Chinedu Obasi is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Football League Championship club Bolton Wanderers.

NAME: Chinedu Obasi

DATE OF BIRTH: 1 June 1986

PLACE OF BIRTH: Enugu, Nigeria

OCCUPATION: Footballer

CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Obasi was offered the chance to represent the Norway national football team during his club career in Norway and Obasi stated that: “I don’t regret dumping Norway to play for Nigeria, back then at Lyn Oslo with John Obi Mikel, I was encouraged to naturalize to receive a Norwegian passport and become a Norwegian, the Football Association of Norway wanted me to play for the Norway national football team at that time and I must confess I gave it a thought for a long time, I had already played for Nigeria in one of their friendly matches which was one of the deciding factors in my final choice, I love Nigeria and I was well received by the senior players in Super Eagles, I had to walk up to them in Norway’s Football Association of Norway and say no

HONORS AND AWARDS:  International
FIFA World Youth Championship: Runner-up 2005
Olympic Games: Silver Medal: 2008
African Nations Cup: Bronze Medal 2010
Individual
Norwegian Premier League player of the month: August 2006
Kniksen award: Young player of the year in 2006