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James Obiorah

James Chibuzor Obiorah (born 24 August 1978) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

He is best known for his time in Russia as a Lokomotiv Moscow player, with whom he won the Russian Premier League in 2002 and 2004, on top of a few other domestic cup trophies. He also played for the national team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2002 Unity Cup.

His previous clubs include RSC Anderlecht, Grasshopper Zurich, Cádiz, Grazer AK and Lokomotiv Moscow and he was also loaned to Niort from Lokomotiv Moscow in the 2004–05 season, scoring 4 goals in 12 games. In 2007, he played for Kaduna United, after being released from his contract with French Ligue 2 side Niort. In August 2008 he moved from Kaduna United to Toulon.

Obiorah was the captain of the Nigeria side that reached the quarter-finals of the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship and also played for the Nigeria national team three times, including being called up for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, scoring 1 goal.

His only goal for Nigeria came at the 2002 Unity Cup against Jamaica.

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