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Obafemi Martins
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Person

Obafemi Martins

b. 1984

Nigerian footballer (born 1984)

Born
28 Oct 1984 · Lagos
Part ofNigeria1904 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 48 years
  1. 28 Oct 1984BornBorn in Lagos
  2. 1999 – 2000TeamF.C. Ebedei
  3. 2000 – 2001TeamA.C. Reggiana 1919
  4. 2001 – 2006TeamInter Milan
  5. 2004TeamNigeria men's national football team
  6. 2006 – 2009TeamNewcastle United F.C.
  7. 2009 – 2010TeamVfL Wolfsburg
  8. 2010Took part2010 FIFA World Cup
  9. 2010 – 2012TeamRubin Kazan
  10. 2011TeamBirmingham City F.C.
  11. 2012 – 2013TeamLevante UD
  12. 2013 – 2015TeamSeattle Sounders FC
  13. 2016TeamShanghai Shenhua F.C.

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1984 – today).

  1. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  2. 1985Schengen Agreement
  3. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  4. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  5. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  7. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  9. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  10. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  11. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  12. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  13. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  14. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  15. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  16. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  17. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  18. 20112011 Norway attacks
  19. 2011Libyan civil war
  20. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  21. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  22. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  23. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  24. 2015Paris Agreement
  25. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  26. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  27. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  28. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  29. 2023Gaza war
  30. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  31. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Obafemi Akinwunmi Martins ( oh-buh-FEH-mee

ah-kin-WOON-mee

MAR-tinz; born 28 October 1984) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

After leaving Nigeria for Italy at age 16, he played for a number of top-division clubs around Europe. He began his senior career in 2002 at Serie A club Inter Milan, before he moved to Premier League club Newcastle United in 2006, and then to Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg in 2009. Having joined Russian Premier League side Rubin Kazan in 2010, they loaned him to Birmingham City in 2011. He spent a season with La Liga club Levante, he played for Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer from 2013 to 2015, before spending several years in the Chinese Super League with Shanghai Shenhua and Wuhan.

In club football, Martins won the Serie A title, the Italian Cup (twice), and the Italian Super Cup, all with Inter. With Birmingham he scored the winning goal in the 2011 Football League Cup final. Martins played in the UEFA Champions League with Inter, Wolfsburg and Rubin. His highest scoring league seasons saw him score 11 goals in the 2004–05 Serie A, and 17 in both the 2006–07 Premier League and 2014 MLS. In international football, Martins was in the Nigerian squad for the Africa Cup of Nations in 2006, 2008 and 2010, and for the FIFA World Cup in 2010.

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