Faith Friday Obilor (born 5 March 1991) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Malaysian Football League club PDRM .[1][2]
 Obilor playing for RoPS against Asteras Triplois, 17 July 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 March 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Aba, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | PDRM | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2010 | Babanawa | ||
| 2010–2011 | AmaZulu | 0 | (0) |
| 2011 | PS Kemi | 21 | (0) |
| 2012–2015 | RoPS | 112 | (5) |
| 2012 | → Inter Turku (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2016 | Inter Turku | 31 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | HJK | 76 | (3) |
| 2020 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 17 | (0) |
| 2021 | Taraz | 24 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | Aksu | 46 | (0) |
| 2024- | PDRM | 13 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 November 2024 | |||
Career
editClub
editIn 2011, he came from Nigeria to join PS Kemi in Finnish 2nd league Ykkönen. He changed clubs after the first season as PS Kemi was relegated and continued to play in Ykkönen another year. After playing 7 matches with FC Inter, Obilor joined RoPS and formed a defensive partnership with fellow Nigerian Nduka Alison, and RoPS secured a promotion to Veikkausliiga at the end of the 2012 season.
On 29 November 2016, Obilor signed a two-year contract with HJK.[3]
Honours
edit- RoPS
- Ykkönen (1): 2012
- Finnish Cup (1): 2013
HJK
- Veikkausliiga: 2017, 2018
- Finnish Cup: 2017
Individual
- Veikkausliiga Defender of the Year: 2015,[4] 2018
- Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2018
Career statistics
edit- As of 27 November 2024.
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| AmaZulu | 2010–11 | South African Premier Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| PS Kemi | 2011 | Ykkönen | 21 | 0 | – | – | – | 21 | 0 | |||
| RoPS | 2012 | Ykkönen | 20 | 1 | – | – | – | 20 | 1 | |||
| 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 31 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | 6[b] | 0 | 42 | 1 | ||
| 2014 | Veikkausliiga | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
| 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 7[b] | 1 | 38 | 3 | ||
| Total | 112 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 139 | 7 | ||
| Inter Turku (loan) | 2012 | Veikkausliiga | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | |||
| Inter Turku | 2016 | Veikkausliiga | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 5[b] | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
| HJK | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | – | 35 | 2 | |
| 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 29 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6[d] | 0 | – | 43 | 2 | ||
| 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5[d] | 0 | – | 33 | 0 | ||
| Total | 76 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 0 | – | – | 111 | 4 | ||
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 2020–21 | Moldovan Super Liga | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[d] | 0 | – | 21 | 0 | |
| Taraz | 2021 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 24 | 2 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 2 | ||
| Aksu | 2022 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 | |||
| Total | 46 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 53 | 0 | ||
| PDRM | 2024–25 | Malaysia Super League | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 349 | 10 | 46 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 436 | 13 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup, Moldovan Cup, Kazakhstan Cup
- ^ a b c d Includes Finnish League Cup
- ^ a b Includes UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b c Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
References
edit- ^ Faith Friday Obilor at Soccerway
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "HJK sopimukseen Obilorin kanssa". hjk.fi (in Finnish). HJK. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^ Kai (30 October 2015). "Tässä ovat Captain's Ball -futisgaalan kaikki palkitut tahot". SuomiFutis (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.