Mikel John Obi the international footballer team

John Michael Nchekwube Obinna is a Nigerian footballer who was born in Jos, Nigeria on 22 April 1987 and played in the midfielder position. Obinna is a former civil servant like his father who is an ethnic Igbo. Obi first time playing football in 2003 when he was only 15 years old and won the under-17 world championships in Finland. In the year 2005 at the FIFA World Youth Championship, Nigeria defeated all opponents and reached the final but lost to Argentina. In the summer of 2005, Nigeria's Mikel strengthen the level of FIFA U20 World Youth Championships in Holland and Obi won the Silver Bali in the tournament. When 18-year-old Mikel on 29 April 2005, Manchester United have announced that they signed a contract agreement with Mikel during the four-year £ 4m initial agreement. The deal took place without a representative from the party and reportedly Mikel will be at Old Trafford in January 2006. FIFA determines validation contract signed by Manchester to Obi and Chelsea were asked to complete a legitimate negotiation. On June 2, 2006, Chelsea finished the future Obi Mikel and Manchester agreed to terminate the contract. Chelsea paid for Mikel to Manchester contract for £ 12 million, half payable now and the finalization of the contract amounted to £ 4 million, half again in the month of June 2007. On July 19, 2006, Chelsea were given permission to complete the signing of Mikel remedy amounted to 16 million pounds. On September 12, 2006, Mikel his first debut with Chelsea in the Champions League match against Levski Sofia. And the 2007-2008 season, Mikel also played against Everton in the Carling Cup. Mikel played well in the 2008-2009 season and he was nominated for the players and the club's young player of the season. Then on July 22, Mikel signed a contract extension with Chelsea for five years. In the 2009-2010 season, with Chelsea's Mikel appeared 32 times in the month of May 2010 and helped the club win Mikel Premire League and FA Cup.
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