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{{Short description|Nigerian footballer (born 1983)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Chidi Odiah
| image          = ChidiOdiah.jpg
| image_size     = 
| caption        = Odiah with [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] in July 2009
| full_name      = Chukwudi Odiah 
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|12|17}} 
| birth_place    = [[Port Harcourt]], Nigeria 
| height         = 1.83 m
| youthyears1    = 
| youthclubs1    = [[Dolphins F.C. (Port Harcourt)|Eagle Cement]]
| position       = [[Right-back]]
| currentclub    = 
| years1 = 1998–1999 |clubs1 = [[Dolphins F.C. (Port Harcourt)|Eagle Cement]] |caps1 = 28  |goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2000      |clubs2 = [[Julius Berger F.C.|Julius Berger]]           |caps2 = 10  |goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2000–2004 |clubs3 = [[FC Sheriff Tiraspol|Sheriff Tiraspol]]       |caps3 = 58  |goals3 = 5
| years4 = 2004–2012 |clubs4 = [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]                |caps4 = 105 |goals4 = 3
| totalcaps = 201
| totalgoals = 12
| nationalyears1 = 2004–2010 
| nationalteam1  = [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]] 
| nationalcaps1  = 28
| nationalgoals1 = 1
}}

'''Chukwudi "Chidi" Odiah''' (born 17 December 1983) is a Nigerian former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[right-back]]. A former international, he was known for his work ethic, skills and attacking prowess.<ref>{{cite web|title=Player Profile|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/players/player=178734/profile.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123000703/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/players/player=178734/profile.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 January 2013|publisher=FIFA|accessdate=8 August 2012}}</ref>

==Club career==
===Eagle Cement and Julius Berger===
Odiah began his career with [[Dolphins F.C. (Port Harcourt)|Eagle Cement]] in the [[Nigeria Premier League]] before moving to [[Bridge Boys F.C.|Julius Berger F.C.]] in 2000, for which he played 10 games and won the league.

===Sheriff Tiraspol===
In late 2000, Odiah moved to [[FC Sheriff Tiraspol|Sheriff Tiraspol]]. He appeared in 58 games and scored five goals, becoming one of the major players in the team as they dominated Moldovan football and won many honours.

===CSKA Moscow===
At the 2003 [[CIS Cup]], Odiah drew the attention of [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] and later joined the club a year later on a four-year contract.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0199-0f845175e513-3bf1c0c61c92-1000--cska-sign-nigerian-youngster/|title=Member associations - News – UEFA.com|last=uefa.com|website=[[UEFA]]|date=19 January 2004|language=en|access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref> He won the [[UEFA Cup]] in [[2004–05 UEFA Cup|2005]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/4555475.stm|title=Sporting 1–3 CSKA Moscow|date=18 May 2005|access-date=14 May 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref> and participated at the [[2005 UEFA Super Cup]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/80608--cska-moskva-vs-auxerre/ |title=UEFA Europa League 2004/05 - History - CSKA Moskva-Auxerre – UEFA.com |access-date=12 October 2011 |archive-date=6 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006151320/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2004/matches/round=1979/match=80608/postmatch/statistics/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as playing in the [[UEFA Champions League]]. He left CSKA by mutual consent on 16 February 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Чиди Одиа покинул ПФК ЦСКА |url=https://www.pfc-cska.com/novosti/vse-novosti/novosti-osnovy/chidi-odia-pokinul-pfk-cska-0/ |website=pfc-cska.com |publisher=PFC CSKA Moscow |accessdate=7 June 2018 |language=Russian |date=16 February 2012}}</ref>

===International===
Chidi has represented his nation at various youth levels. He played for Nigeria U-17 national team to African U-17 Championship – winner of the tournament. On the next event, [[UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup|Meridian Cup]], he was team captain. 
His premier match in the senior team took place in September 2004, in a match against Zimbabwe. Chidi also twice won the bronze medal with Nigeria senior team at the [[African Cup of Nations]] – [[2006 African Cup of Nations|2006]], [[2010 African Cup of Nations|2010]].

Odiah was chosen for the team of Nigeria to [[2010 FIFA World Cup]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/team/squad?id%3D657%26cc%3D5739%26ver%3Dglobal |title=Nigeria Squad - World Cup 2010 - ESPN Soccernet |accessdate=12 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315023454/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/team/squad?id=657 |archivedate=15 March 2012  }}</ref> and in the first match against Argentina came into the starting lineup, as well in the match with South Korea, he made goal assist.

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref name="nft"/><ref>{{cite web|title=C.Odiah|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/chidi-odiah/6394/|website=uk.soccerway.com/|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=4 December 2015}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="9"|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
|[[2004 Russian Premier League|2004]]
|rowspan="8"|[[Russian Football Premier League|Russian Premier League]]
|21||0|| || ||6||0||colspan="2"|–||27||0
|-
|[[2005 Russian Premier League|2005]]
|27||2||6||0||15||1||1||0||49||3
|-
|[[2006 Russian Premier League|2006]]
|3||0||2||0||1||0||1||1||7||1
|-
|[[2007 Russian Premier League|2007]]
|4||0||0||0||2||0||0||0||6||0
|-
|[[2008 Russian Premier League|2008]]
|23||0||1||0||4||0||colspan="2"|–||28||0
|-
|[[2009 Russian Premier League|2009]]
|13||0||2||0||3||0||colspan="2"|–||18||0
|-
|[[2010 Russian Premier League|2010]]
|11||1||1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||14||1
|-
|[[2011–12 Russian Premier League|2011–12]]
|3||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!105!!3!!12!!0!!33!!1!!2!!1!!152!!5
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!105!!3!!12!!0!!33!!1!!2!!1!!152!!5
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="nft">{{NFT|8493|name=Chidi Odiah|accessdate=4 December 2015}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="7"|[[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]
|2004||2||0
|-
|2005||5||0
|-
|2006||6||0
|-
|2007||0||0
|-
|2008||4||1
|-
|2009||2||0
|-
|2010||9||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total||28||1
|}

:''Score and result list Nigeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Odiah goal''.<ref name="nft"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ International goal scored by Chidi Odiah
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 11 October 2008 || [[Abuja]], Nigeria || {{fb|SLE}} || align="center"|4–1 || align="center"|4–1 || [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|}

==Honours==
'''Julius Berger'''
*[[Nigeria Premier League]]: 2000

'''Sheriff Tiraspol'''
*[[Moldovan National Division]]: [[Moldovan National Division 2000-01|2000–01]], [[Moldovan National Division 2001-02|2001–02]], [[Moldovan National Division 2002-03|2002–03]], [[Moldovan National Division 2003-04|2003–04]]
*[[Moldovan Cup]]: 2001, 2002
*[[Moldovan Super Cup]]: 2003
*[[CIS Cup]]: 2003

'''CSKA Moscow'''
*[[UEFA Cup]]: [[2005 UEFA Cup Final|2005]]
*[[Russian Premier League]]: [[Russian Premier League 2005|2005]], [[Russian Premier League 2006|2006]]
*[[Russian Cup (football)|Russian Cup]]: 2005, 2006, [[Russian Cup 2007-08|2008]], [[Russian Cup 2008-09|2009]], [[2010-11 Russian Cup|2011]]
*[[Russian Super Cup]]:  [[2004 Russian Super Cup|2004]], [[2006 Russian Super Cup|2006]], [[2007 Russian Super Cup|2007]], [[2009 Russian Super Cup|2009]]

'''Nigeria'''
*[[African Cup of Nations]] Bronze medalist: [[2006 African Cup of Nations|2006]], [[2010 African Cup of Nations|2010]]

'''Nigeria U17'''
*[[African U-17 Championship]]: 2001

'''Individual'''
*In the list of 33 best football players of the championship of Russia: position right half-backs № 1 (2005)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.rin.ru/eng/news/3425/|title=33 best football players of Russian championship|website=news.rin.ru|access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref>
*In the list of 33 best football players of the championship of Russia: position right full-backs № 2 (2004)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926074122/http://www.pfc-cska.com/team/players/?id=7 |date=26 September 2011 |title=Profile at PFC CSKA Moscow official site}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100408172607/http://www.uefa.com/search/index.html#Chidi Odiah Profile at UEFA.com (2006/07)]

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