Erhun_Obanor

Erhun Obanor

Erhun Obanor

Nigerian footballer

Erhun Obanor (born 5 September 1995) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Saudi First Division League club Al-Ain.

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Club career

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to get any playing time, his nationality preventing him from playing for the reserves.[8] His contract was finally rescinded in the summer of 2018, and he moved to NK Rudeš in Croatia.[9]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

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

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    "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.
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    COD UNITED FC – PLAYER STATISTICS at West African Football
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    Warriors, BJ Foundation battle over Obanor at tvcontinental.tv
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    U23 star Obanor disowns Abia Warriors •Documents show BJ Academy’s ownership of the player at News Express Nigeria
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    Dream Team VI Star Erhun Obanor Set To Bid Farewell To Club Africain at AllNigeriaSoccer.com
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    Exclusive: Nigeria U23s Defender Obanor Joins MFM FC After Botched Move To Club Africain at AllNigeriaSoccer.com
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    Fürth holt Verstärkung für Abwehr at sport1.de
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    Greuther Fürth: Erhun Obanor und Stephen Sama auf der Streichliste at liga-zwei.de
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    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
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    "Erhun Obanor is a new NK Istra 1961 player!". NK Istra 1961. 11 June 2021.
  11. [11]
    OD 12. DO 22. SIJEČNJA NA "ARENA CUPU": "Zeleno-žuti" u grupi sa Šibenikom, Žarkovom i Forestom at Glas Istre
  12. [12]
    "المدافع النيجيري الدولي ، اوبانور ، عيناويا".
  13. [13]
    "Erhun Obanor - Goal.com". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  14. [14]
    Oluwashina Okeleji (24 June 2016). "Kelechi Iheanacho included in Nigeria's Olympics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
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