He was plucked from relative obscurity in the Nigerian league, playing for Plateau United to Italy where he became one of the hottest properties in the Italian Serie A where he had a brilliant season at Perugia.

They only bought half the registration rights and in 2005 La Viola and Perugia were forced to make a blind auction to decide his future.

On 28 January 2014, the Portuguese side S.C. Olhanense announced they had agreed to a deal with Obodo after playing in a training game against Lokomotiv Moscow.

Little wonder, a sports radio personality and media mogul – noted for nicknaming Nigerian footballers – describes him as bundle of skills, a phrase which later stuck and is now synonymous with Obodo's skilfulness.

He made his long-awaited debut for the Super Eagles in the LG Cup tournament in 2003 featuring in the games versus Ghana and Cameroon.