var playerInfo={"37FE64B882E92ECB":"John Obi Mikel","A3B3C821F4815DD2":"35514","43E2EE6075CF14CE3F1421B506383C07":"Nigeria","AA81248D0821D00F0BA9BCB533E2881F":"Trabzonspor","229187823D238BA5":"125","165A9E64AAEECF0376C325C4F36A5C95":"0","1CD1A53514962B6A":"1","CDD05FD46E6F78B9FEABD05EFFA7F762":"<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>","584B722087373EED7A432DDE0763CE35":"1","D91AFD3F8E13D94664CE2C04A1143112":"Trabzonspor,Middlesbrough,Tianjin Teda,Chelsea FC,Lyn Oslo FC,Plateau United","80071F80C4550E7F":"188cm","9B962DAE9CDB1287":"83kg","56D1193A280251FE":"John Obi Mikel","5232E2CC9B16F53977588D5F27A411B8":"<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>","05B90AE4F21571952008D48326AE77E3":"13","D91FA56861637784":"Stoke City","F849A024F3C8AF1B2C4A709B4C92BB0F":"2020-8-17","F14A25307A7B90F34DF7D46459F247E0":"1987-4-22","519F480A5D95AABEE231AFCBBAB20A94":"","165A9E64AAEECF036C1B6B6A72794204F7BF560594F29F16":"1","e_index":3};