Player · Nigeria · Midfielder

Christian Obodo

Goals from 4 Sep 2005 to 11 Oct 2008

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Caps: 7
Starts: 6
Minutes: 522
Win % when playing: 100%
Goals: 3
Matches scored in: 3
Penalties: 0
Hat-tricks: 0
For their side: 43rd of 159
Longest gap: 2.7 yrs
Minutes per goal: 261

Goals by year

FinalsQualifiers

2005200620072008

Tallest: 1 · Year

When they scored

By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.

1–15′16–30′31–45′46–60′61–75′76–90′ET

Tallest: 1 · Minute

What the goals did

Winning goal2

Opening goal1

Nigeria with and without them

Nigeria's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.


With them	7	7	0	0	14	2	100%
Without them	11	5	3	3	11	6	45.5%

Played most alongside10


Chidi Odiah	6
Taye Ismaila Taiwo	6
John Utaka	5
Joseph Yobo	5
Obafemi Martins	5
Ayiila Yussuf	4
Garba Lawal	4
Kanu	4
Victor Obinna	4
Vincent Enyeama	4

Faced most10


Diomansy Kamara	Senegal	2
Henri Camara	Senegal	2
Omar Daf	Senegal	2
Papa Bouba Diop	Senegal	2
Pape Malickou Diakhate	Senegal	2
Rahmane Barry	Senegal	2
Souleymane Camara	Senegal	2
Abdoulaye Faye	Senegal	1
Abubakari Yakubu	Ghana	1
Ahmed Deen	Sierra Leone	1

Against3


Algeria	1	1
Sierra Leone	1	1
Zimbabwe	1	1

At tournaments3

Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.


FIFA World Cup qualification 2008	1	1
African Cup of Nations 2006	1	1
FIFA World Cup qualification 2005	1	1

Every goal3


11 Oct 2008	v Sierra Leone	4–1	21′	—	Opening goal	1–0	FIFA World Cup qualification 2008
27 Jan 2006	v Zimbabwe	2–0	57′	—	Winning goal	1–0	African Cup of Nations 2006 · Group stage
4 Sep 2005	v Algeria	5–2	81′	—	Winning goal	3–2	FIFA World Cup qualification 2005

Every match on record8

In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.


11 Oct 2008	v Sierra Leone	4–1	started	90	1	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2008
6 Sep 2008	v South Africa	1–0	came on 69′	21	—	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2008
9 Feb 2006	v Senegal	1–0	started	90	—	—	African Cup of Nations 2006 · Third-place play-off
31 Jan 2006	v Senegal	2–1	started, off 57′	57	—	—	African Cup of Nations 2006 · Group stage
27 Jan 2006	v Zimbabwe	2–0	started, off 86′	86	1	—	African Cup of Nations 2006 · Group stage
23 Jan 2006	v Ghana	1–0	started, off 88′	88	—	—	African Cup of Nations 2006 · Group stage
4 Sep 2005	v Algeria	5–2	—	—	1	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 2005
29 May 2004	v Republic of Ireland	3–0	started	90	—	—	Unity Cup 2004

Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.