Michael Ojo (basketball, born 1989)

Michael Ojo
No. 3 – Worcester Wolves
Position Point guard / Shooting guard
League British Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1989-06-28) June 28, 1989
Santa Monica, California
Nationality Nigerian / American / British
Listed height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight 91 kg (201 lb)
Career information
High school Crossroads School
(Santa Monica, California)
College Lehigh (2007–2011)
NBA draft 2011 / Undrafted
Playing career 2011–present
Career history
2011–2013 Plymouth Raiders
2013–2014 Apollon Limassol
2014–2015 Eco Örebro
2015 Apollon Patras
2015–2016 Sigma Barcellona
2016 mmcité Brno
2016–2017 Klosterneuburg Dukes
2017 Allianz Swans Gmunden
2018–present Worcester Wolves

Michael Adetokunbo Ojo (born June 28, 1989) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Worcester Wolves of the British Basketball League.

Professional career

Ojo played for the Plymouth Raiders (Great Britain), Apollon Limassol (Cyprus), Eco Örebro (Sweden), Apollon Patras (Greece), Sigma Barcellona (Italy) and mmcité Brno (Czech Republic). Also played in Austria for the Klosterneuburg Dukes and the Allianz Swans Gmunden.

On January 3, 2018, Ojo signed for the Worcester Wolves.[1]

Nigerian national team

In February 2018, Ojo was invited by the senior national team head coach Alexander Nwora to represent Nigeria in the 2019 World Cup qualifications.[2][3][4] He made debut for the senior national team on 24 February 2018, in a game against Rwanda.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Michael Ojo Returns to BBL with Wolves Ahead of Cup Final". worcesterwolves.org. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Diogu, Mbamalu, Top NBBF's 18-man list for 2019 World Cup Qualifiers". pressreader.com. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "D'Tigers Coach Invites 18 For World Cup Qualifiers". concisenews.global. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Diogu and Efevberha added to Nigeria's final roster for February's African Qualifiers". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Nigeria 108-53 Rwanda". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
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