Nigerian footballer
Nnamdi Oduamadi Chidiebere
(born 17 October 1990), also known by his shirt name
Odu
,
[1]
is a Nigerian professional
footballer
who plays as a
forward
currently under contract for
Eccellenza
club
Colleferro
. He has represented the
Nigeria national team
.
Club career
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Early career
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Born in
Lagos
, Oduamadi started playing football at the local
Pepsi Football Academy
at the age of 7.
[2]
[3]
He left his home country in 2008 to join
Milan
, although he was officially signed only in January 2009 due to bureaucratic issues.
[3]
Oduamadi spent two seasons in the club's youth system and was a member of the
under-20 side
who won the
Coppa Italia Primavera
in 2010, 25 years after the team's last success in the competition.
[4]
At the beginning of the
2010?11 season
, Milan announced to have sold half of the rights to Oduamadi to
Genoa
in
co-ownership
for €3.5 million,
[5]
as part of the deal that saw defender
Sokratis Papastathopoulos
move the other way.
[6]
The Nigerian, though, stayed at Milan on loan,
[7]
being included in the first team squad. He made his official debut for the club in a
league
game against
Catania
on 18 September 2010, coming off the bench in the last minutes.
[8]
However, that remained his only appearance of the season and he still played games for the under-20 team at times through the season as an over-age player,
[9]
being also included in the squad for the annual
Viareggio Cup
.
[10]
Torino
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At the beginning the 2011?12 season, Oduamadi's co-ownership deal between Milan and Genoa was resolved in favour of the former,
[11]
but he was sent on loan to
Serie B
club
Torino
.
[12]
He ended the season with 11 appearances and three goals.
Varese and Brescia
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For the 2012?13 season, Oduamadi joined
Serie B
side
Varese
on another loan deal.
[13]
At the start of the 2013?14 campaign, Oduamadi moved to
Serie B
club
Brescia
, once again on loan.
[14]
On 31 January 2014, Oduamadi rejoined Varese, making his second loan spell.
[15]
Crotone & Latina
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On 8 August 2014, Oduamadi was signed by Serie B club
Crotone
.
[16]
On 21 January 2015 he was signed by
U.S. Latina Calcio
.
[17]
[18]
?anlıurfaspor and back to Milan
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On 22 July 2015, Oduamadi moved on loan to
TFF First League
club
?anlıurfaspor
for the season.
[19]
However, the deal was cut short before the end of the summer transfer window and he came to Milan.
[20]
HJK Helsinki
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On 22 March 2016, Oduamadi moved to Finnish club
HJK Helsinki
, on a loan deal set to expire on 31 December.
[21]
On 26 May 2016, he scored the decisive goal in the
Helsinki derby
as
HJK
claimed a 2?1 victory over
HIFK
.
[22]
Back to Milan
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In 2017?18 season, Oduamadi played for Milan Primavera team as an over-age player.
[23]
He also received call-up from the first team.
[24]
Later career
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On 8 October 2021, Oduamadi signed for
Serie D
club
Crema
.
[25]
International career
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At international level, Oduamadi was first capped by
Nigeria U-17
, when he was at the
Pepsi Football Academy
.
[26]
He went on to be called up by
Nigeria U-20
to take part in the
2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup
, but eventually was cut from the final squad due to an hamstring injury.
[27]
Oduamadi made his full international debut for
Nigeria
against
Kenya
, on 29 March 2011, featuring as a second-half substitute.
[28]
Two years later, he made his second appearance against Kenya in a
2014 World Cup qualifying
match, where he scored the equalising goal in the 94th minute to level the score.
[29]
Oduamadi was selected for
Nigeria's squad
at the
2013 FIFA Confederations Cup
,
[30]
in which he scored three goals against
Tahiti
in their opening match.
[31]
Career statistics
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Club
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- As of match played 4 August 2016
International
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Statistics accurate as of match played 28 May 2014
[33]
International goals
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- Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first.
Honours
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- Milan
See also
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- List of FIFA Confederations Cup goalscorers
References
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- ^
Alberto Vaneria (14 August 2010).
"
"Tormentone" nomi: Odu e Sokratis"
.
milannews.it
(in Italian)
. Retrieved
19 September
2010
.
- ^
"Graduates"
.
pepsifootballacademy.com
.
Pepsi Football Academy
. Archived from
the original
on 5 October 2010
. Retrieved
25 September
2010
.
- ^
a
b
Fabiana della Valle (18 August 2010).
"Internet e corsa: ecco Oduamadi, vice-Pato"
.
La Gazzetta dello Sport
(in Italian). p. 12
. Retrieved
18 September
2010
.
- ^
Fabiana della Valle (15 April 2010).
"Il Milan del futuro vola con Verdi e Zigoni"
.
La Gazzetta dello Sport
(in Italian). p. 13
. Retrieved
18 September
2010
.
- ^
"AC Milan Group 2010 Annual Report"
(PDF)
.
AC Milan
(in Italian). c. 2011. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 15 May 2012
. Retrieved
11 June
2011
.
- ^
"Official A.C. Milan press release"
.
acmilan.com
.
Associazione Calcio Milan
. 20 July 2010
. Retrieved
19 September
2010
.
[
dead link
]
- ^
"Calcio Mercato Squadre"
.
legaseriea.it
(in Italian).
Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A
. Retrieved
19 September
2010
.
- ^
Rick D'Andrea (20 September 2010).
"Weekly Italy youth report: Libor Kozak goal wins it for Lazio"
. Goal
. Retrieved
25 September
2010
.
- ^
Pietro Mazzara (22 October 2010).
"Ritorno in primavera per Oduamadi"
.
milannews.it
(in Italian)
. Retrieved
25 February
2011
.
- ^
"Milan youth team kicks off Viareggio Cup campaign today"
.
acmilan.com
.
Associazione Calcio Milan
. 22 February 2011
. Retrieved
25 February
2011
.
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"Boateng e del Milan Riscatto da 7 milioni"
(require login)
.
La Gazzetta dello Sport
(in Italian). 25 May 2011
. Retrieved
11 June
2011
.
- ^
"Official A.C. Milan press release"
.
acmilan.com
.
Associazione Calcio Milan
. 1 July 2011
. Retrieved
15 July
2011
.
- ^
"Oduamadi al Varese"
.
varese1910.it
(in Italian).
Associazione Sportiva Varese 1910
. 11 July 2012. Archived from
the original
on 12 January 2016
. Retrieved
17 July
2012
.
- ^
"Nnamdi Oduamadi al Brescia Calcio"
.
bresciacalcio.it
(in Italian).
Brescia Calcio
. 26 July 2013
. Retrieved
26 July
2013
.
- ^
"Mercato: bentornato Odu"
.
varese1910.it
(in Italian). Associazione Sportiva Varese 1910. 31 January 2014. Archived from
the original
on 3 February 2014
. Retrieved
31 January
2014
.
- ^
"Grande colpo per l'attacco, arriva Oduamadi"
(in Italian). FC Crotone. 8 August 2014
. Retrieved
11 August
2014
.
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"Oduamadi torna al Milan"
(in Italian). FC Crotone. 21 January 2015
. Retrieved
20 April
2015
.
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"Oduamadi e nerazzurro"
(in Italian). US Latina Calcio. January 2015. Archived from
the original
on 23 April 2015
. Retrieved
20 April
2015
.
- ^
"Transfers"
.
sanliurfaspor.org
(in Turkish).
?anlıurfa Spor Kulubu
. 22 July 2015. Archived from
the original
on 22 July 2015
. Retrieved
22 July
2015
.
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Antonio Vitiello (7 November 2015).
"Oduamadi si allena a Milanello: a gennaio cerca sistemazione"
.
milannews.it
(in Italian)
. Retrieved
2 February
2016
.
- ^
"Official A.C. Milan communication"
.
acmilan.com
.
Associazione Calcio Milan
. 22 March 2016
. Retrieved
22 March
2016
.
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"HJK vs. HIFK"
.
Soccerway.com
. Soccerway
. Retrieved
26 May
2016
.
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"Fixtures and Results | Season 2017-18 | 4^ Match Day"
. Lega Serie A. 30 September 2017
. Retrieved
24 May
2018
.
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"AS ROMA V AC MILAN: THE FULL SQUAD GOES TO ROME"
(Press release). A.C. Milan. 24 February 2018
. Retrieved
24 May
2018
.
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"NNAMDI "ODU" ODUAMADI AL CREMA, SCOPERTO DAL MILAN HA MILITATO IN SERIE A E B: "PRONTO A FARE LA MIA PARTE"
"
(Press release).
A.C. Crema 1908
. 8 October 2021
. Retrieved
26 October
2021
.
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"The Pepsi lad they call 'Igwe'
"
.
pepsifootballacademy.com
.
Pepsi Football Academy
. August 2006. Archived from
the original
on 15 July 2011
. Retrieved
25 September
2010
.
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"Injury knocks out Nigeria's Nnamdi Oduamadi from U-20 World Cup"
.
vanguardgr.com
. Vanguard Media Limited. 9 September 2009
. Retrieved
25 September
2010
.
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admin (24 July 2012).
"Oduamadi still rues Olympics failure"
.
Nigerian Footballer
. Retrieved
31 May
2021
.
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admin (7 January 2017).
"Nnamdi Oduamadi: Still Struggling for Shirt at Milan"
.
THISDAYLIVE
. Retrieved
31 May
2021
.
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"Nigeria to take new-look squad to Confederations Cup"
. BBC Sport. 9 June 2013
. Retrieved
10 June
2013
.
Forwards:
Joseph Akpala (Werder Bremen), Michael Babatunde (FC Kryvbas), Muhammad Gambo (Kano Pillars), Brown Ideye (Dynamo Kiev), Ahmed Musa (CSKA Moscow),
Nnamdi Oduamadi
(Varese), Anthony Ujah (FC Cologne)
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"Super Eagles stroll to victory"
. ESPN FC. 17 June 2013
. Retrieved
17 June
2013
.
Nnamdi Oduamadi
(10', 26', 76')
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Not part of the squad. source:
"UEFA Europa League ? Milan ? Squad"
. UEFA. 2018
. Retrieved
24 May
2018
.
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"Nnamdi Oduamadi"
.
National Football Teams
. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann
. Retrieved
25 July
2016
.
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"Nigeria ? N. Oduamadi ? Profile with news, career statistics and history ? Soccerway"
.
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