Erhun Obanor
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 September 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Benin City, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FK Kukësi | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2012 | BJ Foundation Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2016 | BJ Foundation Academy | ||
| 2012–2013 | → COD United F.C. (loan) | ||
| 2013–2015 | → Bendel Insurance (loan) | ||
| 2014–2015 | → → Abia Warriors F.C. (sub-loan) | ||
| 2016 | → MFM F.C. (loan) | ||
| 2016–2018 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Rudeš | 23 | (0) |
| 2019- | FK Kukësi | 14 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2014– | Nigeria U23 | 11 | (0) |
| 2014– | Nigeria | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:17, 10 December 2018 (UTC) | |||
Erhun Obanor is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defender for SpVgg Greuther Fürth.
Career
A native of Benin City, Obanor is a product of the BJ Foundation Academy.[1] He was loaned out at the start of the 2012-2013 season to the second-tier side COD United F.C..[2] Mid-2013, he was loaned on to top-tier side Bendel Insurance.,[3] playing a season there before being sub-loaned to Abia Warriors F.C. until November 2015.[4] In January 2016, Obanor signed a 3.5-year long contract with the Tunisian greats Club Africain, but had to cancel it and return to Nigeria because of dubious transfer fee reasons.[5] In April 2016, he was loaned on by BJ Academy to MFM F.C..[6]
Obanor moved abroad, however, already in July 2017, signing for SpVgg Greuther Fürth in Germany,[7] joining the team in September of the same year, following the 2016 Summer Olympics.[8] However, he didn't break into the team, and found himself unable to get any playing time, his nationality preventing him from playing for the reserves.[9] His contract was finally rescinded in the summer of 2018, and he moved to NK Rudeš in Croatia.[10]
International career
Obanor is a member of the Nigeria national football team.[11] He was selected by Nigeria for their 35-man provisional squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[12]
References
- ^ 3 former stars of grassroots club BJ Foundation set to help Nigeria beat Zambia this weekend at Daily Sports Nigeria
- ^ COD UNITED FC – PLAYER STATISTICS at West African Football
- ^ Warriors, BJ Foundation battle over Obanor at tvcontinental.tv
- ^ U23 star Obanor disowns Abia Warriors •Documents show BJ Academy’s ownership of the player at News Express Nigeria
- ^ Dream Team VI Star Erhun Obanor Set To Bid Farewell To Club Africain at AllNigeriaSoccer.com
- ^ Exclusive: Nigeria U23s Defender Obanor Joins MFM FC After Botched Move To Club Africain at AllNigeriaSoccer.com
- ^ Fürth holt Verstärkung für Abwehr at sport1.de
- ^ Fürth holt Verstärkung für Abwehr at sport1.de
- ^ Greuther Fürth: Erhun Obanor und Stephen Sama auf der Streichliste at liga-zwei.de
- ^ Iz njemačkog drugoligaša Greuther Furtha u Rudeš stigao Erhun Obanor koji ima dva nastupa za reprezentaciju Nigerije at Sportnews.hr
- ^ http://www.goal.com/en-ng/people/nigeria/103283/erhun-obanor/national
- ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (24 June 2016). "Kelechi Iheanacho included in Nigeria's Olympics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
External links
- Profile at worldfootball.net
- Living people
- Nigerian footballers
- 1995 births
- African Games bronze medalists for Nigeria
- African Games medalists in football
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth players
- Association football defenders
- Nigerian expatriate footballers
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
- NK Rudeš players
- Expatriate footballers in Croatia
- Croatian First Football League players
- Competitors at the 2015 African Games
- Abia Warriors F.C. players
- COD United F.C. players