Jon Otsemobor

Football player infobox
playername = Jon Otsemobor


fullname = Jon Otsemobor
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|3|23
height = height|ft=5|in=10
cityofbirth = Ormskirk
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Norwich City
clubnumber = 2
position = Fullback
nickname = Semi Sema Semmy
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years = 2002–2005 2003 2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–
clubs = Liverpool → Hull City (loan) → Bolton Wanderers (loan) → Crewe Alexandra (loan) Rotherham United Crewe Alexandra Norwich City
caps(goals) = 04 (0) 09 (3) 01 (0) 14 (1) 10 (0) 43 (0) 44 (1)
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pcupdate = 23 August, 2008
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Jon Otsemobor (born 23 March 1983, Liverpool) is a professional footballer who plays for Norwich City. Otsemobor is a defender who can play as centre-back or full-back. His main strengths are his pace and willingness to get forward.

Career

Liverpool

Otsemobor signed for Liverpool as a trainee on 1 July, 2002. He made his debut for the club in Liverpool's 3–1 win over Southampton in the league cup. He was loaned out to Hull City for the rest of the season to gain some first team experience. Otsemobor scored his first career goal for Hull in their 4–2 defeat to Rushden & Diamonds. Otsemobor also scored a further two goals in Hull's 2–0 win over Shrewsbury Town and the 2–1 defeat at Wrexham.

In the 2003–04 season, Otsemobor played five more games for Liverpool, making appearances in the 1–1 draw with Newcastle United and the 3–1 win over Bolton Wanderers. He also appeared in the newspapers in October 2003, when he was shot in the buttocks during a gun incident in a bar.

He was then loaned out again, this time to Bolton Wanderers where he only played one game, which was Bolton's 3–1 defeat to Manchester City. Otsemobor was then loaned out to Crewe Alexandra on a season long loan. He made his debut for Crewe in the 3–0 win over Watford. He scored one goal during his loan at Crewe, which was in the 2–2 draw with Leicester City.

Rotherham United

Otsemobor signed for Rotherham United on 5 July, 2005 on a free transfer from Liverpool. At Rotherham, Otsemobor made eight appearances and scored one goal for the club before being sold again, this time on a free transfer to Crewe Alexandra.

Crewe Alexandra

Otsemobor signed for Crewe Alexandra on 19 January, 2006. He made his first appearance as a permanent Crewe player in the 2-1 defeat to Plymouth Argyle. Otsemobor, along with Steve Foster, Madjid Bougherra and Billy Jones were considered the main reason for Crewe's final attempt for safety in the final few months of the 2005–06 season, which eventually failed. Otsemobor also appeared in all of the games during Crewe's five game undeafeated run.

During pre-season, in June 2006, Otsemobor failed to return to training on an agreed date. From 9 June 2006 to 14 June 2006, club manager Dario Gradi failed to make contact with Otsemobor and reasons for his absence were unknown. [cite web | title=Dario Puzzled By Semmy's Absence | work=crewealex.co.uk | url=http://www.crewealex.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10414~837952,00.html | accessdate=August 23 | accessyear=2006 ] On June 14 2006 Otsemobor returned to Crewe citing a long holiday and mis-understanding as the reason he missed training. [cite web | title=Semi back in training | work=crewealex.co.uk | url=http://www.crewealex.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10414~838687,00.html | accessdate=August 23 | accessyear=2006 ]

Norwich City

Otsemobor's contract at Gresty Road expired in the summer of 2007 and he indicated that he would be leaving the club. On 16 May, his agent stated that Norwich City were in pole position to sign Otsemobor and that he would be travelling to Carrow Road for a medical prior to signing. The move was completed on 13 June with Otsemobor signing a three-year deal. Otsemobor has become a regular starter at Norwich and scored his first goal for the club on 22 March 2008 in a 5-1 win against Colchester United at Carrow Road.

References

External links

* [http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10355~23357,00.html Jon Otsemobor player profile] at canaries.co.uk
* [http://www.crewealex.net/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10414~23357,00.html Jon Otsemobor player profile] at crewealex.net
* [http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/past_players/players/otsemobor/ Jon Otsemobor player profile] at liverpoolfc.tv
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