| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 September 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Benin City, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Ain | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –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 | Laçi | 27 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Istra | 1 | (0) |
| 2022 | → PAEEK (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Proodeftiki | 9 | (0) |
| 2023 | Tirana | 0 | (0) |
| 2023– | Al-Ain | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2014– | Nigeria U23 | 11 | (0) |
| 2014– | Nigeria | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 June 2023 | |||
Erhun Obanor (born 5 September 1995) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Saudi First Division League club Al-Ain.
Club career[edit]
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to get any playing time, his nationality preventing him from playing for the reserves.[8] His contract was finally rescinded in the summer of 2018, and he moved to NK Rudeš in Croatia.[9]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]
Having only accumulated a single league appearance for the Croatian side in 2021, Obanor was sent in January 2022 on loan to the Cypriot First Division side PAEEK until the end of the season.[11]
On 1 August 2023, Obanor joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Ain.[12]
International career[edit]
Obanor was a member of the Nigeria national football team.[13] He was selected by Nigeria for their 35-man provisional squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[14]
References[edit]
- ^ "3 Former Stars Of Grassroots Club BJ Foundation Set To Help Nigeria Beat Zambia This Weekend". Nigeria: Daily Sports. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ COD UNITED FC – PLAYER STATISTICS at West African Football
- ^ Warriors, BJ Foundation battle over Obanor at tvcontinental.tv
- ^ U23 star Obanor disowns Abia Warriors •Documents show BJ Academy’s ownership of the player at News Express Nigeria
- ^ Dream Team VI Star Erhun Obanor Set To Bid Farewell To Club Africain at AllNigeriaSoccer.com
- ^ Exclusive: Nigeria U23s Defender Obanor Joins MFM FC After Botched Move To Club Africain at AllNigeriaSoccer.com
- ^ a b Fürth holt Verstärkung für Abwehr at sport1.de
- ^ Greuther Fürth: Erhun Obanor und Stephen Sama auf der Streichliste at liga-zwei.de
- ^ Iz njemačkog drugoligaša Greuther Furtha u Rudeš stigao Erhun Obanor koji ima dva nastupa za reprezentaciju Nigerije Archived 19 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine at Sportnews.hr
- ^ "Erhun Obanor is a new NK Istra 1961 player!". NK Istra 1961. 11 June 2021.
- ^ OD 12. DO 22. SIJEČNJA NA "ARENA CUPU": "Zeleno-žuti" u grupi sa Šibenikom, Žarkovom i Forestom at Glas Istre
- ^ "المدافع النيجيري الدولي ، اوبانور ، عيناويا".
- ^ "Erhun Obanor - Goal.com". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (24 June 2016). "Kelechi Iheanacho included in Nigeria's Olympics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
External links[edit]
- Erhun Obanor at WorldFootball.net