Anthony Obodai

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Anthony Obodai
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Obodai with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-08-06) 6 August 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ånge
Number 21
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Liberty Professionals
2001–2005 Ajax 21 (2)
2002–2003 → Germinal Beerschot (loan) 29 (2)
2005–2007 Sparta Rotterdam 47 (1)
2007–2010 RKC Waalwijk 88 (5)
2010 Houston Dynamo 4 (0)
2012 Mağusa Türk Gücü 13 (2)
2013 Phoenix FC 24 (0)
2014 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 16 (0)
2015– Ånge 0 (0)
International career‡
1999 Ghana U17 6 (1)
2001 Ghana U20 3 (0)
2003–2005 Ghana 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 16, 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of September 16, 2014

Anthony Obodai (born 6 August 1982) is a Ghanaian international footballer who plays for Swedish club Ånge, as a midfielder.

Career

Club career

Born in Accra, Obodai began his career with local team Liberty Professionals in 2000.[1] He signed for Dutch team Ajax in 2001, playing on loan at Belgian side Germinal Beerschot during the 2002–03 season. In August 2005 a move to English side Luton Town collapsed,[2] and Obodai moved to Sparta Rotterdam two days later.[3] Obodai was made club captain at Sparta,[4] but asked to leave the club in January 2007, signing for RKC Waalwijk on 31 January 2007.[5] During his time in the Netherlands and Belgium, Obodai made nearly 200 appearances.[6]

Obodai was signed by Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer in July 2010,[7] making four appearances before being released at the end of the season.[8]

In January 2012 he signed a contract at Birinci Lig side Mağusa Türk Gücü in Northern Cyprus.[9]

In February 2013, obodai signed for Phoenix FC of the USL Pro, the third division of the United States soccer pyramid.[10] In his first season with the club, Obodai made 24 appearances and tallied one assist.[11] When Phoenix FC faced financial difficulty after its first season of existence, Obodai signed for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, also of the USL Pro, on 7 November 2013.[12]

In January 2015 he signed with Ånge in the Swedish Division 2.[13]

International career

Obodai played at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship and the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.[14] He also earned four senior caps for Ghana between 2003 and 2005.[1]

References

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  6. ↑ (Dutch) Voetbal International
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  8. ↑ MLS profile
  9. ↑ KTFF profile
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  14. ↑ Anthony Obodai – FIFA competition record
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