var playerInfo={"3B9127F7BC829326":"1","D1BA8203CB065367D63301112214EF98":"0","4EB8C1CDD4A86AD4B213AF7FAE87E4FE":"Trabzonspor","1BB8AF7BD3F66066":"188cm","7F6018B84729B122B8EE7594158DA382":"Trabzonspor,Middlesbrough,Tianjin Teda,Chelsea FC,Lyn Oslo FC,Plateau United","F52748F924D1E675":"83kg","A494ABC507986833":"John Obi Mikel","2F200EF80307E2A90BE724565D2038D0":"2020-8-17","86178E7285C328960D9569BD40C7D883":"1987-4-22","0E9052569923A91555E1DAF3C456F9CD":"<P><STRONG><U>CLUB<BR><BR><\/U>Chelsea<\/STRONG><BR>Premier League: 2009&#8211;10, 2014&#8211;15<BR>FA Cup: 2006&#8211;07, 2008&#8211;09, 2011&#8211;12<BR>Football League Cup: 2006&#8211;07<BR>FA Community Shield: 2009<BR>UEFA Champions League: 2011&#8211;12<BR>UEFA Europa League: 2012&#8211;13<BR><BR><STRONG><U>INTERNATIONAL<BR><BR><\/U><\/STRONG><STRONG>Nigeria<BR><\/STRONG>Africa Cup of Nations: 2013<BR>2016 Summer Olympics : Bronze Medal<BR><BR><STRONG><U>INDIVIDUAL<BR><BR><\/U>FIFA World Youth Championship Silver Ball: <BR><\/STRONG>2005<BR><BR><STRONG>African Young Player of the Year: <BR><\/STRONG>2005, 2006<BR><BR><STRONG>Chelsea Young Player of the Year: <BR><\/STRONG>2007, 2008<\/P>","816C8DE73A2D153866B49ADDE8EB04C4":"Nigeria","75B83B44A2FCDD1B4FF631FCD2E3CC16":"13","147403B66C8CB5C7":"125","D1BA8203CB0653674BC0BB939FB9C9015E7A5DD213AB87AF":"1","078F3C827B475FC4":"35514","3F6EEC72E60D52B53E2E6377341938DB":"1","1A770A41820EA8876555100F4F89BC57":"<P>John Michael Nchekwube Obinna, variously known as John Obi Mikel, John Mikel Obi or Mikel John Obi, is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chinese club Tianjin TEDA in the Chinese Super League and the Nigeria national team.<BR><BR>Mikel started his official football career at the age of 12 when picked as a talented footballer from over 3,000 young talents to play in Pepsi Football Academy, a team that at the time was well known for travelling across Nigeria scouting young footballers with the potential to play professionally. On 29 April 2005, a few days after Mikel turned 18, Premier League club Manchester United announced that it had struck a deal with Lyn to sign the player. On 12 September 2006, Mikel made his first start for Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League against Bulgarian club Levski Sofia and took a powerful shot which the goalkeeper failed to save and Didier Drogba pounced on the rebound. On 6 January 2017, Chinese club Tianjin TEDA signed Mikel by free transfer.<BR><BR>Mikel represented the Nigeria under-20 team at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship and won the Silver Ball for the second-best player at the tournament (behind Lionel Messi) as the Africans finished runner-up to Argentina. He made his debut for the Nigeria senior team on 17 August 2005, when he came on as a second-half substitute in a 1&#8211;0 friendly win over Libya.<\/P>","7777CB48C34672EC8F83E174F0B7EFC7":"","90579B4DEA63C3E4":"John Obi Mikel","8084EC95B881D770":"Stoke City","e_index":2};