star, St. Etienne, Dumbarton, Arsenal, Bahia, Stevenage Borough, and Millionarios club of Colombia. He has recently penned a 3 year deal with Korean team Daejeon Citizen.

He plays as a striker. In the early part of season 2005-06, he played a minor part in Reading's record breaking promotion season. He did not score, but set up several goals. In January 2008 he trained with Atlante of Mexico but he did not impress in his trial. In Late January he arrived to Colombia, and trained with Millonarios in order to get a contract with the Colombian team, but his trial was unsuccessful. He holds a French passport. [1]

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