Erhun Obanor

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Erhun Obanor
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-09-05) 5 September 1995 (age 26)
Place of birth Benin City, Nigeria
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Istra
Number 3
Youth career
0000–2012 BJ Foundation Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 BJ Foundation Academy
2012–2013 → COD United (loan)
2013–2015 → Bendel Insurance (loan)
2014–2015 → Abia Warriors (loan)
2016 → MFM (loan)
2016–2018 Greuther Fürth 0 (0)
2018–2019 Rudeš 23 (0)
2019–2020 Kukësi 26 (0)
2020–2021 KF Laçi 27 (0)
2021– Istra 0 (0)
National team
2014– Nigeria U23 11 (0)
2014– Nigeria 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:40, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

Erhun Obanor (born 5 September 1995) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Istra.

Career[]

A native of Benin City, Obanor is a product of the BJ Foundation Academy.[1] He was loaned out at the start of the 2012-2013 season to the second-tier side COD United F.C..[2] Mid-2013, he was loaned on to top-tier side Bendel Insurance.,[3] playing a season there before being sub-loaned to Abia Warriors F.C. until November 2015.[4] In January 2016, Obanor signed a 3.5-year long contract with the Tunisian greats Club Africain, but had to cancel it and return to Nigeria because of dubious transfer fee reasons.[5] In April 2016, he was loaned on by BJ Academy to MFM F.C..[6]

Obanor moved abroad, however, already in July 2017, signing for SpVgg Greuther Fürth in Germany,[7] joining the team in September of the same year, following the 2016 Summer Olympics.[7] However, he didn't break into the team, and found himself unable to get any playing time, his nationality preventing him from playing for the reserves.[8] His contract was finally rescinded in the summer of 2018, and he moved to NK Rudeš in Croatia.[9]

After two years playing in Albania for Kukësi and KF Laçi, Obanor returned to Croatia to sign for Istra in June 2021.[10]

International career[]

Obanor is a member of the Nigeria national football team.[11] He was selected by Nigeria for their 35-man provisional squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ 3 former stars of grassroots club BJ Foundation set to help Nigeria beat Zambia this weekend at Daily Sports Nigeria
  2. ^ COD UNITED FC – PLAYER STATISTICS at West African Football
  3. ^ Warriors, BJ Foundation battle over Obanor at tvcontinental.tv
  4. ^ U23 star Obanor disowns Abia Warriors •Documents show BJ Academy’s ownership of the player at News Express Nigeria
  5. ^ Dream Team VI Star Erhun Obanor Set To Bid Farewell To Club Africain at AllNigeriaSoccer.com
  6. ^ Exclusive: Nigeria U23s Defender Obanor Joins MFM FC After Botched Move To Club Africain at AllNigeriaSoccer.com
  7. ^ a b Fürth holt Verstärkung für Abwehr at sport1.de
  8. ^ Greuther Fürth: Erhun Obanor und Stephen Sama auf der Streichliste at liga-zwei.de
  9. ^ Iz njemačkog drugoligaša Greuther Furtha u Rudeš stigao Erhun Obanor koji ima dva nastupa za reprezentaciju Nigerije at Sportnews.hr
  10. ^ "Erhun Obanor is a new NK Istra 1961 player!". NK Istra 1961. 11 June 2021.
  11. ^ [1][dead link]
  12. ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (24 June 2016). "Kelechi Iheanacho included in Nigeria's Olympics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2016.

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