{"id":31735,"date":"2020-10-28T18:20:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T18:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=31735"},"modified":"2020-10-28T18:20:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T18:20:27","slug":"how-inter-milan-newcastle-united-and-fifa-celebrated-obafemi-martins-at-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/how-inter-milan-newcastle-united-and-fifa-celebrated-obafemi-martins-at-36","title":{"rendered":"How Inter Milan, Newcastle United and Fifa celebrated Obafemi Martins at 36"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>The Serie A and Premier League outfits have sent heartfelt messages to the former Super Eagles forward who marked his birth on Wednesday<br \/>\nInter Milan led the football world to felicitate with former Nigeria international Obafemi Martins who turned 36 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Famous for his acrobatic goal celebrations, the striker began his football career at Nigerian side FC Ebedei before moving to Reggiana. After one season with the Maroons, he was snapped up by Inter in 2001 for a transfer fee worth \u20ac750,000.<\/p>\n<p>Having scored 23 goals for the club\u2019s youth team in his maiden season, he was drafted to the senior team by manager Hector Cuper to compete in a star-studded attacking setup that paraded the likes of Hernan Crespo, Gabriel Batistuta and Alvaro Recoba.<\/p>\n<p>Before moving to\u00a0<a class=\"crossLinks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/team\/newcastle-united\/7vn2i2kd35zuetw6b38gw9jsz\">Newcastle United<\/a>\u00a0after five seasons with the San Siro giants, he won one\u00a0<a class=\"crossLinks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/serie-a\/1r097lpxe0xn03ihb7wi98kao\">Serie A<\/a>\u00a0title, two\u00a0<a class=\"crossLinks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/coppa-italia\/6694fff47wqxl10lrd9tb91f8\">Coppa Italia<\/a>\u00a0as well as the Supercoppa Italiana diadem in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>At St. James\u2019 Park, he scored 28 goals in 88 games while playing a crucial role in the Magpies&#8217; Uefa Intertoto Cup triumph in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>He left for German side\u00a0<a class=\"crossLinks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/team\/wolfsburg\/a8l3w3n0j99qjlsxj3jnmgkz1\">Wolfsburg<\/a>\u00a0in 2009, before featuring for Rubin Kazan,\u00a0<a class=\"crossLinks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/team\/birmingham-city\/8kreqtde5jdktcib0kg7dknac\">Birmingham City<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"crossLinks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/team\/levante\/4grc9qgcvusllap8h5j6gc5h5\">Levante<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"crossLinks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/team\/seattle-sounders\/3st9rj62b3qnni6uolw0lwaqn\">Seattle Sounders<\/a>\u00a0and Shanghai Shenhua.<\/p>\n<p>During his loan spell at Birmingham, Martins scored the winning goal in the 2011 Football League Cup Final as the Blues beat Arsenal 2\u20131 at Wembley Stadium, having been brought on as an 83rd-minute substitute.<\/p>\n<p>He joined Chinese Super League side Wuhan Zall as a free agent in September 2020 after his departure from rivals Shenhua. 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