From Nigeria to France, Russia, and England, Nigerian footballer, Osaze Odemwingie’s latest destination is Indonesia. The 35 year-old has joined a first division club in Indonesia, Madura United FC on a one-year deal.
The President of the club, Achsanul Qosasi and the club manager, Haruna Sumitro, presented the former Nigerian international to the club fans ahead of their league opener in an unveiling ceremony in Jakarta on Monday.
“Welcome Peter Osaze Odemwingie!” The club announced on its official twitter handle, @MaduraUnitedFC.
Osaze Odemwingie speaks on his move to Rotherham United
Nigerian forward, Osaze Odemwingie has spoken about his move to English Championship side, Rotherham United. The former Stoke City forward who joined the new club following the expiration of his contract at Stoke City said the process was fast-tracked because Kenny Jackett believes in him.
The 35 year-old told Rotherdam website “It went quickly. Only a few days ago I got in touch with the manager Kenny Jackett.”
“Knowing him, he is a manager that believes in you and that gives me a lot of positivity. He obviously believes in me and thinks I can do a job for him, so I am looking forward to a new start and doing my best for the team.
“I love pressure as a player, I love situations like this, and a lot of times I have delivered, I hope it will be the same in this club. I want to play out of my skin because there is a level that I want to get back to and the only way to get back to that is to do my best and work really hard.
“It has been a while but I have tried to stay fit and keep on top of things. I have had a few training sessions in the last few days and I feel ready to go, I don’t think it will take me long to get back to my best.”
Osaze Odemwingie announces the arrival of his third child
Nigeria’s Peter Osaze Odemwingie is a father again. The Bristol City forward and his wife, Sarah Fallon have just welcomed their third child, Sophia.
The former West Brom striker made the baby announcement on their 4th wedding anniversary few months ago. “Our 4th anniversary today. Love my wife, mum of my two boys and our little princess due in October!”
The couple got married on 26 May 2012 .
Odemwingie suffers hamstring injury, could be out for a month
Nigeria and Stoke City forward, Osaze Odemwingie has been sidelined for several weeks owing to an hamstring injury he suffered in training. Manager of Stoke City, Mark Hughes revealed this in his pre-match conference of the game against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.
“Unfortunately Peter has got a hamstring strain and is likely to miss the next couple of weeks,” Hughes said. “It’s disappointing for him because he has worked tremendously hard throughout pre-season.”
Meanwhile, Hughes is hoping to have winger Marko Arnautovic and defender Marc Wilson available for selection against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.
The duo was absent from the squad in last Sunday’s curtain-raiser at the Britannia Stadium after suffering injury setbacks in the build-up to the fixture with Liverpool.
Osaze declares he isn't fully fit
Nigeria international, Osaze Odemwingie has declared that he is yet to fully recover from the knee ligament injury that sidelined him for eight months. Despite featuring in his club’s pre-season games against Everton, Brentford and and Singapore, he insists he is still months away from full fitness.
“I’m still a few months away from being 100%, but I am happy with where I am now,” he told Stoke City Player . “I do all the necessary work. Fitness now is what I want to achieve – there’s no shortcuts. I just have to make those efforts off the ball as well, which I try my best to do, which will bring me back to my best physical condition,” he concluded.
Odemwingie and son smile for the camera.
Osaze and his 10-month old son, Theo spared some time for the camera yesterday (I actually dunno when the pic was taken). The Stoke City forward and his wife, Sarah Fallon welcomed the lad last year May.
Osaze Odemwingie takes a selfie with wife and kids
Family time! Osaze takes a selfie with his wife Sarah Fallon and kids; 2 year-old Noah and 2-month old Theo.
Photo of the day: Messi, Osaze and Enyeama before the game between Argentina and Nigeria
Photography has a way of stirring up emotions. I love this wonderful shot. Osaze’s look is priceless! The picture was taken shortly before the match (Argentina and Nigeria) started. The game ended 3-2 in favour of Argentina
Nig/Iran clash: "Odemwingie did not follow my instructions"- Keshi
Super Eagles Manager, Stephen Keshi has revealed that Stoke City forward, Osaze Odemwingie who came in during the second half of the game did not follow his instructions during Nigeria’s goalless draw against Iran on Monday and his poor performance also affected the team.
He told BBC World Service, “The Osaze you are talking about didn’t do well. Osaze did not play to instruction and that affected the team. We expected three points from this game but everybody knows the most important game is between ourselves and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Next game I think will be easier and I think that will be the decider of where we will be at this World Cup.”
Keshi to be blamed for goalless draw- Okocha
To those who saw the game last night, this headline is like stating the obvious. Former Super Eagles Captain, Austin Jay Jay Okocha has said Coach Stephen Keshi should be held responsible for the Super Eagles’ dismal performance against Iran last night.
The African football legend who is one of the World Cup analysts on Supersport told his colleagues. “Keshi should be held responsible for the way the team played. Before the match he said African teams are tactically not disciplined and he did not bring anything new to the table. His changes were poor. He took out Moses and brought in Ameobi. I think that was a wrong change. We saw how Osaze came in and showed a lot of creativity. That is the kind of thing we expected. Iran match would have been our strongest point but we missed it.”