Education
He studied at Methodist High School Ibadan and played for the Methodist High School Ibadan Old Boys.
He studied at Methodist High School Ibadan and played for the Methodist High School Ibadan Old Boys.
In 2008, he went on an eye surgery and has not played professional football since then He played for a few clubs, including Shooting Stars Football Club, Grasshoppers Zürich (Switzerland) and Chamois Niortais in France. Serious eyes problems stopped his career since 2006.
He attracted attention from clubs such as Manchester United, Lyon and Celta Vigo.
He was a participant at the 2002 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup playing against England in the last group stage match becoming the 3rd youngest player to ever play in the World Cup finals after Norman Whiteside and Samuel Eto"o. Thereafter, he has not been called again for the national team
Opabunmi scored a goal to help Nigeria win the African U-17 Championships in 2001. With Collins Osunwa out with injury he became Nigeria"s key player at 2001 Fédération internationale de football association U-17 World Championship where he scored a hat-trick against Australia and won him the Silver Shoe as second highest goalscorer and also the Bronze Ball as third best player in the tournament, helping Nigeria to reach the final where they lost to France. He played for Nigeria and made his debut in 2002 against Kenya scoring the second goal in a 3-0 win.
