Korede Aiyegbusi

Olukorede Afolabi O. O. "Korede" Aiyegbusi (born 15 July 1988 in London) is an English footballer who plays for Swiss FC Amical Saint-Prex.

Korede Aiyegbusi
Personal information
Full name Olukorede Afolabi O. O. Aiyegbusi
Date of birth (1988-07-15) 15 July 1988
Place of birth Hackney, England
Playing position(s) Defender
Youth career
2006–2007 Essex Knights
2008–2009 NC State Wolfpack
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 Cary Clarets 7 (1)
2010–2012 Sporting Kansas City 9 (0)
2013 FC Haka 22 (1)
2014 Servette 11 (0)
2014–2015 VfB Auerbach 23 (3)
2015 AFC United 8 (0)
2015–2016 Siah Jamegan 12 (0)
2016–2017 AFC Eskilstuna 10 (0)
2017–2018 Shakhter Karagandy 20 (1)
2018 FC Amical Saint-Prex 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 March 2018

Career

College and amateur

Aiyegbusi moved from England to the United States in 2006 to attend and play college soccer at the Community College of Baltimore County Essex in Maryland, where he was a two-time National Junior College Athletic Association All-American and All-Maryland JUCO Conference first-team.[1] He transferred to North Carolina State University in 2008, and went on to make 41 appearances for the Wolfpack, all of them starts.[2][3]

During his college years Aiyegbusi also played for Cary Clarets in the USL Premier Development League.[4]

Professional

Aiyegbusi was drafted in the second round (20th overall) of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft by Kansas City Wizards.[3][5]

He made his professional debut on 27 March 2010, in Kansas City's opening game of the 2010 MLS season against D.C. United.[6]

Aiyegbusi remained with Kansas City through the 2012 season before being released by mutual agreement on 3 December 2012.[7] He subsequently entered the 2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft and became a free agent after going undrafted in both rounds of the draft.

On 21 February 2013 Aiyegbusi signed with First Division side FC Haka.[8] After one season in Finland, Aiyegbusi signed for Swiss club Servette FC Genève on 3 January 2014.

On 10 August 2015, Aiyegbusi left VfB Auerbach after one season with the club to join Superettan side AFC United.[9]

Aiyegbusi joined Iranian side Siah Jamegan in November 2015.[10]

In January 2017, Aiyegbusi went on trial with Kazakhstan Premier League side Shakhter Karagandy.[11]

International

Aiyegbusi represented Great Britain in the 2009 World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia.[1]

Personal

Aiyegbusi holds dual British and Nigerian citizenship. He is the fourth born of five siblings.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 5 November 2017[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting Kansas City 2010 MLS[13] 5010–––50
2011 3000––0030
2012 1000––0010
Total 9010----00100
FC Haka 2013 Ykkönen 22120–––241
Servette 2013–14 Swiss Challenge League 11000–––110
VfB Auerbach 2014–15 Regionalliga Nordost 23300–––233
AFC United 2015 Superettan 8000–––80
Siah Jamegan Khorasan 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League 12000–––120
AFC Eskilstuna 2016 Superettan 10000–––100
Shakhter Karagandy 2017 Kazakhstan Premier League 20130–––231
Career total 115560----001215

References
  1. "Korede Aiyegbusi Bio". NC State. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  2. "Aiyegbusi Drafted in Second Round of MLS Draft". NC State. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  3. "Wizards select five in MLS SuperDraft". Kansas City Wizards. Archived from the original on 19 January 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  4. http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2009/6188469.html#STATS Archived 5 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  5. 2010 MLS SuperDraft Archived 17 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Article". CBC News. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011.
  7. http://www.sportingkc.com/news/2012/12/sporting-kansas-city-trades-michael-harrington-portland-timbers-allocation-money
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "Ny vänsterback klar för spel i AFC United". Svenska Fans. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ""Шахтер" просмотрит Айегбуси". sports.kz (in Russian). Sports KZ. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  12. "O.Aiyegbusi". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  13. "Korede Aiyegbusi". mlssoccer.com. MLS. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
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