Career
He is the younger brother of fellow players Shola and Tomi Ameobi. Born in England, Ameobi was capped by England at under-21 level before switching his allegiance to Nigeria in August 2014. Newcastle United
= Early career Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, Ameobi joined the Newcastle United Academy in July 2008 after finishing school and made his reserve team debut on 29 September 2008 against Blackburn Rovers.
This prompted Newcastle fans to change a chant from "There"s only one Ameobi" to "There"s only two Ameobis".
They became the first pair of brothers to play for Newcastle in a league match since George and Ted Robledo in 1952. Ameobi scored his first senior goal on 15 July 2011, in a pre-season friendly against Darlington.
Prior to the goal, supporters chanted, "If Sammy scores we"re on the pitch" and thus the goal was followed by a pitch invasion which caused the game to be delayed for 10 minutes. On 17 November 2011, Ameobi signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract extension with Newcastle United, keeping him at the club until 2015.
On 19 November 2011, he started his first-ever Premier League match, away to Manchester City.
Ameobi scored his first senior league goal for Newcastle on 26 October 2014, within seven seconds of the second half against Tottenham. = Middlesbrough (loan) Ameobi joined Middlesbrough on 25 February 2013 on loan until the end of the 2012-2013 season. On 2 March, Ameobi scored on his debut for the club in a 2–1 victory over Cardiff City.
= Cardiff City (loan) On 7 July 2015, Ameobi joined Championship team Cardiff City on a season long loan.
Ameobi joined the Nigeria U-20 squad training in Turkey ahead of the 2011 African Youth Championship. He appeared in two friendly games for the Nigeria U20s against Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
However, in November 2011, he was called up to the England U-21 squad for matches against Iceland and Belgium by Stuart Pearce. He met up with his team mates for the first day of training on 7 November.
On 14 November Ameobi made his first start against Belgium Under-21s.
England were winning 1–0 when Ameobi was subbed off after 67 minutes, the game eventually ended 2–1 to Belgium. On 6 August 2014, Ameobi confirmed that he has chosen to follow elder brother Shola in declaring for Nigeria.
