Ganiu Ogungbe
Ganiu Atanda Ogungbe (born 1 December 1992) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a centre back and defensive midfielder.
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Full name | Ganiu Atanda Ogungbe | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 1 December 1992 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre back, defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
Kwara United | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Omonia | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2014–2016 | Ethnikos Achnas | 64 | (10) | |||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Enosis Neon | 22 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Busaiteen Club | 40 | (8) | |||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Baf Ülkü Yurdu | 19 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2020 | NK Krsko | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2009 | Nigeria U17 | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Nigeria U20 | 20 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 April 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 March 2017 |
Club career
Trials in Netherlands
After U-20 World Cup Ogungbe was invited for a trial in Vitesse, Netherlands.[1] He played a friendly game against AGOVV Apeldoorn and Vitesse was impressed with the player. Also at the time in Vitesse, Chelsea club who has great partnership with Vitesse was interested in the player and could have signed him but for financial reasons the deal did not go through.
Omonia
Ogungbe signed a three-year contract with Cyprus First Division team AC Omonia in summer 2013 after successful trial with the Cypriot team.[2][3][4]
Ethnikos Achna
After contract renewal negotiations with AC Omonia did not succeed, Ogungbe signed a contract with Ethnikos Achna. In the 2014–15 season he scored five goals.[5]
Ogungbe signed a new one-year contract with Ethnikos Achna in July 2015. For the second season Ogungbe managed to repeat the five goals of last season.[6]
Enosis Neon
In August 2016, Ogungbe decided to sign with Enosis Neon Paralimni FC, whose manager Kostas Kaiafas was his coach also in AC Omonia.[7]
Busaiteen Club
In August 2017, Ogungbe had signed with Busaiteen Club in Bahrain. The club finished third in the league, Ganiu Atanda Ogungbe played 15 games out of 16 games of the league and scored 5 goals.
After a good season with the Busaiteen Club, the management of the club had decided to sign him for another season, making Ogungbe the only foreign player in the team. Busaiteen Club won the league and Ganiu Atanda was one of the main players of the team scoring another five goals for the team.
International career
Youth
At the age of 17, Ogungbe was selected to Nigeria U-20 National team squad in 2010, in 2011 the Flying Eagles won 2011 African Youth Championship in South Africa and they qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[8] Ogungbe played four games[9] in 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cupin Colombia, against Guatemala, Croatia, England and France. Nigeria was knocked out of the competition in quarter finals, against France 3–2.[10] when Alexandre Lacazette scored two and Gueïda Fofana added another goal on extra time.[11]
References
- http://www.vitesse.nl/nl/nieuws/detail/2288/verwijderen
- http://www.kerkida.net/articles/a-katigoria/eidiseis/omonoia/7811-to-profil-toy-ganiu-fotos-vinteo
- http://omonoianews.com/podosfairo/2013/08/%ce%b5%ce%af%cf%87%ce%b5-%cf%80%ce%ac%cf%81%ce%b5%ce%b9-%ce%ba%ce%bb%ce%ae%cf%83%ce%b7-%ce%ba%ce%b1%ce%b9-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b7%ce%bd-%ce%b5%ce%b8%ce%bd%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%ae-%ce%b1%ce%bd%ce%b4%cf%81%cf%8e/
- http://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=11040
- http://allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=13097
- http://www.24sports.com.cy/index.php?pageaction=kat&modid=1&artid=120527&show=Y
- http://www.24sports.com.cy/index.php?pageaction=kat&modid=1&artid=162214&show=Y
- http://www.kickoff.com/news/22383/nigeria-squad-for-fifa-under-20-world-cup.php
- https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=337285/index.html
- https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/archive/colombia2011/teams/team=1888282/matches.html
- http://www.goal.com/en/match/france-u20-vs-nigeria-u20/1106806/report
External links
- Ganiu Ogungbe at Soccerway
- Ganiu Ogungbe at Goal
- Ganiu Ogungbe at KTFF