Fola Onibuje
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| Fola Onibuje | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Folawiyo Onibuje | |
| Date of birth | September 25, 1984 | |
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | |
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2003–04 2004 2005 2005 2006–07 2006 2007 2007 2008 |
Huddersfield Town Barnsley Peterborough United Cambridge United Swindon Town → Brentford (loan) Wycombe Wanderers Shrewsbury Town Macclesfield Town |
2 (0) 3 (0) 2 (0) 34 (9) 14 (2) 2 (0) 5 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Folawiyo "Fola" Onibuje (born 25 September 1984 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian footballer, most recently playing for Macclesfield Town having been released from Shrewsbury Town, where he had played on non-contract terms. Although born in Nigeria, he was educated at Chiswick Community School in West London.
At 6"6' Fola is a giant striker with a real presence on the football pitch. His mazy runs, somewhat surprising considering his size, aerial ability and natural pace (before embarking on a professional football career, Fola represented Great Britain on the athletics track at the 200m and 400m sprints) arned him a contract with Cambridge United F.C. for the 2005-06 season after impressing with 3 goals in as many games in pre-season friendlies. This followed unsuccessful spells at Huddersfield Town F.C., Barnsley F.C. and Peterborough United F.C., however having established himself as a first-team player and regular goal scorer at Cambridge he was released at the end of 2005-06.
Onibuje became Swindon manager Dennis Wise's 2nd signing of the 2006 pre-season - signing a 3-month contract, which was later extended to a year in late August of the same year. He signed for Brentford on a two-month loan on November 10, 2006 to cover for injured target man Lloyd Owusu, after he was considered surplus to requirements by newly appointed Swindon boss Paul Sturrock. He was recalled by Swindon on December 30, 2006 but on 1 January 2007 he moved clubs again, this time to Wycombe Wanderers. Then signed for St Albans City
He was released by Wycombe Wanderers on 27 July 2007 with a year still remaining on his contract after failing to impress manager Paul Lambert. He was announced as a non-contract player for Shrewsbury Town on 10 August 2007 however, whilst he impressed, scoring in a reserve game, manager Gary Peters opted not to offer a full-time contract and released him in order to find a new club. [1]
He has recently been training with Blue Square North side Southport FC but joined Macclesfield Town on February 29th 2008 on non-contract forms to become Keith Alexander's first signing for the club. However, he was released after making only 1 substitute appearance for the Silkmen.
[edit] References
- ^ Fola Decision. ShrewsWeb. Retrieved on August 30, 2007.
[edit] External links
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Onibuje, Folawiyo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Onibuje, Fola |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Professional footballer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1984-09-25 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lagos, Nigeria |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
