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Chukwudi Odiah (born 17 December 1983), commonly known as Chidi Odiah, is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a right-back.

Chidi Odiah

Odiah with CSKA Moscow in July 2009
Personal information
Full name	Chukwudi Odiah
Date of birth	(1983-12-17) 17 December 1983 (age 38)
Place of birth	Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Youth career
	Eagle Cement
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–1999	Eagle Cement	28	(3)
2000	Julius Berger	10	(1)
2000–2004	Sheriff Tiraspol	58	(5)
2004–2012	CSKA Moscow	105	(3)
Total		201	(12)
National team
2004–2010	Nigeria	28	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Chidi Odiah has represented his country at international level. He has shown himself to be a skillful, attack minded fullback with a high work-rate.[1]

Club career

Eagle Cement and Julius Berger

Odiah began his career with Eagle Cement in the Nigeria Premier League, before moving to Julius Berger F.C. in 2000 for which he has played 10 games. In this year Julius Berger F.C. won the Nigeria Premier League.

Sheriff Tiraspol

In late 2000 he moved to Sheriff Tiraspol. For the time spent in Tiraspol, Odiah appeared in 58 games adding five goals, becoming one of the major players in the team. Sheriff dominated Moldovan football and Chidi won many honors: Moldovan National Division – 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04; Moldovan Cup – 2000/01, 2001/02; Moldovan Super Cup – 2003 and CIS Cup – 2003. He also gained experience in the UEFA Champions League qualifying phase.

CSKA Moscow

In CIS Cup, he drew the attention of scouts CSKA and in 2004, Odiah joined CSKA Moscow on a four-year contract.[2] Chidi was given the number 15 shirt. He made his debut for CSKA in the Russian Premier League against Rostov. He quickly took up position right back. Season 2005 was the best in his career, to date, Chukwudi won: Russian Premier League – 2005, Russian Cup – 2005, 2004–05 UEFA Cup (by beating Sporting Lisbon 3–1 in the Final on Estádio José Alvalade[3]) and participated in the 2005 UEFA Super Cup. At quarter-finals 2004–05 UEFA Cup he scored the first goal in the 4–0 win over Auxerre.[4] Last success in CSKA: quarter-finals 2009–10 UEFA Champions League and 2010–11 Russian Cup.

Odiah left CSKA Moscow by mutual consent on 16 February 2012.[5]

International

Chidi has represented his nation at various youth levels. He played for Nigeria U-17 national team to African U-17 Championship – winner of the tournament. On the next event, Meridian Cup, he was team captain. His premier match in the senior team took place in September 2004, in a match against Zimbabwe. Chidi also twice won the bronze medal with Nigeria senior team at the African Cup of Nations – 2006, 2010.

Odiah was chosen for the team of Nigeria to 2010 FIFA World Cup[6] and in the first match against Argentina came into the starting lineup, as well in the match with South Korea, he made goal assist.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[7][8]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
CSKA Moscow	2004	Russian Premier League	21	0			6	0	-		27	0
	2005		27	2	6	0	15	1	1	0	49	3
	2006		3	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	7	1
	2007		4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
	2008		23	0	1	0	4	0	-		28	0
	2009		13	0	2	0	3	0	-		18	0
	2010		11	1	1	0	2	0	-		14	1
	2011–12		3	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
	Total		105	3	12	0	33	1	2	1	152	5
Career total			105	3	12	0	33	1	2	1	152	5

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[7]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Nigeria	2004	2	0
	2005	5	0
	2006	6	0
	2007	0	0
	2008	4	1
	2009	2	0
	2010	9	0
Total		28	1

Score and result list Nigeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Odiah goal.[7]

International goal scored by Chidi Odiah

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 October 2008	Abuja, Nigeria	Sierra Leone	4–1	4–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Clubs

Julius Berger

• Nigeria Premier League: 2000

Sheriff Tiraspol

• Moldovan National Division: 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04
• Moldovan Cup: 2001, 2002
• Moldovan Super Cup: 2003
• CIS Cup: 2003

CSKA Moscow

• UEFA Cup: 2005
• Russian Premier League: 2005, 2006
• Russian Cup: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011
• Russian Super Cup: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009

International

Nigeria

• African Cup of Nations Bronze medalist: 2006, 2010

Nigeria under-17 team

• African U-17 Championship: 2001

Individual

• In the list of 33 best football players of the championship of Russia: position right half-backs № 1 (2005)[9]
• In the list of 33 best football players of the championship of Russia: position right full-backs № 2 (2004)

References

External links

• Profile at PFC CSKA Moscow official site at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 September 2011)
• Odiah Profile at UEFA.com (2006/07)

На других языках

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[de] Chidi Odiah

Chukwudi Odiah oder auch Chidi Odiah (* 17. Dezember 1983 in Port Harcourt) ist ein nigerianischer ehemaliger Fußballspieler.

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- [en] Chidi Odiah

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[fr] Chidi Odiah

Chukwudi « Chidi » Odiah est un footballeur nigérian né le 17 décembre 1983 à Port Harcourt jouant au poste de défenseur droit.

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[it] Chidi Odiah

Chidi Odiah (Port Harcourt, 17 dicembre 1983) è un calciatore nigeriano, difensore del Julius Berger.

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[ru] Одиа, Чиди

Чи́ди О́диа (англ. Chidi Odiah; род. 17 декабря 1983[1][2], Порт-Харкорт) — нигерийский футболист, защитник. Выступал за сборную Нигерии.

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