Nnamdi Oduamadi Chidiebere (born 17 October 1990), also known by his shirt name Odu, is a Nigerian

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who plays as a forward, currently under contract for

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Club career

Early career

Born in

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, Oduamadi started playing football at the local Pepsi Football Academy at the age of 7. He left his home country in 2008 to join

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, although he was officially signed only in January 2009 due to bureaucratic issues. Oduamadi spent two seasons in the club's youth system and was a member of the under-20 side who won the Coppa Italia Primavera in 2010, 25 years after the team's last success in the competition. At the beginning of the 2010–11 season, Milan announced to have sold half of the rights to Oduamadi to

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in co-ownership for €3.5 million, as part of the deal that saw defender

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move the other way. The Nigerian, though, stayed at Milan on loan, being included in the first team squad. He made his official debut for the club in a league game against Catania on 18 September 2010, coming off the bench in the last minutes. However, that remained his only appearance of the season and he still played games for the under-20 team at times through the season as an over-age player, being also included in the squad for the annual Viareggio Cup.

Torino

At the beginning the 2011–12 season, Oduamadi's co-ownership deal between Milan and Genoa was resolved in favour of the former, but he was sent on loan to

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club

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. He ended the season with 11 appearances and three goals.

Varese and Brescia

For the 2012–13 season, Oduamadi joined

side

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on another loan deal. At the start of the 2013–14 campaign, Oduamadi moved to

club

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, once again on loan. On 31 January 2014, Oduamadi rejoined Varese, making his second loan spell.

Crotone & Latina

On 8 August 2014, Oduamadi was signed by Serie B club Crotone. On 21 January 2015 he was signed by U.S. Latina Calcio.

Şanlıurfaspor and back to Milan

On 22 July 2015, Oduamadi moved on loan to

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for the season. However, the deal was cut short before the end of the summer transfer window and he came to Milan.

HJK Helsinki

On 22 March 2016, Oduamadi moved to Finnish club

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, on a loan deal set to expire on 31 December. On 26 May 2016, he scored the decisive goal in the Helsinki derby as HJK claimed a 2-1 victory over

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Back to Milan

In 2017–18 season, Oduamadi played for Milan Primavera team as an over-age player. He also received call-up from the first team.

Later career

On 8 October 2021, Oduamadi signed for

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club

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International career

At international level, Oduamadi was first capped by Nigeria U-17, when he was at the Pepsi Football Academy. He went on to be called up by Nigeria U-20 to take part in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, but eventually was cut from the final squad due to an hamstring injury. Oduamadi made his full international debut for

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against

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, on 29 March 2011, featuring as a second-half substitute. Two years later, he made his second appearance against Kenya in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match, where he scored the equalising goal in the 94th minute to level the score. Oduamadi was selected for Nigeria's squad at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, in which he scored three goals against

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in their opening match.

Career statistics

Club

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 28 May 2014''

International goals

:''Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first.''

Honours

;Milan *

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(1):

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at Assocalciatori.it * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oduamadi, Nnamdi Living people 1990 births Association football forwards Nigerian footballers Nigerian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Finland Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Serie A players Serie B players Veikkausliiga players A.C. Milan players Torino F.C. players S.S.D. Varese Calcio players Brescia Calcio players Latina Calcio 1932 players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Nigeria under-20 international footballers Nigeria international footballers 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup players Sportspeople from Lagos

Club career

Early career

Torino

Varese and Brescia

Crotone & Latina

Şanlıurfaspor and back to Milan

HJK Helsinki

Back to Milan

Later career

International career

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

Honours

See also

References

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