Ganiu Ogungbe

Ganiu Ogungbe (born 1 December 1992) is a Nigerian national team footballer who plays as a defender and defensive midfielder.

Ganiu Atanda Ogungbe
Personal information
Full name Ganiu Atanda Ogungbe
Date of birth (1992-12-01) 1 December 1992
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing 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 14 (2)
National team‡
2009 Nigeria U17 10 (0)
2011–2012 Nigeria U20 20 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 April 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 March 2017

International career

Youth

At the age of 17, Ganiu 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.[1] Ogungbe played 4 games[2] in 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cupin Colombia, against Guatemala national under-20 football team, Croatia national under-20 football team, England national under-20 football team and France national under-20 football team. Nigeria was knocked out of the competition in quarter finals, against France 3-2.,[3] when Alexandre Lacazette scored two and Gueïda Fofana added another goal on extra time.[4]

Club career

Trials in Netherlands

After U-20 World Cup Ogungbe was invited for a trial in Vitesse, Netherlands. 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.[5][6]

2013–14 season

Ganiu Atanda Ogungbe signed a 3 years contract with Cyprus First Division team AC Omonia in summer 2013 after successful trial with the Cypriot team.[7][8][9]

2014–15 season

After contract renewal negotiations with AC Omonia did not succeed, Ogungbe signed a contract with Ethnikos Achna. 2014/15 season Ganiu Ogungbe proved himself to be one of the best central defenders in Cyprus only being 21 years old and scoring 5 goals in his first season in Achna.[10]

2015–16 season

Ganiu Atanda Ogungbe signed a new one-year contract with Ethnikos Achna in July 2015. For the second season in Achna Ogungbe managed to repeat the 5 goals of last season.[11]

2016–17 season

In August 2016, Ganiu Atanda Ogungbe decided to sign with Enosis Neon Paralimni FC, whose manager Kostas Kaiafas was his coach also in AC Omonia.[12]

2017–18 season

In August 2017, Ganiu Atanda 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.

2018–19 season

After a good season with the Busaiteen Club, the management of the club had decided to sign him for another season, making Atanda 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 5 goals for the team.

References
  1. http://www.kickoff.com/news/22383/nigeria-squad-for-fifa-under-20-world-cup.php
  2. https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=337285/index.html
  3. https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/archive/colombia2011/teams/team=1888282/matches.html
  4. http://www.goal.com/en/match/france-u20-vs-nigeria-u20/1106806/report
  5. http://www.vitesse.nl/nl/nieuws/detail/2288/verwijderen
  6. https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/624336/Ganiu-Ogungbe-Chelsea-transfer-news/amp
  7. http://www.kerkida.net/articles/a-katigoria/eidiseis/omonoia/7811-to-profil-toy-ganiu-fotos-vinteo
  8. 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/
  9. http://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=11040
  10. http://allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=13097
  11. http://www.24sports.com.cy/index.php?pageaction=kat&modid=1&artid=120527&show=Y
  12. http://www.24sports.com.cy/index.php?pageaction=kat&modid=1&artid=162214&show=Y
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