Godfrey Oboabona

Oboabona is the kind of player whose value never shows up in a highlight reel. A 186 cm centre-back born in Ondo, he made his name doing the unglamorous work at the back for Nigeria, the stuff fans only notice when it goes wrong. I have a soft spot for these defensive craftsmen who travel from the African scene to Europe and stake their careers on physical sacrifice rather than goals. He started at Sunshine Stars, spent four seasons with Çaykur Rizespor in Turkey and won the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations with Nigeria: a quiet anchor of a man who let others take the spotlight while he kept the house in order. That earns my respect.

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Name (English)

Godfrey Oboabona

Name (Japanese)

ゴッドフリー・オボアボナ

Reading

ごっどふりー・おぼあぼな

Born

August 16, 1990 (age 36)

Origin

Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria

Height

186 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Horse

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey%20Oboabona
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B4%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%9C%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9C%E3%83%8A
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3177363

Tags

• Ondo State
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.