Victor Obinna: all the fun about a talented Nigerian football player

Victor Obinna was born in Nigeria on March 25, 1987. He is a football player, taking the position of a midfielder. To date, Victor defends the honor of his national Nigerian team, as well as the colors of the club "Duisburg".

Carier start

Victor Obinna started his career at the club "Chievo". With this team, he signed a contract for 5 years (in 2005). In his debut season, the player has issued 6 goals for 26 games played. The first goal, by the way, he scored in the first match. It's interesting that the score was 1: 0. So, in fact, the newcomer helped the club to defeat Parma.

And in the first months of the next, 2006, he was not seen on the field. What happened to the player named Victor Obinna? Why not play? These questions overcame many at the beginning. But very soon after the incident it turned out that he was disqualified. And all because he had two contracts - with "Internacional" and "Chievo". At the end of the season the Verona club left Serie A. But he decided to leave Victor at home, as he intended to return to the Premier League.

But on October 4, Obinna got into a terrible accident when he was driving home from training. He tried to outrun another car at the turn, and Victor tried to escape from the collision. As a result, the player's car turned over several times. The player lost consciousness, but he was rescued from the car and rushed to the hospital. Fortunately, nothing more terrible bruises and abrasions footballer has not received.

Further development of sports career

In 2008, Victor Obinna became a player of "Inter". He was instantly interested in Everton, but the British were denied a lease. They just could not get a work permit for the player. The first goal for the Milan team he designed in a match against FC "Roma". And Jose Mourinho, who trained then, "Inter", said that Viktor Obinna - a football player who is one of the most talented and promising in "Inter".

But in 2009, the player rented FC "Malaga" for the season. In 2010, he moved to West Ham. Also on loan. It was thanks to him that the club got into the Champions League semi-final - for the first time in 20 years! And all thanks to the fact that on November 30 in the game against Manchester United he has issued 4 assists. Thus, the score was 4: 0. But in the first semifinal he was removed from the field.

January 30, Victor issued a hat-trick in a game against the club "Nottingham Forest". After 3 days, in another game, he scored 2 goals against Blackpool.

Last years

In 2011, Victor Obinna signed a contract for 4 years with the Moscow "Locomotive". Then he was in the status of a free agent. On August 25 of the same year he executed his first goal for the capital club. This was in the match, which was held in the playoffs of the League of Europe. In total, for the metropolitan team, he played 45 games and scored 3 goals. At the same time he once leased FC "Chievo" (in 2014).

The last team was "Duisburg". There Victor moved in 2015, September 9. With the German team, he signed a contract for the season with the possibility to extend it for another year. At the moment he is playing there.

Playing in the national team

Finally, a couple of words worth mentioning about the career of a famous football player in his national team. Victor was a member of the junior Nigerian national team (until the age of twenty), and together with it he won the title of Champion at the Junior Championships in Africa, held in Benin. This was in 2005.

A little later, the player was called to the first team, so that he helped the team to perform in the Cup of African Nations, which was held in 2006. By the way, there the Nigerian national team reached the semifinals. Obinna even scored 1 goal.

In 2008, he went to Beijing, where the Olympic Games were held. It was Victor who opened the account in the winning game for their national team against Japan. He also scored a goal in the match against the United States. By the way, the goal was victorious. The score was 1: 1 until the moment when Victor failed to send the ball to the opponents' goal and increase it to 2: 1.

In general, this player has a very rich and rich career. And you can be sure that he will open his potential to the full and will achieve considerable success.