26 Facts About Chinedu Obasi

Chinedu Obasi went to Norway at the same time as his countryman Mikel John Obi; both players joined Lyn.

On 20 December 2006, a transfer deal was announced with Russian side Lokomotiv Moscow, and Chinedu Obasi was set to move to the Russian side in January.

Several days after he trained with Premier League side Portsmouth, Chinedu Obasi signed a contract with Lyn, keeping him until 2008.

Chinedu Obasi finished his first season at the club, making thirty appearances and scoring twelve times in all competitions.

However, at the start of the season, Chinedu Obasi missed out several matches, due to injury and international commitment.

Chinedu Obasi continued to remain in the first team for the club until he was dropped from the squad ahead of a match against Hamburg for disobeying orders and a week later when he was late for training.

On 2 July 2012, Schalke 04 confirmed that Chinedu Obasi signed a three-year professional contract with them until 30 June 2015.

However, at the start of the season, Chinedu Obasi suffered a setback when he continued to recover from his injury.

However, Chinedu Obasi continued to be plagued by injuries and was on the substitute bench for the most of the season.

On 23 October 2015, Chinedu Obasi was handed a trial by Premier League side Sunderland.

However, a month later, Chinedu Obasi rejected a new contract from AIK in favour of a move to China.

Chinedu Obasi joined the squad on 1 August and was under contract the remainder of the 2017 season.

On 24 May 2018, Bolton confirmed that Chinedu Obasi would leave the club on 30 June when his contract came to an end.

Chinedu Obasi played no matches for Bolton due to lacking match fitness, never becoming fit enough to play for the team.

On 12 August 2018, Chinedu Obasi signed with IF Elfsborg in Allsvenskan, Sweden's first tier, for the remainder of the season.

On 21 January 2019 it was announced that Chinedu Obasi had signed a one-year deal with AIK, his third spell at the Stockholm club.

Chinedu Obasi was part of the Nigeria national under-20 football team that finished runners-up at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.

In July 2008, Chinedu Obasi was called up by Nigeria national under-23 football team.

However, the club refused to let Chinedu Obasi go to the Olympics, leading him to take the situation to FIFA.

In January 2010, Chinedu Obasi was called up by the Nigeria for the Africa Cup of Nations.

Later in the tournament, Chinedu Obasi helped the national team finish in third-place at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations after beating Algeria.

Six months later, Chinedu Obasi was included in the 23-man squad for the national team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Since 2011, Chinedu Obasi hasn't played for the national team, due to injury and being out of form and because he was not released by the club although he was called up on more than one occasion.

The name "Chinedu Obasi" means "Glory of God" in the Nigerian Igbo language.

Chinedu Obasi prays before every one of his matches: "I can talk to God about everything, so I pray for victory".

When Chinedu Obasi lived in Germany, he began to learn the German language.