Joel Obi
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joel Chukwuma Obi | ||
Date of birth | 22 May 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Vis Pesaro | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2010 | Inter Milan | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2015 | Inter Milan | 50 | (1) |
2013–2014 |
→ Parma (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2015–2018 |
Torino | 52 | (6) |
2018–2021 |
Chievo | 71 | (6) |
2019 | → Alanyaspor (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2021–2022 |
Salernitana | 21 | (0) |
2022–2023 |
Reggina | 1 | (0) |
2024– | Vis Pesaro | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2011–2018 | Nigeria | 17 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 September 2019 |
Joel Chukwuma Obi (born 22 May 1991), known as Joel Obi, is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie C Group B club Vis Pesaro and the Nigeria national team.
Club career
Inter
After winning the "Allievi Nazionali" Under-17 championship in 2008 under the guidance of
In 2009, he was noticed by
In the summer 2010, Rafael Benítez definitively moved him with the first-team. Obi made his debut for Inter on 29 September 2010 in a UEFA Champions League group stage game against Werder Bremen.[2] He played the final ten minutes of the match after coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute for fellow midfielder Dejan Stanković. Inter went on to defeat Werder Bremen in a 4–0 shutout.[3]
Obi made his Serie A debut on 17 October 2010 against Cagliari when he replaced Philippe Coutinho in the 66th minute.[4] The game ended 1–0 with a goal from Samuel Eto'o.
Obi started the "Milan Derby" at
Remaining at a standstill due to injury, he returned to the field in 2012–13 season, exactly on 4 October, in the victory away from home 1–3 against
Parma (loan)
On 2 September 2013, he was loaned to
Return to Inter
On 28 August 2014, he returned to play for Inter in a home match won 6–0 in the
Torino
On 2 July 2015, Obi transferred to
Chievo Verona
On 11 August 2018, Obi signed with
During the
Salernitana
On 21 July 2021, Obi signed with newly promoted Serie A club
Reggina
On 20 July 2022, Obi joined
Vis Pesaro
In January 2024, Obi joined Serie C Group B club Vis Pesaro on a two-year contract.[17]
International career
Obi made his international debut for the Nigeria national team on 9 February 2011 in a friendly game with Sierra Leone in Lagos. He started the next 11 games in a row for the Eagles before getting injured near the end of 2012. He was named in the preliminary squad for the 2014 World Cup.[18]
In June 2018 he was named in Nigeria's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[19]
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Internazionale | 2010–11 | Serie A | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
2011–12 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
2012–13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | |||
2014–15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | |||
Total | 50 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 2 | ||
Parma (loan)
|
2013–14
|
Serie A | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
Torino
|
2015–16
|
Serie A | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||
2016–17
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20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||||
2017–18
|
22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 25 | 6 | ||||
Total | 52 | 6 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 59 | 7 | ||||
Chievo
|
2018–19
|
Serie A | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||
2019–20
|
29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 1 | ||||
2020–21
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Serie B | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 4 | |||
Total | 71 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 72 | 6 | ||||
Alanyaspor (loan) | 2018–19 | Süper Lig | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
Salernitana
|
2021–22
|
Serie A | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||
Career total | 204 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 233 | 15 |
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of 22 June 2018[22]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Nigeria | 2011 | 11 | 0 |
2012 | 0 | 0 | |
2013 | 0 | 0 | |
2014 | 1 | 0 | |
2015 | 0 | 0 | |
2016 | 0 | 0 | |
2017 | 0 | 0 | |
2018 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 16 | 0 |
Honours
Internazionale
References
- ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Joel Chukwuma Obi – Profile". UEFA.
- ^ "Eto'o hat-trick eases Inter past Bremen". UEFA.com. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ "2010 Serie A, Round 7". Fox Soccer. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ^ a b Parma F.C. S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2012. PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Tutti gli ingaggi della A Solo Milano svolta Impennata della Juve Partita da un miliardo Stipendi: la dieta c' è, ma non si vede". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 11 September 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ "La baby Inter convince a Baku". Uefa.com. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
- ^ "Il tacco di Coutinho". La Gazzetta dello Sport.
- ^ "Joel Obi moves to Parma". FC Internazionale Milano. 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ "Joel Obi's strike earns Inter derby point over rival AC Milan". Fox Sports. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ Torino F.C. S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2015 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
- ^ "Official: Joel Obi Joins Torino". Kicknews24.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ "Joel Obi al Toro" (in Italian). Torino F.C. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: ChievoVerona, ecco Obi: contratto triennale con opzione". Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Joel Obi: Salernitana sign former Chievo midfielder". Goal. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "JOEL OBI È UN CALCIATORE AMARANTO" (in Italian). Reggina. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ "JOEL OBI È BIANCOROSSO!" [JOEL OBI IS RED AND WHITE!]. www.vispesaro1898.it (in Italian). 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ Okeleji, Oluwashina (3 June 2014). "World Cup 2014: Nosa Igiebor cut from Nigeria squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
- ^ "World Cup 2018: Arsenal's Iwobi in Nigeria's 23-man squad". BBC Sport. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ "Joel obi Inter Profile". Archived from the original on 26 June 2015.
- ^ Joel Obi at Soccerway
- ^ Joel Obi at National-Football-Teams.com