Obafemi Martins

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Born
1984 (41 years old)
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Lagos, Nigeria

Position
Forward

Status
Active

Ethnicity
Black

Team Number
32

Height
1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)

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Wuhan Zall

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Obafemi Akinwunmi Martins (born 28 October 1984) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Chinese Super League side Wuhan Zall as a forward. He is known for his speed on the ball. After leaving Nigeria for Italy at age 16, he has since played for a number of top-division clubs around Europe. He began his senior career in 2002 at Serie A club Inter Milan, before moving 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 July 2010, they loaned him to Birmingham City in January 2011.

In club football, Martins has 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. He has played European football with Inter, Newcastle and Wolfsburg, winning the UEFA Intertoto Cup with Newcastle. His highest scoring league seasons so far have seen 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 has been in the Nigerian squad for the Africa Cup of Nations in 2006, 2008 and 2010, and for the FIFA World Cup in 2010. He played for Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer from 2013 to 2015, scoring 40 goals, before moving on to China.

Martins had two brothers who also played football professionally. His elder brother, Oladipupo Martins, played for Reggiana, Partizan and Innsbruck before retiring from football in 2009 due to heart problems. He died on 8 August 2011 of a suspected heart attack in Lagos, Nigeria. Martins' younger brother is John Ronan Martins. The name "Obafemi" translates literally to "the king loves me" in the Yoruba language.

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Trophies

English Football League Cup	Birmingham	2010-2011
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Inter	2006
Italian Coppa Italia	Inter	2005-2006
Italian Serie A	Inter	2005-2006
Italian Supercoppa Italiana	Inter	2005
Italian Coppa Italia	Inter	2004-2005

Milestones

MLS All-Star	Seattle Sounders FC	2015-07-13

Former Youth Teams

Reggio Audace	2000-2001	Youth	-	-
Inter	2001-2002	Youth	-	-

Former Senior Teams

Reggio Audace	2000-2001	Permanent	-	-
Inter	2001-2006	Permanent	-	-
Nigeria	2004-2015	International	-	-
Newcastle	2006-2009	Permanent	-	-
Wolfsburg	2009-2010	Permanent	-	-
FK Rubin Kazan	2010-2012	Permanent	-	-
Birmingham	2011	Loan	-	-
Levante	2012-2013	Permanent	-	-
Seattle Sounders FC	2013-2015	Permanent	-	-
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	2016-2018	Permanent	-	-
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	2020	Permanent	-	-