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{{short description|Nigerian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Nigerian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = James Obiorah
| fullname       = James Chibuzor Oboriah
| image          =
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1978|8|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[Jos]], [[Nigeria]]
| height         = {{convert|1.85|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}
| currentclub    =
| clubnumber     =
| position       = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1    = {{0|0000}}–1994
| youthclubs1    = [[Kalba Union]]
| years1         = 1994
| clubs1         = [[Kwara Bombers]]
| caps1          = 20 | goals1         = 9
| years2         = 1995
| clubs2         = [[Enyimba International F.C.|Enyimba]]
| caps2          = 19 | goals2         = 0
| years3         = 1995–1998
| clubs3         = [[RSC Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]
| caps3          = 30 | goals3         = 6
| years4         = 1998–2001
| clubs4         = [[Grasshopper Zurich]]
| caps4          = 14 | goals4         = 0
| years5         = 2001–2004
| clubs5         = [[Lokomotiv Moscow]]
| caps5          = 62 | goals5         = 20
| years6         = 2003–2004 | clubs6         = → [[Cádiz CF]] (loan) | caps6 = 17 | goals6 = 2
| years7         = 2004–2005 | clubs7 = → [[Chamois Niortais F.C.|Chamois Niortais]] (loan)<ref>[https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur16287.html La fiche de James Obiorah. Football - L'Equipe.fr]</ref> | caps7 = 12 | goals7 = 4
| years8         = 2005–2006 | clubs8 = [[Grazer AK]]<ref>[http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/obiorahjames/ James Obiorah - Fussballdaten - Die Fußball-Datenbank]</ref> | caps8 = 5 | goals8 = 0
| years9         = 2006–2007 | clubs9 = [[Chamois Niortais F.C.|Chamois Niortais]] | caps9 = 16 | goals9 = 2
| years10        = 2007–2008 | clubs10 = [[Kaduna United F.C.|Kaduna United]] | caps10 = 23 | goals10 = 1
| years11        = 2008–2009 | clubs11 = [[Sporting Toulon Var|SC Toulon]]<ref>[http://www.foot-national.com/1659-joueur-football-Obiorah-James.html Profile on foot-national.com]</ref> | caps11 = 11 | goals11 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 1998–2002
| nationalteam1  = [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]<ref>{{NFT player|id=4818|accessdate=}}</ref>
| nationalcaps1  = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| pcupdate       = 
| ntupdate       = 
}}

'''James Chibuzor Obiorah''' (born 24 August 1978) is a Nigerian former [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]].

He is best known for his time in Russia as a [[Lokomotiv Moscow]] player, with whom he won the [[Russian Premier League]] in 2002 and 2004, on top of a few other domestic cup trophies. He also played for the national team at the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]].

==Club career==
His previous clubs include [[RSC Anderlecht]], [[Grasshopper Zurich]], [[Cádiz CF]], [[Grazer AK]] and [[Lokomotiv Moscow]] and he was also loaned to [[Chamois Niortais|Niort]] from [[Lokomotiv Moscow]] in the 2004–05 season, scoring 4 goals in 12 games. In 2007, he played for [[Kaduna United F.C.]], after being released from his contract with French [[Ligue 2]] side [[Chamois Niortais|Niort]].<ref>[http://www.interfoot.de/footnews.htm InterFooT.de -News- Alles, was das Fussballherz begehrt!]</ref> In August 2008 he moved from [[Kaduna United F.C.]] to [[Sporting Toulon Var|SC Toulon]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/1659/south-africa/2009/10/07/1546347/orlando-pirates-considering-james-obiorah-signing|title=Orlando Pirates Considering James Obiorah Signing {{!}} Goal.com|website=www.goal.com|language=en|access-date=2018-05-14}}</ref>

==International career==
Obiorah was the [[Captain (association football)|captain]] of the Nigeria side that reached the quarter-finals of the [[1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship]] and also played for the [[Nigeria national football team]] 3 times,<ref>[http://83.231.172.49/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=178381/index.html FIFA.com - FIFA Player Statistics: James OBIORAH]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> including being called up for the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]], scoring 1 goal.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/nigeria/squad/newsid_1998000/1998297.stm|title=James Obiorah|date=29 May 2002|publisher=BBC|access-date=24 August 2019|language=en-GB}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://cadistas1910.awardspace.com/ficha_jugador.php?idjugador=391&nombre=Obiorah Obiorah profile at cadistas1910.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707202141/http://cadistas1910.awardspace.com/ficha_jugador.php?idjugador=391&nombre=Obiorah |date=7 July 2011 }} {{in lang|es}}

{{Nigeria Squad 2002 World Cup}}

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[[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Nigerian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Nigeria men's international footballers]]
[[Category:2002 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:FC Lokomotiv Moscow players]]
[[Category:Grasshopper Club Zurich players]]
[[Category:R.S.C. Anderlecht players]]
[[Category:La Liga players]]
[[Category:Cádiz CF players]]
[[Category:Chamois Niortais FC players]]
[[Category:Grazer AK players]]
[[Category:Enyimba F.C. players]]
[[Category:SC Toulon players]]
[[Category:Belgian Pro League players]]
[[Category:Russian Premier League players]]
[[Category:Ligue 2 players]]
[[Category:Kaduna United F.C. players]]
[[Category:Footballers from Jos]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Russia]]
[[Category:Nigerian expatriate men's footballers]]