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| Full name: | John Michael Nchekwube Obinna | |
| Date of birth: | 22 April 1987 | |
| Place of birth: | Jos,  Nigeria
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| Height: | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |
| Playing position: | Defensive midfielder | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 2002–2004 | Plateau United
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| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 2004–2006 2006–2017 2017–2018 2019 2019–2020 2020–2021 2021 |
 Lyn Chelsea Tianjin TEDA Middlesbrough Trabzonspor Stoke City Kuwait SC
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6 (1) 208 (1) 31 (3) 18 (1) 19 (0) 39 (0) 0 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 2005–2019 2016 |
Nigeria Nigeria Olympic
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91 (6) 6 (1) |
John Michael Nchekwube Obinna (born 22 April 1987), commonly known as Mikel John Obi, John Obi Mikel or John Mikel Obi, is a Nigerian footballer, who plays as a defensive midfielder.
Mikel began his career with local club Plateau United, before joining Norwegian club Lyn at the age of 17 in 2004. In 2006, he made a controversial transfer to English club Chelsea after Manchester United claimed they had already signed him. He stayed with Chelsea for 11 years, before moving to China with Tianjin TEDA in 2017. After two years in China, he returned to England on a short-term deal with Middlesbrough, before joining Trabzonspor on a free transfer in July 2019. Mikel moved back to England in August 2020 joining Stoke City. In a 14-year international career between 2005 and 2019, he played 88 times for Nigeria, scoring six goals.
Honours[]
Clubs[]
- Chelsea
- Premier League (1): 2009–10, 2014–15
- FA Cup (4): 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12
- League Cup (1): 2006–07
- FA Community Shield (1): 2009
- UEFA Champions League (1): 2011–12
- UEFA Europa League (1): 2012–13
- Trabzonspor
- Turkish Cup: 2019–20
International[]
- Nigeria
- Nigeria Olympic
- Summer Olympics bronze medalist: 2016
Individual[]
- U-20 World Cup Silver football 2005
- African Young Player of the Year: 2005, 2006
- Chelsea Young Player of the Year: 2007, 2008
External links[]
Mikel John Obi profile at Soccerbase- John Obi Mikel profile at Transfermarkt
- Ferguson attacks Chelsea over Mikel transfer saga (The Guardian, 4 October 2005)
- Mikel saga nears end as club ease grip (The Times, 5 December 2005)
- Mikel saga ends with Chelsea move (uefa.com, 3 June 2006)
- BBC Sport profile
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Template:Nigeria squad (2006 Africa Cup of Nations) Template:Nigeria squad (2008 Africa Cup of Nations) Template:Nigeria squad (2010 Africa Cup of Nations)
| Nigeria – 2013 Africa Cup of Nations |
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1. Enyeama
2. Yobo (c)
3. Echiéjilé
4. Obiora
5. Ambrose
6. Egwuekwe
7. Musa
8. Ideye
9. Emenike
10. Mikel
11. Moses
12. Gabriel
13. Ogude
14. Oboabona
15. Uche
16. Ejide
17. Onazi
18. Uzoenyi
19. Mba
20. Nosa
21. Oshaniwa
22. Omeruo
23. Agbim |
Template:Nigeria squad (2013 FIFA Confederations Cup)
| Nigeria – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Round of 16 |
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1. Enyeama
2. Yobo (c)
3. Uzoenyi
4. Gabriel
5. Ambrose
6. Egwuekwe
7. Musa
8. Odemwingie
9. Emenike
10. Mikel
11. Moses
12. Odunlami
13. Oshaniwa
14. Oboabona
15. Azeez
16. Ejide
17. Onazi
18. Babatunde
19. Nwofor
20. Uchebo
21. Agbim
22. Omeruo
23. Ameobi
Manager: |
| Nigeria – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Group stage |
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1. Ezenwa
2. Idowu
3. Echiéjilé
4. Ndidi
5. Troost-Ekong
6. Balogun
7. Musa
8. Etebo
9. Ighalo
10. Mikel (c)
11. Moses
12. Abdullahi
13. Nwankwo
14. Iheanacho
15. Obi
16. Akpeyi
17. Onazi
18. Iwobi
19. Ogu
20. Awaziem
21. Ebuehi
22. Omeruo
23. Uzoho
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