Peter Odemwingie: career and family

Peter Osase Odemwingie - a footballer with Russian-Nigerian roots, who gave birth in Tashkent in 1981. This article provides a brief overview of his career.

Early career

Despite the fact that Peter Odemwingie was born in Tashkent, since 1993 the family lived in Naberezhnye Chelny, where the formation of the guy as a football player took place.

Until the age of fifteen, he studied at the KAMAZ sports school under the direction of coach Viktor Borisov. In 1995 he moved to CSKA. However, this team could not consider the prospect in the athlete, so Peter did not play even for a double.

Then the father decided to send him to Nigeria, of which Peter was a citizen. This decision proved to be the key, because the player's experience was typed up there.

In the club "Bendal Inchurance" Peter Odemwingie spent three distinct seasons. The result of this work was his transition to one Belgian club, with which the football player won the cup of this country.

"Lille", "Lokomotiv" and other clubs

In 2005, Odemwingie signed a contract with the "Lille" from France.

In this team, he spent several seasons and was able to become the top scorer in the championship. In addition, it was in France that he fully revealed himself as a player and became the most valuable for rival clubs.

In 2007, Peter could become a player of "Spartacus", but this did not happen. However, he returned to Russia after all.

July 19, a contract was signed between Peter and the Moscow club . In the "Lokomotiv" the young man performed under the ninth number and spent three seasons there. However, if in the beginning he demonstrated an excellent game, then 2010 was a disaster for him.

Football player was glad to leave the club, explaining this by the fact that he was constantly exerted pressure, including fans.

In 2010 he became a player of "West Brom". As a result of just one month spent there, he became the best football player with two goals and an effective transfer. He also became a club record for the number of goals scored for the season, and thanks to his work on the field, "West Brom" managed to beat Arsenal.

In this team Peter Odemwingie spent two years. From 2013 he was a player of "Cardiff City". Now - forward "Stoke City" in England.

International career

Peter Odemwingie is a player of Nigeria's national team. Several times he played in the Cup of African nations, and quite successfully. In 2008, in the same tournament, he played in all matches, but failed to score a single goal.

But Peter can boast of participation in the Olympic Games, which in 2008 broke through the national team of Nigeria. There he spent six matches and scored one time, scoring a goal. It was a triumphant performance, as the national team and Odemwingie together with her became silver medal winners.

In 2010, at the Nations Cup again brought his team into the playoffs, scoring a decisive goal to Mozambique.

In 2009, in Nigeria Peter Odemwingie, football for whom not just a job, was named the best player in this country.

A family

Father Odemwingie, also Peter, after finishing school in Nigeria, moved to Moscow, where he taught Russian. But I went to the medical institute in Tashkent. There, in the second year, he met a student of Raya, a native of Naberezhnye Chelny, who also studied medicine. They fell in love and after a while got married. In 1979, the elder sister of Peter Alsou was born, in 1981 he himself was born.

After graduation, the family moved to Benin City in Nigeria. Peter was one year old.

And when it was time for the children to go to school, my mother insisted on moving to the USSR. Initially, they lived in Tashkent, but after the collapse of the country moved to Naberezhnye Chelny. Since then, the footballer lives in several countries: in Nigeria, where his father's relatives are, then in Russia in his mother's homeland, but he spends most of his time in England, where he actually works.

There in 2012, Peter Odemwingie married with his long-time lover Sarah Fallon.