John Obi Mikel
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 02/2017
Personal information
Full name
John Michael Nchekwube Obinna
Date of birth
22 April 1987
Place of birth
Jos, Nigeria
Height
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position
Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Tianjin TEDA
Youth career
Plateau United
2002-2004
Senior career
Lyn
2004-2006
6x apps / 1x goal
Chelsea
2006-2016
249x apps / 1x goal
Tianjin TEDA
2017-
0x apps / 0x goal
National team
Nigeria
2006-
78x apps / 5x goals
Nigeria Olympic
2016
6x apps / 1x goal
Tianjin Teda F.C. Season 2017-
Ivory Coast international Cheick Tiote made 156 appearances for Newcastle.
Mikel played 33 times for Chelsea last season.
Ex-Chelsea & Newcastle striker suffers broken leg.
Gabonese striker Malick Evouna set for record transfer.
Former Milan boss Clarence Seedorf named coach at Chinese side Shenzhen FC.
Striker Papiss Cisse leaves Newcastle for Shandong Luneng.
Anthony Ujah rejected the chance to join Chinese clubs in 2015.
South Africa men and women drawn with Brazil at 2016 Olympic Games.
"I want to travel and see the world.
Nigeria striker Martins joins China's Shanghai Shenhua.
