Obafemi Martins

Obafemi Martins

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Date of Birth October 28, 1984

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Transfer Rumour: Wayne Rooney offered £600,000 per week contract by Shanghai Shenhua Transfer Rumour: Wayne Rooney offered £600,000 per week contract by Shanghai Shenhua
Transfer Rumour: Wayne Rooney offered £600,000 per week contract by Shanghai Shenhua
Video: Obafemi Martins scores a blunder-filled goal Video: Obafemi Martins scores a blunder-filled goal
Video: Obafemi Martins scores a blunder-filled goal
Obafemi Martins decorates dining room with former football clubs' jerseys Obafemi Martins decorates dining room with former football clubs' jerseys
Obafemi Martins decorates dining room with former football clubs' jerseys
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Martins pays buyout clause himself: Club

Obafemi Martins: A Brief Biography

Obafemi Akinwunmi Martins ) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a forward for Seattle Sounders FC and the Nigeria national team. He has played for a number of top-division clubs around Europe. He began his senior career in 2002 at the Italian Serie A club Inter Milan, before moving to the English Premier League club Newcastle in 2006, and then the German Bundesliga club 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 Italian Serie A title, the Italian Cup (twice), and the 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. He once scored eleven goals in the 2004-05 Serie A, and 17 2006-07 English Premier League, which is considered as his highest. Martins had two brothers who also played football professionally.

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