Chidi Odiah

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Chidi Odiah
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Chidi Odiah (2009)
Personnel
Surname Chukwudi Odiah
birthday 17th December 1983
place of birth Port Harcourt ,  Nigeria
size 183 cm
position Full-back
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1998-1999 Eagle cement 28 (3)
2000 Julius Berger FC 10 (1)
2000-2004 Sheriff Tiraspol 58 (4)
2004–2012 CSKA Moscow 105 (3)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2004– Nigeria 29 (1)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of season 2012/13

2 As of July 28, 2013

Chukwudi Odiah or Chidi Odiah (born December 17, 1983 in Port Harcourt ) is a Nigerian football player .

Career

Odiah played for Eagle Cement (now Dolphins FC ) in his hometown of Port Harcourt until 1999 as a teenager . At the turn of the year he went to Julius Berger FC in Lagos for half a year , which won the championship in the Premier League this season .

At the age of just sixteen, he then left Nigeria and went to the Republic of Moldova , where he played for the series champion Sheriff Tiraspol for four years . In the 2003/04 season, however, he was only used twice, so that he moved to Russia to CSKA Moscow . The right full-back was immediately a regular player there and was also interesting for the Nigerian national soccer team , in which he made his debut on September 5, 2004.

Two very successful years with the Russian capital club followed, and in 2005 he not only won the Russian championship with the club, but also won the UEFA Cup. Then he suffered from injury and for two years he fought to return to the regular formation, which he only succeeded in 2008. Even in the national team, he was not fixed in his position, although he played regularly. In qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup , the Nigeria missed ultimately, Chidi Odiah came seven times used four years later he played only five times and only the injury-related failure of the second full-back Yusuf Mohammed secured his place in the squad of Africans for Soccer World Cup 2010 in South Africa .

Title / Achievements

  • 2005 UEFA Cup winner with CSKA Moscow
  • Russian champion in 2005 and 2006 with CSKA Moscow
  • Moldovan champion 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 with Sheriff Tiraspol
  • Nigerian champion 2000 with Julius Berger FC
  • Russian cup winner 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009 with CSKA Moscow
  • Moldovan Cup winner 2001 and 2002 with Sheriff Tiraspol
  • Best Youth Player in Nigeria 1999 (Marius Award)

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personal data
SURNAME Odiah, Chidi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Odiah, Chukwudi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 17th December 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Port Harcourt , Nigeria