Photograph: Alex Morton/Action Images Whilst living in Russia he played in the youth teams at KAMAZ and CSKA Moscow. Football is a truly global game and Peter Odemwingie knows that better than most. At the age of 17 he moved back to Nigeria and after spending a short time with amateurs AS Racines Lagos he became a professional with Nigeri… The January Transfer Window often throws up last-minute moves and deals falling through, but few compare to Peter Odemwingie’s attempted Deadline Day switch in 2013. Peter Odemwingie is likely to be fined as well as dropped by West Brom for trying to force through a move to QPR. Born in Tashkent, the capital of modern-day Uzbekistan, to a Nigerian father and a Russian mother, he played for clubs in seven different countries, spread across three continents. Peter Odemwingie saw the funny side of a tweet from Goal on his career Credit: Twitter. Peter Odemwingie has revealed his infamous failed move to Queens Park Rangers was caused by Junior Hoilett's decision not to join West Brom. Peter Odemwingie was involved in one of deadline day's most bizarre incidents when he nearly moved from West Brom to QPR West Brom say striker Peter Odemwingie acted "wholly unprofessionally" after his apparent attempt to open talks with QPR without the Baggies' permission. Odemwingie was born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union to a Nigerian father (Peter Odemwingie Sr.) and a Russian mother (Raisa), both of whom were medical students. Peter Odemwingie’s attempts to engineer a move out of West Brom took an astonishing twist on Thursday night when he drove to London to speak to QPR. Odemwingie… He moved with his family to Nigeria when he was two years old before completing his secondary education in Russia.