Nov 17, 2009 2:40:29 PM

Welcome to Goal.com's regular feature: Goal.com World Player of the Week. Each week our worldwide team of editors will put forward a selected candidate, as chosen by Goal.com International, who deserves recognition for achieving something special that matchday. It won't necessarily be the best player in the world - at least not usually - but whoever we nominate will have done something amazing. It might be for a particularly awesome performance or for something praiseworthy off the pitch - either way, the person in question deserves special attention,

Goal.com World Player of the Week #26: Obafemi Martins
Club: Wolfsburg
Country: Nigeria
Age: 25
Role: Forward
Achievement: Scoring two goals to help Nigeria qualify for the World Cup against all the odds.

Nigeria entered their final World Cup 2010 qualifier against Kenya, away from home, in need of something close to a miracle to make it to the tournament in South Africa next summer. Mozambique, hosting Tunisia, had to defeat the Carthage Eagles in their final encounter for Nigeria to have any chance of making it to the December 4 draw. Needing nothing less than a victory, a heart-stopping drama ensued in a topsy-turvy encounter in Nairobi that eventually fell in the Super Eagles' favour. Their cause was helped by a truly inspirational performance from Wolfsburg's Obafemi Martins. Embellishing a goal from Aiyegbeni Yakubu, the former Inter front-man struck twice, including a vital intervention seven minutes from the final whistle, to send the Eagles soaring to South Africa.


i am concerned about our inability to hear someone say anything about this award. why is it that here on nairaland, we do not report positive news about our own?
if this was a negative news, i bet you it will be all over the forum and you will see us challanging each other in our efforts to pull him down.
are we all here prophets and prophetesses of doom?

No not all.

Bravo ObaGOAL!

Age = 25?!

Weapon of Mass Destruction!

such a good news will never gain popularity here on nairaland but just say obafemi was caught stealing now and before u know, u will have a full house.
another player, mikel was outstanding on that day but u can't hear anyone talk about him unless on his bad day.
too too bad but the good thing is that who God has blessed, NO NAIRALANDER CAN COURSE.

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its not ur fault, i blame tunisia for messing up. Martin shud take that award and give it to d mozambiquian goal scorer. y shud we commend mike or martin for their performance afterall if they dont want to be at the world cup, then shey ALL of us will watch it on dstv.