Rhema Obed

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Rhema Obed
Obed with Rapid Bucharest
Personal information
Full name Rhema Chukwardiamara Obed
Date of birth (1991-09-11) 11 September 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth London, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Youth career
2004–2010 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Geylang United 12 (1)
2012 Sektzia Ness Ziona ? (?)
2013 Ethnikos Gazoros 8 (0)
2013–2014 Rapid Bucharest 2 (0)
2014–2015 Sheffield 18 (0)
2015 Krško 8 (0)
International career‡
2006 England U16 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:47, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:00, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Rhema Chukwardiamara Obed (born 11 September 1991) is an English footballer who last played as a defensive midfielder for Krško in the Slovenian PrvaLiga.

Club career[edit]

Arsenal Youth[edit]

Obed first signed for Arsenal in 2004 as a schoolboy at the age of 13 signing scholarship terms in 2008.[2] A product of the Arsenal Academy, Obed came to prominence during the Gunners' 2008–09 Premier Academy League and 2009–10 Premier Academy League.

During a trial with Danish Superliga club OB in 2010, he appeared in the Danish Reserves League on 23 November.[3] He also had trials with Norwich City, Queens Park Rangers and Leeds United after his release by Arsenal.[4]

Rhema Obed playing For Geylang United in 2012

Geylang International[edit]

In January 2012 Obed signed for Geylang United. On 23 March, he scored his first goal for the club, putting the Eagles ahead in the ninth minute with a right-footed volley against Balestier Khalsa.[5] Within the same year, Obed was invited to attend Hapoel Tel Aviv's pre-season training camp in Hungary.[6] Although he impressed with two assists in three games, Hapoel Tel Aviv opted out of signing him, rather choosing to sign the former Manchester United midfielder Eric Djemba-Djemba.

Whilst playing for Hapoel Tel Aviv, Sektzia Ness Ziona enquired about Rhema's availability, which prompted him to sign a 1-year deal, but he left in September.

Ethnikos Gazoros[edit]

Rhema Obed Playing For Ethinkos Gazoros

On 28 January 2013, Obed signed for Ethnikos Gazoros in Football League of Greece.[7] totalling 8 appearances for half the season.

Rapid Bucharest[edit]

Obed signed for Rapid Bucharest in Romania on a 3-year contract,[8] but left in 2014 due to unpaid wages.

Sheffield[edit]

In July 2014 he joined Sheffield of Northern Premier League Division One South, at level 8 of the English football league system.[9]

Krško[edit]

Ahead of the 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga season he joined newly promoted Krško,[10] but left again in October the same year.[11]

Style of play[edit]

Obed plays primarily as a defensive midfielder, His key strengths are his physical ability and dribbling, often switching from defensive to offences stances as the match progresses.[12]

International career[edit]

Obed is eligible to represent Nigeria due to him being of Nigerian descent.[citation needed] In 2006, he played for the England national under-16 football team.[13]

Honours[edit]

Arsenal

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rhema Obed at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Rhema Obed Signs Scholarship Terms". Retrieved 15 April 2008.
  3. ^ "Arsenal-talent på prøve i OB". Fyens Stiftstidende (in Danish). 23 November 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Tidligere Gunners-talent besøger OB". Bold.dk (in Danish). 23 November 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Goal match report". Goal.com. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  6. ^ "One match report". one.co.il. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Sport.gr Report". sport.gr. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  8. ^ "ziare.com Report". ziare.com. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  9. ^ "Rhema Obed player profile". Sheffield FC. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  10. ^ "Krško pripeljalo nekdanjega mladinca Arsenala" (in Slovenian). Slovenian Press Agency (STA). 4 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  11. ^ "Cvijanović do konca sezone pri Gorici" (in Slovenian). Delo. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  12. ^ "Rhema Obed Interview". footballopod.com. Archived from the original on 25 August 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  13. ^ "Sky Sports Victory Shield". Irish Football Association. 10 November 2006. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013.

External links[edit]

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