Nnamdi Oduamadi

Nnamdi Oduamadi Biography / Profile

Nnamdi Oduamadi Chidiebere also known by his shirt name Odu, was born October 17th, 1990 in Lagos, Nigeria to Vincent Oduamadi and Patricia Oduamadi of Umunkwo Eziumuenyi village in Isiala Mbano, Imo State. He is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for A. C. Milan and the Nigerian national team.

Nnamdi Oduamadi Age

Nnamdi Oduamadi is 34 years old.

Nnamdi Oduamadi Early Life

Oduamadi grew up in Festac Town, Lagos. In 1997, he started playing football at the local Pepsi Football Academy at the young age of 7. In 2008, he left the Academy to join the youth team of Italian giants, A. C. Milan. This was not made official until January 2009 due to bureaucratic issues. He 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.

Nnamdi Oduamadi Career

At the beginning of the 2010–11 season, Milan announced to have sold half of the rights to Oduamadi to Genoa in co-ownership for €3.5 million, as part of the deal that saw defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos 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. 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 Serie B club Torino. He ended the season with 11 appearances and three goals.

For the 2012/2013 season, Oduamadi joined Serie B side, Varese, on another loan deal. At the start of the 2013/2014 campaign, he moved to another Seri B club, Brescia. He rejoined Varese on January 31st, 2014, for another loan spell with the club. On August 8th, 2014, he moved on loan to TFF First League club for th season. However, the deal was cut short before the end of the summer transfer window and he returned to Milan. On March 22nd, 2016, Oduamadi moved to Finnish club HJK Hksinki on a loan deal set to expire on December 31st, 2016. He scored the decisive goal on the May 26th, 2016, Helsinki drby as HJK claimed a 2-1 victory over HIFK. As of 2018, despite his contract supposedly expired, Oduamadi still trains at Milan with other first team outcast lik Hachim Mastour, Jherson Vergara and Juan Mauri. He played a game for Primavera as an over-age player making one assist in the game.

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 Nigeria against Kenya, 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 Tahiti in their opening match.

Nnamdi Oduamadi Personal Life

Oduamadi is a devote Christian, and has a sister. In October 2015, he announced the death of his father, Vincent Oduamadi. In 2015, he broke up with Nollywood actress, Nkem Ike, after dating for two years. Sources say this was due to his parents not approving of the relationship. There are rumours that Oduamadi has fallen in love with another actress who was not been named.