Victor Obinna: Career Nigerian footballer

Victor Obinna - Nigerian professional footballer who plays winger at the "Cape Town City" (South Africa). During his career, he played in clubs such as "Kveo", "Inter" (Italy), "Malaga" (Spain), "West Ham United" (England), "Lokomotiv Moskva" (Russia) and "Duisburg" and "Darmstadt" (Germany).

Sporting achievements Victor Obinna is small: the champion of Italian "Serie B" in the "Chievo" (2007/08) and the "Serie A" in the "Internationale" (2008/09). In the period from 2004 to 2014 he played for the national team of Nigeria football. During this time, Victor played 48 official matches and marked 12 goals. footballer Height is 178 cm, weight - 79 kg. In the language of the Igbo, Obinna means "father's heart."

Biography footballer

Victor Obinna was born in 1987, March 25. Place of birth - city of Jos (Nigeria). Raised in a poor family. From early childhood, started playing football, it all began in the yard with the local kids. Man soon noticed the coach of one of the clubs, and invited him to test their strength in the sports section.

He played for the Nigerian youth clubs such as the "Plateau United", "Kwara United" and "Enyimba International F.c.". Showing good results and high-end game, Victor has attracted the attention of European scouts Marcelo Houseman, who invited him to watch in the Italian club "Inter", "Juventus" and "Perugia". Final inspection took place in the Brazilian "Internacional", with which football has had to sign a contract, but the transition was broke because of problems with documents and a Nigerian who was forced to return to the "Enyimba International F.c.".

A career in the Italian "Serie A"

In July 2005, Victor Obinna made a five-year agreement with "Chievo." The debut of the Italian championship Nigerian has scored a goal at the Gates "Parma", which has become the only and winning the match. In total the first season ended with 6 goals in 26 matches. The following season, the club was relegated to the "Serie B", and the Obinna was suspended for a large number of matches. This happened due to the fact that the athlete had simultaneous contracts with two clubs - "Inter" and "Chievo."

In the summer transfer period Victor Obinna moved to the "Internazionale" for the sum of 1, 2 million euros. The contract was for three years. For the first time, "black and blue" scored a goal in the gate "Roma" October 19 (total score 4-0). Head coach of "snakes" Jose Mourinho predicted a great future for Nigerian. He said that Victor Obinna - this is one of the best talents of the "Inter" in the future. From 2008 to 2011 he played for the "snakes" 9 matches and scored only one year. In 2009/10 and 2010/11 he has been on loan at "Málaga" and "West Ham", respectively.

A career in the Moscow "Locomotive"

In June 2011, Victor Obinna made a deal with the club from the Premier League, "Lokomotiv Moskva". The Russian club has signed Nigerian winger, as a free agent. His first goal for the "railroad" issued in the Slovak gate "Spartak Trnava" within the qualifying round of the Europa League. From 2011 to 2015, he held for the "red-green" 45 matches and marked 5 goals. In 2014, he played in the "Chievo" on a rental basis (10 games, 2 goals). In September 2015 Obinna joined the German "Duisburg" from the second division. In the season 2015/2016 Nigerian has played in 15 matches and scored 3 goals. In August 2016 he became a player, "Darmstadt", where for the whole season went on the field just twice. Currently, the Nigerian is a player of the club, "Cape Town City" from YuARa.