{{Short description|Nigerian footballer (born 1985)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use Nigerian English|date=March 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Junior Obagbemiro | image = | full_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|6|26|df=y}} | birth_place = Nigeria | height = 1.79 m | position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] | currentclub = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2004–2005 | clubs1 = [[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2005–2006 | clubs2 = [[Brigade Boys Club]] | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2006–2007 | clubs3 = [[Sabah FA]] | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 2007 | clubs4 = [[Three Star Club|Three Star]] | caps4 = | years5 = 2007–2008 | clubs5 = [[Brothers Union]] | caps5 = | goals5 = | years6 = 2008 | clubs6 = [[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]] | caps6 = | goals6 = | years7 = 2008 | clubs7 = [[Kajaanin Haka]] | caps7 = | goals7 = | years8 = 2008–2009 | clubs8 = [[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]] | caps8 = | goals8 = 10 | years9 = 2009 | clubs9 = [[Kajaanin Haka]] | caps9 = | goals9 = | years10 = 2009–2010 | clubs10 = [[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]] | caps10 = | goals10 = 10 | years11 = 2010–2011 | clubs11 = [[Prayag United S.C.|Prayag United]] | caps11 = | goals11 = 8 | years12 = 2011–2012 | clubs12 = [[Salgaocar S.C.|Salgaocar]] | caps12 = | goals12 = | years13 = 2012–2013 | clubs13 = [[Air India FC|Air India]] | caps13 = 25 | goals13 = 4 | years14 = 2013–2014 | clubs14 = [[Kajaanin Haka]] | caps14 = | goals14 = | years15 = 2014–2015 | clubs15 = [[Sliema Wanderers F.C.|Sliema Wanderers]] | caps15 = 6 | goals15 = 1 | years16 = 2015–? | clubs16 = [[JS Hercules]] | caps16 = | goals16 = | club-update = }}
'''Junior Obagbemiro''' (born 26 June 1985) is a Nigerian former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[forward (association football)|forward]].
==Career== Obagbemiro's career has been mostly in Asia including India, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Nepal and also in Finland. He has been top scorer in the past years in both the [[Bangladesh Premier League (football)|Bangladeshi]] and [[Martyr's Memorial A-Division League|Nepali]] top leagues.<ref name=top>[http://www.topspot.fi/?p=180 Dudu and Junior sign for TopSpot] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311000238/http://www.topspot.fi/?p=180 |date=11 March 2012 }} from TopSpot.fi Retrieved 30 May 2012</ref> He was also nominated the best foreign player in the I-League in the 2009 season where he helped [[Sporting Club de Goa]] to second place.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}
Obagbemiro has also played two seasons in the [[Kolmonen|4th tier of the Finnish league]] for [[Kajaanin Haka]] in 2008 and 2009,<ref name=top /> winning the amateur club promotion to the [[Kakkonen|3rd tier of the Finnish league]]<ref name=top /> before returning to Goa to play the season for Sporting Clube.<ref name=top /> In 2010, he moved to [[Prayag United S.C.]] for one season scoring 18 goals.<ref name=hosur>[http://www.hosurlocal.com/latest-national-news-salgaocar%20ropes%20in%20nigerian%20junior%20elijah%20oriade%20obagbemiro-sports-09-aug-2011-panaji-press%20trust%20of%20india-39571.html Salgaocar ropes in Nigerian Junior Elijah Oriade Obagbemiro] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130125152839/http://www.hosurlocal.com/latest-national-news-salgaocar%20ropes%20in%20nigerian%20junior%20elijah%20oriade%20obagbemiro-sports-09-aug-2011-panaji-press%20trust%20of%20india-39571.html |date=25 January 2013 }} Retrieved 30 May 2012</ref><sup>,</sup><ref name=top2>[http://www.topspot.fi/?p=1338 Junior joins Salgaocar SC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224051421/http://www.topspot.fi/?p=1338 |date=24 December 2011 }} from TopSpot.fi Retrieved 30 May 2012</ref> At the end of the season, he moved, this time to [[Salgaocar S.C.]]<ref name=hosur /> to play alongside [[Chidi Edeh]].<ref name=hosur /><sup>,</sup><ref name=top2 /> He joined Air India for the I-League 2012/13 season and was by far their best player and was able to score 13 goals. He later played for Maltese side [[Sliema Wanderers F.C.|Sliema Wanderers]].
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerway|elija-junior-obagbemiro/64392}} *{{Soccerway|junior-obagbemiro/442214}}
{{Bangladesh Football League top scorers}}
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