Reigning Serie A champions,Inter Milan have sent a message of condolence to their former Nigerian import, Obafemi Martins over the death of his mother,Alhaja Monsurat who died in the early hours of Thursday in Lagos,South West Nigeria.
In a message on its website,the club,led by its new coach,Jose Mourinho prayed for the repose of the soul of the late Alhaja Monsurat and extend their condolences to Obafemi and the rest of the Martins’ family.‘’F.C. Internazionale and all his supporters extend their deepest condolences to ‘Oba’ and his family’’,read the statement on the club’s website.
Obafemi started his professional carrer in Italy. In 2000, he was involved in the youth setup at AC Reggiana, and moved into Inter’s youth squad the following season in a €750,000 deal. With the youth squad he scored 23 goals that season, helping them win the Italian Under-18 title.
He became a part of the Inter first team in 2002 making his debut against Parma in December of that year. However, he did not fully break into the first team until the following season. It was in 2003 that he fully made his mark with the club in the UEFA Champions League, first scoring a crucial goal against Bayer 04 Leverkusen to secure Inter’s place in the quarter finals of the competition. Obafemi then scored another goal in the semi-final of the competition against Milanese rivals AC Milan, although Inter were eventually defeated on the away goals rule.
Obafemi signed a long-term contract with Inter in 2005 which ran until 2010 and was worth around €2.5 million annually.
Although he had some success with Inter, scoring 28 goals for the club in 88 league games as well as 11 goals in European competitions,he was sold in August 2006 to his present English Premier League club,Newcastle.
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