Anthony Obodai
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| Anthony Obodai | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Anthony Obodai | |
| Date of birth | May 8, 1982 | |
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | RKC Waalwijk | |
| Number | 16 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2001-2005 2005-2007 2007-present |
Ajax Sparta Rotterdam RKC Waalwijk |
32 (?) 47 (?) ? (?) |
| National team | ||
| Ghana | ? (?) | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Anthony Obodai (born 8 May 1982 in Accra [1]) is a Ghanaian football player, currently playing for RKC Waalwijk. He is a hard working central midfielder. He has played for Ghana.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Ajax
Anthony signed for Ajax Amsterdam in 2001 [2], but did not make his league debut until 2004, against SC Heerenveen.[2]
[edit] Sparta
Anthony signed for Sparta Rotterdam in 2005 [2], after a proposed move to English side Luton Town collapsed.[3] He was made club captain.[2] However, on 29 January 2007 it was announced that he had had a training-ground bust-up with Sparta coach Wiljan Vloet and wanted to leave the club[2]; teams including PSV, Feyenoord, RKC Waalwijk and OGC Nice were all said to be interested.[2]
[edit] RKC Waalwijk
On 31 January 2007 it was announced that Anthony had signed for RKC Waalwijk on a contract which runs until June 2010 [4]
On February 3 he played his first Eredivisie match for RKC against NAC Breda [5]
[edit] References
- ^ ESPN Soccernet, accessed 29 January 2007
- ^ a b c d e f BBC News - "Ghana's Obodai wants Sparta exit", accessed 29 January 2007
- ^ BBC News - "Obodai signs for Sparta Rotterdam", accessed 29 January 2007
- ^ BBC News - "Ghana's Obodai joins Waalwijk", accessed 31 January 2007
- ^ Tactical Formation. Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved on February 7, 2007.
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