# Junior Obagbemiro

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Nigerian footballer (born 1985)

Junior Obagbemiro Personal information Date of birth (1985-06-26) 26 June 1985 (age 41) Place of birth Nigeria Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Position Forward Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 2004–2005 Esteghlal 2005–2006 Brigade Boys Club 2006–2007 Sabah FA 2007 Three Star 2007–2008 Brothers Union 2008 Sporting Goa 2008 Kajaanin Haka 2008–2009 Sporting Goa (10) 2009 Kajaanin Haka 2009–2010 Sporting Goa (10) 2010–2011 Prayag United (8) 2011–2012 Salgaocar 2012–2013 Air India 25 (4) 2013–2014 Kajaanin Haka 2014–2015 Sliema Wanderers 6 (1) 2015–? JS Hercules * Club domestic league appearances and goals

**Junior Obagbemiro** (born 26 June 1985) is a Nigerian former professional [footballer](/source/Association_football) who played as a [forward](/source/Forward_(association_football)).

## 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 [Bangladeshi](/source/Bangladesh_Premier_League_(football)) and [Nepali](/source/Martyr's_Memorial_A-Division_League) top leagues.[1] He was also nominated the best foreign player in the I-League in the 2009 season where he helped [Sporting Club de Goa](/source/Sporting_Club_de_Goa) to second place.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

Obagbemiro has also played two seasons in the [4th tier of the Finnish league](/source/Kolmonen) for [Kajaanin Haka](/source/Kajaanin_Haka) in 2008 and 2009,[1] winning the amateur club promotion to the [3rd tier of the Finnish league](/source/Kakkonen)[1] before returning to Goa to play the season for Sporting Clube.[1] In 2010, he moved to [Prayag United S.C.](/source/Prayag_United_S.C.) for one season scoring 18 goals.[2],[3] At the end of the season, he moved, this time to [Salgaocar S.C.](/source/Salgaocar_S.C.)[2] to play alongside [Chidi Edeh](/source/Chidi_Edeh).[2],[3] 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](/source/Sliema_Wanderers_F.C.).

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-top_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-top_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-top_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-top_1-3) [Dudu and Junior sign for TopSpot](http://www.topspot.fi/?p=180) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120311000238/http://www.topspot.fi/?p=180) 11 March 2012 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) from TopSpot.fi Retrieved 30 May 2012

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-hosur_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-hosur_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-hosur_2-2) [Salgaocar ropes in Nigerian Junior Elijah Oriade Obagbemiro](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) [Deprecated link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Archive.today_guidance) archived 25 January 2013 at [archive.today](/source/Archive.today) Retrieved 30 May 2012

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-top2_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-top2_3-1) [Junior joins Salgaocar SC](http://www.topspot.fi/?p=1338) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20111224051421/http://www.topspot.fi/?p=1338) 24 December 2011 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) from TopSpot.fi Retrieved 30 May 2012

## External links

- [Junior Obagbemiro](https://int.soccerway.com/players/elija-junior-obagbemiro/64392/) at Soccerway

- [Junior Obagbemiro](https://int.soccerway.com/players/junior-obagbemiro/442214/) at Soccerway

v t e Bangladesh Football League top scorers 2007: Obagbemiro 2008–09: Olalekan 2009–10: Enamul 2010: Moga 2011–12: Bangoura 2012–13: Morrison 2013–14: Wedson 2014–15: Emeka 2015–16: Sunday 2017–18: Solomon King & Raphael 2018–19: Raphael 2019–20: Abandoned 2020–21: Robinho 2021–22: Diabate 2022–23: Dorielton 2023–24: Cornelius 2024–25: Boateng

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