Victor Obinna

Early career

Obinna played for Nigerian clubs Plateau United and Kwara United, he went on trials with Italian clubs Inter Milan, Perugia and Juventus before signing with Brazilian club Internacional, but international clearance problems meant that the transfer was never finalised. He rejoined Enyimba to take part in their domestic league campaign and CAF Champions League defence.

Chievo

Obinna was signed by Italian club Chievo on a five-year contract in July 2005. But also reported that Chievo formed an agreement with Inter Milan that Obinna first registered as Chievo player in order to use the non-EU registration quota of Chievo, like Júlio César in the 2004–05 season. Then he would be call back to Inter. In his first season with Chievo, Obinna scored six goals in 26 games, including a goal on his Serie A debut against Parma in a 1–0 win, 11 September 2005. In the first months of the 2006 season, Obinna was suspended for having signed a contract with both Internacional and Chievo in 2005. Chievo were relegated at the end of the 2006–07 season, casting some doubt over Obinna's future; the club chose to keep Obinna in the squad to help gain promotion back to Serie A. On 4 October 2007, Obinna was involved in a car accident on his way home from training in which he swerved away from a vehicle that had tried to overtake him around a bend. He escaped with only a few cuts and bruises. The car flipped several times and was heavily damaged. He lost consciousness…

Club

International

Obinna was a member of the U-20 Flying Eagles that won the gold in Benin in the African Youth Tournament in 2005 he was called up to the Nigerian senior squad at the 2006 African Cup of Nations, scoring once before his side's semifinal elimination. In August 2008, he was named amongst Nigeria's squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Obinna scored Nigeria's first goal in a 2–1 win against Japan the "Dream Team IV" winning goal in the final group match against the United States, ensuring that Nigeria qualified for the quarter-finals. Nigeria were drawn against Ivory Coast who they beat 2–0, with Obinna scoring a penalty and setting up Peter Odemwingie for the other goal. He later captained the Nigerian team when they beat Belgium 4–1 in the semi-final match, before losing to Argentina in the final. In January 2010, Obinna represented Nigeria at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. He appeared in the group-stage matches against Egypt, Benin, and Mozambique, and came on as a substitute in the quarter-final against Zambia and the semi-final against Ghana. Nigeria lost 0–1 to Ghana in the semi-final but defeated Algeria 1–0 in the third-place play-off to finish third. Obinna started the match and scored the winning goal in the 55th minute. Later that year, he represented Nigeria at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He started Nigeria's opening group-stage match against Argentina and played 51 minutes in a 0–1 defeat. He did not feature against Greece, while he came on as a substitute in…

In July 2023, Obinna married his Serbian girlfriend Anastasija Radi. The couple has two children.