Faith Friday Obilor
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Obilor playing for RoPS against Asteras Triplois, 17 July 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 March 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Aba, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Penang | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2010 | Babanawa | ||
| 2010–2011 | AmaZulu | 0 | (0) |
| 2011 | PS Kemi | 21 | (0) |
| 2012–2015 | RoPS | 112 | (5) |
| 2012 | → Inter Turku (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2016 | Inter Turku | 31 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | HJK | 76 | (3) |
| 2020 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 17 | (0) |
| 2021 | Taraz | 24 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | Aksu | 46 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | PDRM | 13 | (0) |
| 2025– | Penang | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 August 2025 | |||
Faith Friday Obilor (born 5 March 1991) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Malaysia Super League club Penang.[1][2]
Career
Club
PS Kemi
In 2011, he came from Nigeria to join PS Kemi in Finnish 2nd league Ykkönen.
RoPS
He changed clubs after the first season as PS Kemi was relegated and continued to play in Ykkönen another year. Obilor joined RoPS and formed a defensive partnership with fellow Nigerian Nduka Alison, and RoPS secured a promotion to Veikkausliiga at the end of the 2012 season.
FC Inter
Obilar joined another Finnish club FC Inter on loan from RoPS. On 19 January 2016, Obilar back again joining FC Inter on a permanent transfer from RoPS.
HJK
On 29 November 2016, Obilor signed a two-year contract with HJK.[3]
PDRM
On 29 March 2024, Obilor signed a permanent deals with Malaysia Super League side club PDRM.[4]
Penang
On 29 August 2025, Obilor joined Malaysia Super League club Penang on a permanent deal. [5]
Honours
- RoPS
- Ykkönen (1): 2012
- Finnish Cup (1): 2013
HJK
- Veikkausliiga: 2017, 2018
- Finnish Cup: 2017
Individual
- Veikkausliiga Defender of the Year: 2015,[6] 2018
- Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2018
Career statistics
- As of 27 November 2024.
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| AmaZulu | 2010–11 | South African Premier Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| PS Kemi | 2011 | Ykkönen | 21 | 0 | – | – | – | 21 | 0 | |||
| RoPS | 2012 | Ykkönen | 20 | 1 | – | – | – | 20 | 1 | |||
| 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 31 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | 6[b] | 0 | 42 | 1 | ||
| 2014 | Veikkausliiga | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
| 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 7[b] | 1 | 38 | 3 | ||
| Total | 112 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 139 | 7 | ||
| Inter Turku (loan) | 2012 | Veikkausliiga | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | |||
| Inter Turku | 2016 | Veikkausliiga | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 5[b] | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
| HJK | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | – | 35 | 2 | |
| 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 29 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6[d] | 0 | – | 43 | 2 | ||
| 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5[d] | 0 | – | 33 | 0 | ||
| Total | 76 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 0 | – | – | 111 | 4 | ||
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 2020–21 | Moldovan Super Liga | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[d] | 0 | – | 21 | 0 | |
| Taraz | 2021 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 24 | 2 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 2 | ||
| Aksu | 2022 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 | |||
| Total | 46 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 53 | 0 | ||
| PDRM | 2024–25 | Malaysia Super League | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 349 | 10 | 46 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 436 | 13 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup, Moldovan Cup, Kazakhstan Cup
- ^ a b c d Includes Finnish League Cup
- ^ a b Includes UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b c Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
References
- ^ Faith Friday Obilor at Soccerway
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "HJK sopimukseen Obilorin kanssa". hjk.fi (in Finnish). HJK. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^ "Faith Friday Obilor: Dari Eropah ke Liga-M". StadiumAstro. 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Pemain Import Nigeria jadi tahuran Penang FC". MalaysiaGazette. 29 August 2025.
- ^ Kai (30 October 2015). "Tässä ovat Captain's Ball -futisgaalan kaikki palkitut tahot". SuomiFutis (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.