Obiora Odita

Obiora Odita
Personal information
Full nameObiora Emmanuel Odita
Date of birth14 May 1983
Place of birthEnugu, Nigeria
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
Voždovac
Number18
Youth career
Enugu Rangers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2003Udoji United-(-)
2003–2005Javor Ivanjica43(14)
2005–2007Partizan48(16)
2006Javor Ivanjica (loan)12(5)
2007–2009Al Ain-(-)
2008Westerlo (loan)9(2)
2009–2010Westerlo28(3)
2010–2011Javor Ivanjica15(2)
2011Tianjin Teda8(1)
2011–2012Javor Ivanjica23(9)
2012–2013Taraz42(11)
2014–Voždovac15(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 April 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).

Obiora Emmanuel Odita (born 14 May 1983) is a Nigerian football striker who plays for FK Voždovac in the Serbian SuperLiga.

Club career

Born in Enugu, Odita began playing football with Enugu Rangers, before joining Udoji United. In the 2002–03 season, Odita moved to Serbia and joined Javor Ivanjica, scoring one goal in nine league appearances until the end of that season. He stayed there for the next two years.

Odita joined Partizan from Javor Ivanjica in the 2005 winter transfer window, signing a four-year deal.[1] He marked his competitive debut by scoring both Partizan goals in a 2–2 draw against Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the UEFA Cup round of 32 first leg. In January 2006, Odita was sent on a six-month loan to Javor.[2] In the 2006–07 season, Odita scored 10 league goals in 23 matches, often partnering Stevan Jovetić in the attack. In June 2007, Odita moved to the United Arab Emirates and signed a two-year contract with Al Ain.[3]

Odita played for Westerlo in the second half of the 2007–08 season, on loan from Al Ain. In January 2009, he once again moved to Belgium and signed a permanent contract with Westerlo. In the summer of 2010, Odita made a return to Serbia by signing with his former club Javor for the 2010–11 season.[4]

After plying two years with FC Taraz in the Kazakhstan Premier League,[5] on September 16, 2014, he signed with FK Voždovac.[6]

Career statistics

Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Javor Ivanjica 2002–03 91000091
2003–04 1630000163
2004–05 181010001910
Partizan 2004–05 1251042177
2005–06 1312162214
Javor Ivanjica 2005–06 1250000125
Partizan 2006–07 231010623012
Al Ain 2007–08
Westerlo 2007–08 92000092
Al Ain 2008–09
Westerlo 2008–09 1430000143
2009–10 1401100151
Javor Ivanjica 2010–11 1521100163
Tianjin Teda 2011 810060141
Javor Ivanjica 2011–12 23921002510
Taraz 2012 1260000126
2013 3054000345
Voždovac 2014–15 1543000184
Career total 2436717422628077

Honours

Partizan

References

  1. "Odita potpisao za Partizan" (in Serbian). b92.net. 5 January 2005. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  2. "Bilans zimskog prelaznog roka" (in Serbian). partizan.co.rs. 14 February 2006. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  3. "Odita prešao u Al Ain" (in Serbian). partizan.co.rs. 7 June 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  4. "Obiora Odita se vratio u Javor" (in Serbian). blic.rs. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  5. Emmanuel Odita at Soccerway
  6. Odita dobio dozvolu da zaigra za Voždovac at Sportski žurnal, 16-9-2014 (Serbian)

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