SOCCER PLAYER

Obafemi Martins

1984 - Today

Obafemi Martins

Obafemi Akinwunmi Martins (born 28 October 1984) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward. After leaving Nigeria for Italy at age 16, he played for a number of top-division clubs around Europe. He began his senior career in 2002 at Serie A club Inter Milan, before he moved to Premier League club Newcastle United in 2006, and then to Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg in 2009. Having joined Russian Premier League side Rubin Kazan in July 2010, they loaned him to Birmingham City in January 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Obafemi Martins is the 4,539th most popular soccer player (down from 3,041st in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 42nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Nigerian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Obafemi Martins ranks 4,539 out of 21,273. Before him are Elías Muñoz, Voro, Jan Jönsson, Horace Bailey, Josip Iličić, and Axel. After him are Tim Borowski, Marco Giampaolo, Karim Adeyemi, Nilmar, Tommy Docherty, and Holger Hieronymus.

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Elías Muñoz
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 4,538
Voro
1963 - Present
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 4,539
Jan Jönsson
1960 - Present
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 4,540
Horace Bailey
1881 - 1960
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 4,541
Josip Iličić
1988 - Present
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 4,542
Axel
1970 - Present
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 4,543
Obafemi Martins
1984 - Present
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 4,544
Tim Borowski
1980 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 4,545
Marco Giampaolo
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 4,546
Karim Adeyemi
2002 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 4,547
Nilmar
1984 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 4,548
Tommy Docherty
1928 - 2020
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 4,549
Holger Hieronymus
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 4,550

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Obafemi Martins ranks 127. Before him are Stefan Kießling, John David Washington, Vedad Ibišević, Dustin Moskovitz, Karolína Kurková, and Garrett Hedlund. After him are Nilmar, Chiaki Kuriyama, Jesse Lee Soffer, Marouane Chamakh, Michelle Ryan, and Prince Félix of Luxembourg.

Others Born in 1984

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Stefan Kießling
SOCCER PLAYER
1984 - Present
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 121
John David Washington
ACTOR
1984 - Present
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 122
Vedad Ibišević
SOCCER PLAYER
1984 - Present
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 123
Dustin Moskovitz
BUSINESSPERSON
1984 - Present
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 124
Karolína Kurková
MODEL
1984 - Present
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 125
Garrett Hedlund
ACTOR
1984 - Present
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 126
Obafemi Martins
SOCCER PLAYER
1984 - Present
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 127
Nilmar
SOCCER PLAYER
1984 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 128
Chiaki Kuriyama
ACTOR
1984 - Present
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 129
Jesse Lee Soffer
ACTOR
1984 - Present
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 130
Marouane Chamakh
SOCCER PLAYER
1984 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 131
Michelle Ryan
ACTOR
1984 - Present
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 132
Prince Félix of Luxembourg
POLITICIAN
1984 - Present
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 133