Michael Obiku
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Michael ("Mike") Edirin Obiku (born 24 September 1968 in Warri) is a retired Nigerian football striker. He represented the Nigerian national team at the 1988 African Cup of Nations, and played 12 minutes at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
On club level he won the Dutch Eredivisie in 1993 and the KNVB Cup in 1994, 1995 and 1996 with Feyenoord. He later became the first Nigerian to play in the J. League.In 1999-2000 he returned to Cyprus and to his favourite team Anorthosis Famagusta FC. He scored 13 goals and helped his club to win the Championship for 4rd time in a row in cyprus. After so many years Mike Obiku is stil one of the legends of Anorthosis Famagusta FC and he is considered one of the all time best players who ever played not only for the club but also in Cyprus. The fans never forget his first spell in the club in 1989-1992 scoring 36 goals and gave him the nick "Black Diamond".
[edit] Clubs
- 1986-1987 :
Flash Flamingoes - 1987-1988 : Iwuanyanwu Nationale
- 1988-1989 :
CS Marítimo - 1989-1992 :
Anorthosis Famagusta - 1992-1996 :
Feyenoord Rotterdam
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- 1994 :
Helsingborgs IF (on loan)
- 1994 :
- 1996-1997 :
Real Mallorca - 1997-1998 :
Avispa Fukuoka - 1998-1999 : AZ Alkmaar
- 1999-2000 : Anorthosis Famagusta
- 2000-2001 : APOEL FC
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