The Nigerian who now plays for Middlesbrough captained the last row games of Middlesbrough and is superelated at the results. Middlesbrough won Bolton and Hull city in the last two games and Mikel Obi was the captain. 
He expressed his excitment at the great result under his leadership:
”’It is always nice to be the captain, to lead the team,” he said.
”Great team, great players, great lads too, so it is always nice, it is always positive. I am really honored to have captained the team in the last two games.
”Hopefully we can keep winning games, I think that is the most important thing.”