| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jon Otsemobor | ||
| Date of birth | 23 March 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Full back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002–2005 | Liverpool | 4 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Hull City (loan) | 9 | (3) |
| 2004 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Crewe Alexandra (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | Rotherham United | 10 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Crewe Alexandra | 43 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Norwich City | 93 | (2) |
| 2010 | Southampton | 19 | (0) |
| 2010– | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:41, 30 October 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Jon Otsemobor (born 23 March 1983) is an English professional footballer, currently playing for Sheffield Wednesday. Born in Liverpool, right back Otsemobor has notably played for Crewe Alexandra, Norwich City and Southampton, and was signed by Sheffield Wednesday on 1 July 2010.
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Otsemobor signed for Liverpool as a trainee on 1 July 2002. He made his debut in Liverpool's 3–1 win over Southampton in the League Cup. He was loaned out to Hull City for the rest of the season to gain some first team experience. Otsemobor scored his first career goal for Hull in their 4–2 defeat to Rushden & Diamonds.[1] Otsemobor also scored a further two goals in Hull's 2–0 win over Shrewsbury Town[2] and the 2–1 defeat at Wrexham.[3]
In the 2003–04 season, Otsemobor played five more games for Liverpool, making appearances in the 1–1 draw with Newcastle United and the 3–1 win over Bolton Wanderers. He also appeared in the newspapers in October 2003, when he was shot in the buttocks during a gun incident in a bar.[4]
He was then loaned out again, this time to Bolton Wanderers where he only played one game, which was their 3–1 defeat to Manchester City. Otsemobor was then loaned out to Crewe Alexandra on a season long deal. He made his debut for Crewe in the 3–0 win over Watford. He scored one goal during his loan at Crewe, which was in the 2–2 draw with Leicester City.[5]
Otsemobor signed for Rotherham United on 5 July 2005, on a free transfer from Liverpool. At Rotherham, Otsemobor made eight appearances and scored one goal for the club against Port Vale in the League Cup[6] before being sold again, this time on a free transfer back to Crewe Alexandra.
Otsemobor signed permanently for Crewe on 19 January 2006. He made his second debut for the club in a 2–1 defeat to Plymouth Argyle. Otsemobor, along with Steve Foster, Madjid Bougherra and Billy Jones were considered the main reason for Crewe's late attempt for safety in the final few months of the 2005–06 season, which eventually failed. Otsemobor also appeared in all of the games during Crewe's five game undefeated run.
During pre-season, in June 2006, Otsemobor failed to return to training on an agreed date. From 9 June to 14 June 2006, club manager Dario Gradi failed to make contact with Otsemobor and reasons for his absence were unknown.[7] On 14 June 2006, Otsemobor returned to Crewe citing a long holiday and mis-understanding as the reason he missed training.[8]
Otsemobor's contract at Gresty Road expired in the summer of 2007 and he indicated that he would be leaving the club. On 16 May, his agent stated that Norwich City were in pole position to sign Otsemobor and that he would be travelling to Carrow Road for a medical prior to signing. The move was completed on 13 June, with Otsemobor signing a three-year deal. Otsemobor was popular amongst fans in the first season due to his blistering pace and his name was often chanted in the stands. Otsemobor scored his first goal for City against Colchester in the 5–1 win.
The following season, Otsemobor found himself in and out of the team under Glenn Roeder with loan player Elliot Omozusi playing more,although Otsemobor regained the right back slot in the second half of the season. Norwich were relegated from the championship and Otsemobor found himself coming in for heavy criticism from City fans who accused him of being lazy. Otsemobor remained at the club but Norwich's season got off to the worst possible start losing 7–1 at home to Colchester with Otsemobor again putting in a very poor performance. Despite this, new boss Paul Lambert kept faith with Otsemobor and he scored in Lambert's first game in charge. Otsemobor continued to put in some poor performances and Russell Martin was brought to the club in November with Otsemobor being on the bench.
Otsemobor signed for Southampton on 14 January 2010, on a free transfer from League One promotion rivals Norwich City.[9] He made his debut on 16 January playing alongside two other recent signings, José Fonte and Danny Seaborne, in a 1–1 draw at Millwall.[10] On 15 May 2010 he was released as well as 12 other players.[11][12]
On 8 June 2010, it was announced that Otsemobor would be joining Sheffield Wednesday with effect from 1 July.[13]
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