Mobi Oparaku
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Full name | Mobi Patrick Oparaku | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 1 December 1976 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Owerri, Nigeria | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
1993–1995 | Iwuanyanwo Nationale | |||||||||||||||
1995 | Anderlecht | |||||||||||||||
1995–1997 | Turnhout | 30 | (2) | |||||||||||||
1997–1999 | Capellen | 25 | (5) | |||||||||||||
2000 | El Paso Patriots | 13 | (3) | |||||||||||||
2001 | Connecticut Wolves | 23 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2001–2005 | Rivoli United | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2005–2008 | Gateway F.C. | |||||||||||||||
2008–2010 | Enyimba International | |||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
1993 | Nigeria U-17 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||
1996 | Nigeria U-23 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||
1996–2003 | Nigeria | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Mobi Patrick Oparaku (born 1 December 1976) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Club career[]
Oparaku was born in Owerri, Imo State. He played for several clubs in Belgium. In 2000, Oparaku spent one season with the El Paso Patriots in the USL A-League.[1] In 2001, he played for the Connecticut Wolves.[2] In December 2005 he returned to Nigeria with teammate Rashidi Yekini to Gateway F.C.[3]
International career[]
Oparaku played six matches at 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship.[4]
For the Nigeria senior national team, he was a participant at the 1996 Olympic Games,[5] where Nigeria won the gold medal and at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
References[]
- ^ 2000 El Paso Patriots
- ^ Mobi Oparaku at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Yekini, Oparaku head for United States Archived 18 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Eze, Okechukwu (11 June 2003). "Nigeria Vs Brazil: When They Last Met..." Daily Trust (Abuja). Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ Mobi Oparaku – FIFA competition record (archived)
External links[]
- Mobi Oparaku at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- 1976 births
- Living people
- People from Owerri
- Nigerian footballers
- Association football defenders
- Nigeria international footballers
- Olympic footballers of Nigeria
- Olympic gold medalists for Nigeria
- Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- Belgian First Division B players
- USL A-League players
- Heartland F.C. players
- R.S.C. Anderlecht players
- KFC Turnhout players
- Royal Cappellen F.C. players
- El Paso Patriots players
- Connecticut Wolves players
- Rivoli United F.C. players
- Gateway United F.C. players
- Enyimba F.C. players
- Nigerian expatriate footballers
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Nigerian expatriates in Jamaica
- Expatriate footballers in Jamaica
- Nigerian football defender stubs
- Nigerian Olympic medalist stubs