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Brian Idowu
Idowu with Nigeria at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Brian Oladapo Idowu[1]
Date of birth (1992-05-18) 18 May 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Lokomotiv Moscow
Number 3
Youth career
1999– Smena-Zenit
0000–2010 Zenit St. Petersburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2018 Amkar Perm 87 (1)
2013–2014Dynamo St. Petersburg (loan) 25 (1)
2018– Lokomotiv Moscow 2 (0)
International career
2017– Nigeria 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 June 2018

Brian Oladapo Idowu (Template:Lang-ru; born 18 May 1992) is a Russian-Nigerian professional football player who currently plays as a left-back for Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow and the Nigeria national team.

Career

Club

Born in Saint Petersburg to a Nigerian father and a Russian-Nigerian mother, Idowu moved to Owerri, Nigeria at early age, and later moved back to Russia.

He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Amkar Perm on 6 May 2012 in a game against FC Terek Grozny.[2]

After a loan spell with Dynamo St Petersburg during the 2013–14 season, Idowu signed a new 3-year deal with Amkar on 30 June 2014,[3] extending his contract again in February 2017 until the summer of 2020.[4]

On 10 July 2018, he signed a 3-year contract with FC Lokomotiv Moscow.[5]

International

Idowu in a friendly match with Nigeria against Argentina, in 2017

In November 2017, Idowu was called up to the Nigerian national team for their friendly against Argentina in Krasnodar on 14 November 2017.[6] Idowu made his debut against Argentina on 14 November, coming on as a half-time substitute for Ola Aina, and scoring Nigeria's third goal in a 4-2 win.[7]

In May 2018 he was named in Nigeria's preliminary 30-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 May 2018[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Amkar Perm 2011–12 Russian Premier League 1 0 0 0 1 0
2012–13 0 0 1 0 1 0
2013–14 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014–15 11 0 1 0 12 0
2015–16 22 0 3 1 25 1
2016–17 26 1 2 0 28 1
2017–18 27 0 3 1 2[a] 0 32 1
Total 87 1 10 2 - - 2 0 99 3
Dynamo St. Petersburg (loan) 2013–14 Russian National League 25 1 1 0 26 1
Career total 112 2 11 2 - - 2 0 125 4

Notes

  1. ^ Two appearances in relegation play-offs

International

Nigeria
Year Apps Goals
2017 1 1
2018 7 0
Total 8 1

Statistics accurate as of match played 26 June 2018[10]

International goal

As of 14 November 2017
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1. 14 November 2017 Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar, Russia  Argentina
3–2
4–2
Friendly [7]

Personal

Idowu's father is Nigerian and his mother is half-Russian, half-Nigerian. He was born and raised in St. Petersburg, except for a period when he was aged 3 to 6 when he lived in Owerri, Nigeria.[11] Idowu speaks perfect Russian and acted as a makeshift translator of the Nigerian national team at news conference ahead of a fixture in Krasnodar in November 2017.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Game report by RFPL". Russian Premier League. 6 May 2012. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "БРАЙАН ИДОВУ: НОВЫЙ КОНТРАКТ С АМКАРОМ". fc-amkar.org (in Russian). FC Amkar Perm. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  4. ^ "АМКАР ПРОДЛИЛ КОНТРАКТ С ИДОВУ ДО 2020 ГОДА". sport-express.ru (in Russian). Sport Express. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Идову подписал контракт с «Локомотивом»" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 10 July 2018.
  6. ^ "World Cup Qualification: Brian Idowu Joins Team". thenationonlineng.net. The Nation. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Argentina 2-3 Nigeria". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  8. ^ http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
  9. ^ "B.Idowu". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Brian Idowu". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Разговор по пятницам". Выпуск №15 (in Russian). FC Amkar Perm.
  12. ^ Yokhin, Michael (16 November 2017). "Brian Idowu's journey from St Petersburg to Nigeria may end at World Cup". ESPN FC. Retrieved 18 November 2017.