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Godfrey Oboabona
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Obabona with Çaykur Rizespor in 2013
Personal information
Full name Godfrey Itama Oboabona
Date of birth (1990-08-16) 16 August 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Ondo, Nigeria
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Centre-back
Youth career
2006–2010 Rising Stars
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Sunshine Stars
2013–2017 Çaykur Rizespor 96 (5)
2017–2018 Al-Ahli 9 (0)
2018–2019 Gorica 14 (0)
2020 FC Dinamo Batumi 11 (2)
National team
2012–2016 Nigeria 39 (1)
Honours
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:57, 26 December 2023 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:00, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

Godfrey Itama Oboabona MON (born 16 August 1990) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Club career

Oboabona was born in Ondo City, and began his professional career with local club Sunshine Stars In August 2013, the BBC claimed there was speculation linking him with a move to English side Arsenal, a claim denied by both Oboabona and Sunshine Stars chairman Mike Odoko.

Later that month, he signed a four-year contract with Turkish club Çaykur Rizespor. He described the transfer as a "dream move." In September 2018, Oboabona joined HNK Gorica in the Croatian First Football League.

In February 2020 he signed for Georgian club FC Dinamo Batumi.

International career

Oboabona made his international debut for Nigeria in 2012, and has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. He was called up to Nigeria's 23-man squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

He was selected for Nigeria's squad at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, and the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Oboabona was selected by Nigeria for their 35-man provisional squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Honours

Orders

  • Order of the Niger civil division ribbon.svg Member of the Order of the Niger

See also

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