Obiora Odita

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Obiorah Emmanuel Odita Template:IPAc-en (born 14 May 1983) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward. He also holds Serbian citizenship.

Career

Early years

Born in Enugu, Odita started out at local club Enugu Rangers, before switching to Udoji United. He subsequently moved to Serbia and Montenegro and joined First League side Javor Ivanjica in the 2003 winter transfer window. Until the end of the 2002–03 season, Odita scored one goal in nine league appearances, as the club suffered relegation to the Second League. He stayed there until the 2005 winter transfer window.

Partizan

In January 2005, Odita was officially transferred to Partizan, signing a four-year deal. He marked his competitive debut by scoring both of his team's goals in a 2–2 draw with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the first leg of the UEFA Cup round of 32. In the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round, Odita scored a screamer to give Partizan a 1–0 win against Sheriff Tiraspol. In January 2006, Odita was sent on a six-month loan to Javor Ivanjica. He then returned to Partizan and scored 10 league goals from 23 appearances in the 2006–07 season, while often partnering Stevan Jovetić. In June 2007, Odita moved to the United Arab Emirates and signed a two-year contract with Al Ain.

Westerlo

In January 2008, Odita was loaned to Belgian club Westerlo. He scored twice in the second half of the 2007–08 season, before returning to Al Ain. In January 2009, Odita moved back to Belgium and signed a permanent contract with Westerlo.

Later years

In the summer of 2010, Odita made a comeback to Serbia by signing with his former club Javor Ivanjica for the 2010–11 season. He later moved to China and signed with Tianjin Teda in early 2011.

After two seasons with Taraz in Kazakhstan, Odita returned to Serbia once again and joined Voždovac in the summer of 2014.

In June 2016, Odita switched to fellow Serbian club Mladost Lučani.

On 14 June 2021, it was announced that Odita has retired, only to be confirmed to have joined his former club Javor Ivanjica for the fifth time, four days later.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Javor Ivanjica	2002–03	9	1	0	0	—		9	1
	2003–04	16	5	0	0	—		16	5
	2004–05	18	10	1	0	—		19	10
	Total	43	16	1	0	—		44	16
Partizan	2004–05	12	5	1	0	4	2	17	7
	2005–06	13	1	2	1	6	2	21	4
	2006–07	23	10	1	0	6	2	30	12
	Total	48	16	4	1	16	6	68	23
Javor Ivanjica (loan)	2005–06	12	5	0	0	—		12	5
Al Ain	2007–08	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2008–09	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Westerlo (loan)	2007–08	9	2	0	0	—		9	2
Westerlo	2008–09	14	3	0	0	—		14	3
	2009–10	14	0	1	1	—		15	1
	Total	28	3	1	1	—		29	4
Javor Ivanjica	2010–11	15	2	1	1	—		16	3
Tianjin Teda	2011	8	1	0	0	6	0	14	1
Javor Ivanjica	2011–12	23	9	2	1	—		25	10
Taraz	2012	12	6	0	0	—		12	6
	2013	30	5	4	0	—		34	5
	Total	42	11	4	0	—		46	11
Voždovac	2014–15	21	5	3	0	—		24	5
	2015–16	32	6	1	0	—		33	6
	Total	53	11	4	0	—		57	11
Mladost Lučani	2016–17	30	4	1	0	—		31	4
	2017–18	28	0	1	0	1	0	30	0
	2018–19	25	3	2	0	—		27	3
	2019–20	24	1	2	1	—		26	2
	2020–21	35	2	1	1	—		36	3
	Total	142	10	7	2	1	0	150	12
Javor Ivanjica	2021–22	34	7	2	1	—		36	8
Career total		457	94	26	7	23	6	506	106

Honours

Partizan

• First League of Serbia and Montenegro: 2004–05

Mladost Lučani

• Serbian Cup runner-up: 2017–18

External links

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