How old is Oba Oba Martins? (1 Viewer)

[djleli]

Quanti anni ha Oba Oba?
02 08 2005

In rete circola da diversi giorni un piccolo mistero intorno alla data di nascita di Oba Martins.

Secondo quanto riportarto dalla scheda del giocatore, sul sito dalla Federazione Calcio Nigeriana, Oba Oba sarebbe nato l'1/5/1978, all'anagrafe avrebbe quindi 27 anni. Ben sei anni in più di quanto, invece, viene riportato dal sito ufficiale dell'Inter secondo il quale il suo campione è nato il 28/10/1984.

La scheda di Martins (fonte: Federcalcio nigeriana)
Si attendono smentite o conferme su questo mistero. E' comunque lecito porsi il dubbio sulla reale età del centravanti nigeriano che potrebbe nascere da un semplice errore di aggiornamento. La cosa divertente infatti è che, ben tre giocatori della nazionale africana, sono nati nello stesso giorno di Martins secondo il sito della federcalcio nigeriana.

Certo è che, se Martins non avesse gli anni dichiarati, potrebbe rivelarsi un grave danno economico per la società nerazzurra che vedrebbe svalutarsi il valore di mercato del centravanti. In ogni caso complimenti a Oba Oba perchè i suoi anni li porta bene..

basicaly it says that on nigerian football website it says that martins was born on 1/5/1978, - 27 years while inter's website says 28/10/1984.
The mnost funny thing is that there are 3 players of the african national which were born on the same day as Martins - the site of football nigeria.

Obviously if he is 27 inter will be ****ed up in economy

 

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[Zlatan]

IMO they should also be punished by UEFA. They've been registering Oba Oba through the B list for two or three years now, thus giving them and unfiar advantage over other clubs and basically cheating the rules.

 

[djleli]

Inter's response
Inter, lettera alla Nigeria: Martins non ha 27 anni!!!
Mercoledì, 03 agosto @ 12:58:00 CEST
Sul sito della Federazione Nigeriana di calcio è stata pubblicata come data di nascita dell'attaccante nerazzurro Obafemi Martins il 1 maggio 1978, invece del 28 ottobre 1984 (data indicata su tutti i documenti in possesso da parte del calciatore). FC Internazionale comunica che questa mattina è stata inviata una lettera, a firma del presidente Giacinto Facchetti, all'attenzione dei dirigenti della Federazione Nigeriana, affichè immediatamente venga corretto l'errore, già riportato da alcuni organi d'informazione. (dal sito ufficiale inter.it)

Inter today have sent a letter, signed by Giacintom Faccheti to make aware of the error they have

 

[Boksic]

ive heard various stories about this happening in Nigerian football, many players date of birth is changed to allow their countries players to be more attractive to potential buyers and allow the players to play at younger levels eg U23 at the olympics and U21 etc.

 

[flieeeekke]

they have to prove that he's older that he claims first. and if they do that martins will get a lengthy ban.

about punishing inter... there is a possibility that they didnt knew his age. when player comes he gives you his birth date/passport/whatever. clubs dont take dna tests to see that players arent lying.

 

[djleli]

haha imagine if he truly is 27 they would be realy messed up

 

[Boksic]

he is having an amasing pre-season aswell, everytime i hear about Inter in he seems to be playing well.

 

[djleli]

actually he doesnt look 27 years of age maybe chxta knows better huh

 

[Zlatan]

If it is true he should be punished. Eriberto was suspended for 7 months IRC.

 

[/usr/bin]

PUNISH! GIVE HIM THE CHAIR!!



Man, that must be f'd up for Inter..

 

[Chxta]

Yes, he isn't 27. As I have said before so many times in this forum, the Nigerian Football Association is made up of some of the most unserious characters on the planet.

Take a look a their website: http://www.nigeriafa.com

Then take a look at the offending page: http://www.nigeriafa.com/eagles players.htm

Notice the discrepancy about Seyi Olofinjana?

They have given Garba Lawal and Martins the same date of birth as Isaac Okoronkwo. In real life (not NFA's site), Lawal was born in 1973. You can also read on the website that Julius Aghahowa was born on the 121st of February.

Can you imagine? I am so pissed off!!!

 

[djleli]

it seems that the nigeria fa is a bit fvcked up huh

 

[Chxta]

Yes it is.

 

[Desmond]

++ [ originally posted by Zlatan ] ++
If it is true he should be punished. Eriberto was suspended for 7 months IRC.

That Chievo winger?Yeah he deserved it too.

 

[Juve_The_Best]

who cares 21 or 60 ?

inter is not ganna win the scudetto with him even after a century.

 

[Zlatan]

++ [ originally posted by Desmond ] ++

That Chievo winger?Yeah he deserved it too.

Yeah. I'm not sure, but I think he moved to Inter before he got caught

 

[djleli]

Nigeria make Martins ‘younger’
Friday 5 August, 2005
The Nigerian Football Federation have apologised to Inter regarding the confusion over Obafemi Martins’ date of birth.

There was speculation that the striker could in fact be older than previously thought, after the African nation’s website stated that the ace was born on 1 May 1978.

Inter wrote to the Federation asking for them to amend their details, seeing as the youngster was actually born on 28 October 1984.

The African nation have conceded that they made an error and have apologised to the Italian giants.

"Our Federation is responsible," read a statement. "We would like to apologise to Martins for this. We thank Inter and wish them well."

Martins, who was born in Lagos, has been in Italy for the last five years after spending one term with Reggiana before moving north.

He is now a first team regular after being promoted from the Inter youth team squad thanks to his scary pace and goal touch.