Afrofootball - John 'Obi' Mikel

CAF Featured Player Of The Year

PLAYER OF THE YEAR - IVORY COAST - YAYA WINS 4TH TITLE IN A ROW

Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has become the first player to be named African Footballer of the Year four years in a row.

11 Jan 2015

African Confederation Cup Fixtures+Results

AFRICAN CONFEDERATION CUP 2015 - DRAW COMPLETED

draw for Confederation Cup held

26 Dec 2014

African Champions League Fixtures+Results

AFRICAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2015 - DRAW COMPLETED

preliminary round draw

24 Dec 2014

Africa Cup 2015 Friendly National teams Squad

2015 AFRICA CUP - NIGERIA - PLAYS FRIENDLIES AGAINST IVORY COAST AND MALI

Ivory Coast and Mali will play against Nigeria as the two sides prepare for the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea.

18 Dec 2014

Africa Cup 2015 Qualifiers Key-Player National teams

NATIONAL TEAM - NIGERIA - FUTURE OF NIGERIAN FOOTBALL

Sunday Oliseh fears for future of Nigerian football

8 Dec 2014

Player Of The Year Stars in Europe

2014 AFRICAN FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR - BBC PLAYER OF THE YEAR REVEALED

Brahimi wins BBC African Footballer of the Year award 2014 - The 24-year-old midfielder becomes the first Algerian to win the award, which is decided by football fans.

4 Dec 2014

CAF Player Of The Year

2014 AFRICAN FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR - CAF CUTS AWARDS LISTS TO FIVE

Last month CAF announced an initial list of 25 names for its main 2014 African Player of the Year award.

3 Dec 2014

FIFA rankings

FIFA RANKING - GUINEA CLIMB HIGH IN FIFA WORLD RANKINGS

Guinea are Africa's highest risers in Fifa's world rankings for November.

27 Nov 2014

Club Player Of The Year Stars in Europe

2014 AFRICAN FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR - VOTING FOR THE AWARDS ENDED

Voting for the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2014 closed at 18:00 GMT on Monday, 24 November.

26 Nov 2014

Africa Cup 2015 Qualifiers Coaches National teams

NATIONAL TEAM - NIGERIA - COACH KESHI URGED TO 'WALK AWAY'

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has been urged not to try to stay in the job after failing to qualify the team for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

23 Nov 2014

Nigeria

John Obi Mikel
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Personal information
Full name
John Michael Nchekwube Obinna
Date of birth
22 April 1987
Place of birth
Jos, Nigeria
Height
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position
Midfielder

Club information
Current team
Tianjin TEDA

Youth career

Plateau United
2002-2004

Senior career

Lyn
2004-2006
6x apps / 1x goal

Chelsea
2006-2016
249x apps / 1x goal

Tianjin TEDA
2017-
0x apps / 0x goal

National team

Nigeria
2006-
78x apps / 5x goals

Nigeria Olympic
2016
6x apps / 1x goal

Nigeria

Tianjin Teda F.C. Season 2017-

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