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Newcastle United Receive Obafemi Martins Offer - Goal.com
 guardian.co.uk | Newcastle United Receive Obafemi Martins Offer Goal.com Martins' recently pledged his immediate future to Newcastle, but KickOffNigeria.com understands that the club would be happier to get rid of the burden of ... Mike Ashley puts high-earners up for sale as Newcastle takeover ... Newcastle told to sell Martins and Coloccini Newcastle get Oba offer |
No Substance To Obafemi Martins Rumours - Stoke City Chairman - Goal.com
 Daily Mail | No Substance To Obafemi Martins Rumours - Stoke City Chairman Goal.com Stoke City chairman Peter Coates has claimed that the reports linking Obafemi Martins, who is expected to depart Newcastle United this summer, ... Stoke rule out Martins move Coates dismisses Martins link Coates rules out Martins move |
About Obafemi Martins
Obafemi Akinwunmi Martins is a Nigerian football player who plays as a Forward for the Nigeria national team, and for the Football League Championship club Newcastle United.
Martins has two brothers who also play football professionally: his elder brother, Oladipupo Olarotini Martins, and his younger brother John Ronan Martins. The name 'Obafemi' translates literally to 'the king loves me' in the Yoruba language
Born in Lagos, Martins joined the local football club F.C. Ebedei at the age of 14, having been scouted by manager Churchill Oliseh while playing on the streets of his hometown. After a year with the club, Italian Serie C side A.C. Reggiana made a move for the player. After a two-month trial, Martins and fellow Ebedei teammate Stephen Makinwa signed youth contracts with the club in 2000. His first season in Italy saw Martins break into the first team squad, and later in the year Serie A sides Perugia and Inter made offers for the forward.
A €750,000 transfer fee took Martins to Internazionale in 2001, and in his first season he scored 23 goals for the youth team, helping them to the Italian Under-18 title. His form for the youth side led to his first-team league debut the following season, in a match against Parma in December 2002. He didn't become a regular member of the first team squad until the 2002–03 season. He played in his first UEFA Champions League match that season, and came on as a substitute against his future employers, Newcastle United, at St. James' Park. He scored his first Champions League goal in a match against Bayer 04 Leverkusen to secure Inter's place in the quarter finals; footage of his celebratory somersaults were subsequently used by UEFA to advertise the following season's competition. He scored again in the semi-final match against Inter's arch-rivals A.C. Milan, but couldn't prevent the club losing out on away goals to the competition's eventual winners. He ended the season with one league goal in four games.
Martins signed a long-term contract with Inter Milan in 2005 which ran until 2010 and was worth around €2.5 million annually. His good form for Inter continued and he was called to play in the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations for Nigeria.
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