Nigeria
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-
Nigeria news
2015 AFRICA CUP - CAF - ENYEAMA WISHES TOURNAMENT DOESN'T HAPPEN
Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama hopes the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations is cancelled to help stop the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.
NIGERIA - COACH - AMODU AIMS TO TURN AROUND NIGERIA'S FORTUNE
Amodu replaced Stephen Keshi last week, after he paid the price for Nigeria's poor qualifying campaign so far.
NIGERIA - COACH - ENYEAMA 'SHOCKED' BY TIMING OF KESHI'S REMOVAL
Goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama expressed his surprise that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) decided to replace coach Stephen Keshi barely a month before the side's final two African Nations Cup qualifiers.
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE - 4TH MATCHES - ALL RESULTS
Cameroon on verge of qualification - Cameroon took a huge step towards qualification with a 2:0 victory over Sierra Leone on Wednesday.
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE - 3RD MATCHES - all results
Algeria beat Malawi 2:0 in their 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Saturday to be on the verge of booking their place at the final in Morocco.
NATIONAL TEAM - NIGERIA - COACH - KESHI CONTINUES
The never-ending story - Talks between Keshi and the NFF over a new contract have been on and off since July.
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE - 3RD MATCHES - NIGERIA - SQUAD
Victor Moses recalled to Nigeria squad for African Cup Qualifying ties.
STARS IN EUROPE - NIGERIA - OGENYI ONAZI SIGNS NEW IMPROVED LAZIO DEAL
Did you know? Onazi's salary before this new deal was per year less than a week's wages for other african players in Europe.
FIFA RANKING - CAPE VERDE BREAK INTO TOP 10 AFRICAN TEAMS IN FIFA LIST
Cape Verde have leapt into the top 10 of African teams in Fifa's world rankings for September.
NATIONAL TEAM - NIGERIA - CRISIS AFFECTS COACH VACANCY
Nigeria will face a last-minute rush to appoint a coach before the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Sudan next month because of the crisis at the country's football federation.
