Peter Odemwingie

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Personal information
Peter Odemwingie
Full name	Osaze Peter Odemwingie
Date of birth	July 15, 1981 (1981-07-15) (age 26)
Place of birth	Tashkent, Soviet Union
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Striker, Winger
Club information
Current club	Lokomotiv Moscow
Number	9
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-1999 1999-2002 2002-2005 2005-2007 2007-current	CSKA Moscow Bendel Insurance La Louviere Lille Lokomotiv Moscow	- (-) 61 (17) 44 (9) 75 (23) 15 (6)
National team²
2004-	Nigeria	23 (5)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 17 January 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Osaze Peter Odemwingie, (born July 15, 1981 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Soviet Union), is a Nigerian football player born to a Russian mother and a Nigerian father. His name, Osaze, means "God chooses (for you)".^[1] He played as a striker for Ligue 1 side OSC Lille, but recently after much speculation moved to Russian Premier League side Lokomotiv [1].

1 Career
- 1.1 Club
- 1.2 National Team
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Club

Peter Odemwingie born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan Odemwingie chose to pledge his allegiances to the Super Eagles of Nigeria. Odemwingie first plied his trade with CSKA Moscow as a youngster. He soon moved on to the Belgian club La Louviere and made his mark by helping the club to win the Belgian Cup his first year playing. Scoring 9 goals in 44 appearances got the attention of the Lille managing team and before long he was starting on the squad in the French Ligue 1. Famous for his technique and pace, the Nigerian player is being watched by some of the prestigious European clubs [2]. He had indicated he wanted to stay at Lille and help them fight for the league next season and had already scored 5 goals for them in the 2006-07 season^{[citation needed]} and two against AC Milan at the San Siro to take Lille to the UEFA Champions League knockout stages, but the club couldn't resist a €17 million offer.

[edit] National Team

Odemwingie has 20 caps and 5 goals to his name with the Nigeria. He has also played with Nigeria in the 2004 African Cup of Nations, scoring 3 goals in 5 games and the 2006 African Cup of Nations were he played in the semi-final losing to Ivory Coast 1-0. He has recently been included in Nigeria squad to play in the 2008 African Cup of Nations and played in recent friendlies versus Switzerland [3]and Sudan [4] which Nigeria won in both games.