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Erhun Obanor
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-09-05) 5 September 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Benin City, Nigeria
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Al-Zulfi
Number 3
Youth career
0000–2012 BJ Foundation Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 BJ Foundation Academy
2012–2013 → COD United (loan)
2013–2015 → Bendel Insurance (loan)
2014–2015 → Abia Warriors (loan)
2016 → MFM (loan)
2016–2018 Greuther Fürth 0 (0)
2018–2019 Rudeš 23 (0)
2019–2020 Kukësi 26 (0)
2020–2021 Laçi 27 (0)
2021–2022 Istra 1 (0)
2022 → PAEEK (loan) 9 (0)
2022–2023 Proodeftiki 9 (0)
2023 Tirana 0 (0)
2023–2024 Al-Ain 31 (0)
2024– Al-Zulfi 0 (0)
International career
2014– Nigeria U23 11 (0)
2014– Nigeria 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 June 2023

Erhun Obanor (born 5 September 1995) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Saudi First Division League club Al-Zulfi.

Club career

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A native of Benin City, Obanor is a product of the BJ Foundation Academy.[1] He was loaned out at the start of the 2012-2013 season to the second-tier side COD United F.C.[2] Mid-2013, he was loaned on to top-tier side Bendel Insurance.,[3] playing a season there before being sub-loaned to Abia Warriors F.C. until November 2015.[4] In January 2016, Obanor signed a 3.5-year long contract with the Tunisian greats Club Africain, but had to cancel it and return to Nigeria because of dubious transfer fee reasons.[5] In April 2016, he was loaned on by BJ Academy to MFM F.C.[6]

Obanor moved abroad, however, already in July 2017, signing for SpVgg Greuther Fürth in Germany,[7] joining the team in September of the same year, following the 2016 Summer Olympics.[7] However, he didn't break into the team, and found himself unable to get any playing time, his nationality preventing him from playing for the reserves.[8] His contract was finally rescinded in the summer of 2018, and he moved to NK Rudeš in Croatia.[9]

After two years playing in Albania for Kukësi and KF Laçi, Obanor returned to Croatia to sign for Istra in June 2021.[10]

Having only accumulated a single league appearance for the Croatian side in 2021, Obanor was sent in January 2022 on loan to the Cypriot First Division side PAEEK until the end of the season.[11]

On 1 August 2023, Obanor joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Ain.[12] On 30 July 2024, Obanor joined Al-Zulfi.[13]

International career

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Obanor was a member of the Nigeria national football team.[14] He was selected by Nigeria for their 35-man provisional squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "3 Former Stars Of Grassroots Club BJ Foundation Set To Help Nigeria Beat Zambia This Weekend". Nigeria: Daily Sports. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  2. ^ COD UNITED FC – PLAYER STATISTICS at West African Football
  3. ^ Warriors, BJ Foundation battle over Obanor at tvcontinental.tv
  4. ^ U23 star Obanor disowns Abia Warriors •Documents show BJ Academy’s ownership of the player at News Express Nigeria
  5. ^ Dream Team VI Star Erhun Obanor Set To Bid Farewell To Club Africain at AllNigeriaSoccer.com
  6. ^ Exclusive: Nigeria U23s Defender Obanor Joins MFM FC After Botched Move To Club Africain at AllNigeriaSoccer.com
  7. ^ a b Fürth holt Verstärkung für Abwehr at sport1.de
  8. ^ Greuther Fürth: Erhun Obanor und Stephen Sama auf der Streichliste at liga-zwei.de
  9. ^ Iz njemačkog drugoligaša Greuther Furtha u Rudeš stigao Erhun Obanor koji ima dva nastupa za reprezentaciju Nigerije Archived 19 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine at Sportnews.hr
  10. ^ "Erhun Obanor is a new NK Istra 1961 player!". NK Istra 1961. 11 June 2021.
  11. ^ OD 12. DO 22. SIJEČNJA NA "ARENA CUPU": "Zeleno-žuti" u grupi sa Šibenikom, Žarkovom i Forestom at Glas Istre
  12. ^ "المدافع النيجيري الدولي ، اوبانور ، عيناويا".
  13. ^ "المــدافــع النـيـجـيـري ارهــون اوبـانـور #زلــفــاوي".
  14. ^ "Erhun Obanor - Goal.com". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  15. ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (24 June 2016). "Kelechi Iheanacho included in Nigeria's Olympics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
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