Faith Friday Obilor
 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(s) | 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
[edit]Club
[edit]PS Kemi
[edit]In 2011, he came from Nigeria to join PS Kemi in Finnish 2nd league Ykkönen.
RoPS
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]On 29 November 2016, Obilor signed a two-year contract with HJK.[3]
PDRM
[edit]On 29 March 2024, Obilor signed a permanent deals with Malaysia Super League side club PDRM.[4]
Penang
[edit]On 29 August 2025, Obilor joined Malaysia Super League club Penang on a permanent deal. [5]
Honours
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ 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.