Dele Ajiboye

Dele Ajiboye
Personal information
Full name Oladele Muniru Ajiboye[1]
Date of birth (1990-08-07) 7 August 1990
Place of birth Osogbo, Nigeria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Nasarawa United F.C.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2007–2008 Prime F.C.
2008–2009 Wikki Tourists
2009–2011 Pontevedra CF
2011-2013 3SC (1)
2014-2015 Nasarawa United F.C.
2016 Warri Wolves F.C.
National team‡
2007 Nigeria U-17
2009 Nigeria U-20
2011 Nigeria U-23

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 23, 2014.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of June 5, 2011

Oladele Muniru Ajiboye (born 7 August 1990 in Osogbo, Osun State) is a Nigerian football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Warri Wolves F.C.

Career

Ajiboye began his career with Prime F.C.,[2] and in September 2008 joined Wikki Tourists F.C. After one year with Wikki Tourists, where he played 14 games, he left on 16 September 2009 to sign with the Spanish club Pontevedra CF.[3] After being released from Pontevedra in November 2011, he signed the next month with Shooting Stars.[4] After 3SC's relegation in 2013, he signed to play for Nasarawa United. However, transfer issues kept him from playing until two months in the new season.[5]

International

Ajiboye represented his homeland at the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in the Korea Republic,[6] winning the championship with the Golden Eaglets.[7] On 15 December 2008 he was called for the Nigerian under-20 team for the 2009 African Youth Championship in Rwanda[8] and was a member of the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.[9]

He was Nigeria's starting goalkeeper for the 2012 Olympic qualifiers and All Africa Games qualifiers under coach Augustine Eguavoen.[10][11]

Age controversy

Prior to the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup, a reporter discovered that Ajiboye was 12 years older, married and had two kids with his wife expecting his third child, a fact that was already known by the Secretary-General of the Nigerian Football Federation.[12]

In 2015, Ajiboye stated that he learned a lot from Peter Rufai and questions about his age were brought again since he was an young child during Rufai's last years as a goalkeeper.[13][14]

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009 – List of Players" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). p. 14. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Nigeria Under-20 Goalkeeper Dele Ajiboye Joins Spanish Club Pontevedra
  4. ↑ 3SC beat Dolphin to Ajiboye
  5. ↑ http://thenationonlineng.net/new/ajiboye-relishes-league-debut-nasarawa-utd/
  6. ↑ FIFA Stats
  7. ↑
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ Nigeria: Siasia Makes Up Mind
  10. ↑ Under 23 callup excites Ajiboye
  11. ↑ Nigeria held by Liberia
  12. ↑ http://naija-footballer.blogspot.com.br/2010/11/whats-my-age-again.html
  13. ↑ https://www.thecable.ng/5-times-karma-exposed-ages-nigerian-players
  14. ↑ http://allafrica.com/stories/201511171316.html
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