Emmanuel Odafe
 Emmanuel Odafe at Plateau United FC | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Emmanuel Odafe Amos | ||
| Date of birth | 5 May 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Delta State, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Plateau United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2009 | Ebedei | 23 | (9) |
| 2009–2012 | First Bank | 23 | (15) |
| 2012–2014 | Plateau United | 15 | (5) |
| 2015–2016 | Kufa | 15 | (9) |
| 2016–2017 | Cihangir GSK | 8 | (4) |
| 2017 | Plateau United | 8 | (5) |
| 2018–2019 | Plateau United | 12 | (9) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Emmanuel Odafe (born 5 May 1992 in Delta state, Nigeria) is a Nigerian footballer.[1][2] He currently plays for Plateau United FC, which competes in the Nigerian Professional Football League, the top division in Nigeria. He plays as a striker.[3][4] A fast and skillful player able to operate at both flanks, Odafo can play as a point man as well; as a left and right side attacker. At Plateau United FC he mainly plays as an attacker in a 4-3-2 formation.
Career
[edit]He began his career in 2007 with his homeclub Emordi Youth Football Academy before leaving in 2008 to FC Ebedei in Ogun State. After one season, he moved in January 2009 to First Bank F.C. in Nigeria Premier League, he managed to convert 15 goals in 23 games played. He had a short stay at Plateau United FC 2012-14 before moving to Iraqi Premier League club Kufa FC.
Cihangir GSK (2016-2017)
[edit]In July 2017, Odafe moved to Northern Cyprus where he secure a year contract with Cihangir GSK with an option of renewal at the end of the season but had a short stint. He made 8 appearances for the club in the Süper Lig (previously Birinci Lig).
Back to Plateau United FC (2017)
[edit]In the second half of 2017–18 season, Odafe re-joined fellow Nigerian Professional Football League side Plateau United FC,[5][6] He scored a brace which earned Plateau United three points in their 23rd league match of 2017, as they came from behind to win 2–1 at Sunshine Stars.[7]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Emordi Youth Football: State Challenge Cup: 2007
- Plateau United FC: Nigerian Professional Football League: winners 2017
Individual
[edit]- Plateau United FC: Player of the month of April (1): 2017
References
[edit]- ^ "Emmanuel Odafe". Flashscore. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "Detaljer: Emmanuel Odafe". NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk (in Norwegian).
- ^ Sesan (24 August 2017). "Plateau's Odafe wins VAT Wonder Goal award". Punch. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ Ojeikere Glover Aikhoje. "Odafe gets his groove back". Naija Leaguez. Archived from the original on 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
- ^ Oni, Kolade (7 May 2017). "Plateau United sign Stanley Okoro and Emmanuel Odafe". Goal. Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ "Plateau united confirms the signing of 8 new players". Brila.net. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "Plateau United Brighten NPFL Title Chances". Sportsdayonline.com. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2018.[permanent dead link]
External links
[edit]- Emmanuel Odafe at BeSoccer
- Emmanuel Odafe at FcTables.com
- Emmanuel Odafe at WorldFootball.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 January 2018)
- Plateau United extend NPFL lead, ends Shooting Stars unbeaten run at thenationonlineng.net
- EMMANUEL ODAFE AMOS - YouTube
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- Men's association football forwards
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- Plateau United F.C. players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Iraq
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