{"id":218773,"date":"2022-09-27T16:17:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T15:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=218773"},"modified":"2022-09-27T16:17:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T15:17:53","slug":"mikel-obi-retires-from-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/09\/27\/mikel-obi-retires-from-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikel Obi retires from football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Super Eagles captain John Obi Mikel has announced his retirement from professional football after 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>Mikel Obi disclosed his retirement on Tuesday on his social media account.<\/p>\n<p>He retired at the age of 35 with laurels won for both clubs and country, including Nations Cup, and Champions League, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Mikel started his career with a local club, Plateau United, before joining a Norwegian club, Lyn Oslo, at the age of 17 in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>He made a controversial transfer to English club <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/09\/26\/epl-lukaku-has-no-plans-to-return-to-chelsea-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chelsea<\/a> after Manchester United claimed they had already signed him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Super Eagles captain John Obi Mikel has announced his retirement from professional football after 20 years. 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