James Obiorah

James Obiorah
Personal information
Full name	James Chibuzor Oboriah
Date of birth	24 August 1978
Place of birth	Jos, Nigeria
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1994	Kalba Union
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:41, 13 July 2009 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 July 2006

James Chibuzor Obiorah, born 24 August 1978 in Jos) is a Nigerian former footballer who last played as a midfielder for SC Toulon.

Club career

His previous clubs include RSC Anderlecht, Grasshopper Zurich, Cádiz CF, Grazer AK and Lokomotiv Moscow and he was also loaned to Niort from Lokomotiv Moscow in the 2004–05 season, scoring 4 goals in 12 games. In 2007, he played for Kaduna United F.C., after being released from his contract with French Ligue 2 side Niort.[5] In August 2008 he moved from Kaduna United F.C. to SC Toulon.[6]

Obiorah was the captain of the Nigeria side that reached the quarter-finals of the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship and also played for the Nigeria national football team 3 times,[7] including being called up for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, scoring 1 goal.[8]

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Personal information
Full name	James Chibuzor Oboriah
Date of birth	(1978-08-24) 24 August 1978
Place of birth	Jos, Nigeria
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1994	Kalba Union
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994	Kwara Bombers	20	(9)
1995	Enyimba	19	(0)
1995–1998	Anderlecht	30	(6)
1998–2001	Grasshopper Zurich	14	(0)
2001–2004	Lokomotiv Moscow	62	(20)
2003–2004	→ Cádiz CF (loan)	17	(2)
2004–2005	→ Chamois Niortais (loan)[1]	12	(4)
2005–2006	Grazer AK[2]	5	(0)
2006–2007	Chamois Niortais	16	(2)
2007–2008	Kaduna United	23	(1)
2008–2009	SC Toulon[3]	11	(2)
National team^‡
1998–2002	Nigeria[4]	3	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:41, 13 July 2009 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 July 2006