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Mikel John Obi

Nigerian association football player (born 1987)

  • Fame58.3
  • Momentum0.4
  • Nigeria rank#88
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  • Fame58.3
  • Momentum0.4
  • Nigeria rank#88
  • Wikipedia37.8K
Born 1987 · age 39Nigeria
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  • Wikipedia
    62 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in Nigeria
    #88
    Footballers
  • Age
    39
    Born 1987
  • Awards
    1
    recognised work
Summary
Updated 2026-06-09

Mikel John Obi, also known as John Obi Mikel, is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

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Teams

Low confidence
  • Kuwait SC
    2021–2021
  • Stoke City F.C.
    2020–2021
  • Middlesbrough F.C.
    2019–2019
  • Trabzonspor
    2019–2020
  • Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C.
    2017–2018
  • Chelsea F.C.
    2006–2017
  • Nigeria men's national football team
    2006–2019
  • Nigeria national under-20 football team
    2005–2005
  • Lyn 1896 FK
    2004–2006
20042021
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Season stats

Low confidence
2021–202100
2020–2021390
2019–2019181
2019–2020190
2017–2018313
2006–20172491
2006–2019916
2004–200661
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Awards

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  • Member of the Order of the Niger, Civil Division
By the numbers

Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Falling
58.3
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum0.4
Historical25.4
Now attention4.9
Source confidence70.0
Completeness80.0
Global rank
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Country rank
#88
Category rank
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