Lanre Oyebanjo

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Lanre Oyebanjo

Oyebanjo after playing for York City in the 2012 Conference Premier play-off Final
Personal information
Full nameOlanrewaju Olusegun Mark
Bamidele Oyebanjo[1]
Date of birth (1990-04-27) 27 April 1990[2]
Place of birthHackney, England
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current clubYork City
Number2
Youth career
2000–2006West Ham United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2006–2007Waltham Forest20(0)
2007–2008Brentford0(0)
2008–2011Histon105(3)
2011–York City76(2)
National team
2008–2009Republic of Ireland U199(0)
2009–2011Republic of Ireland U216(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:09, 1 February 2014 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Olanrewaju Olusegun Mark Bamidele "Lanre" Oyebanjo (born 27 April 1990) is a professional footballer who plays for York City as a defender.

Oyebanjo started his career with West Ham United's youth system and after being released joined Waltham Forest in 2006. He spent a season with the Isthmian League Division One North side before joining League Two Brentford in 2007. Having not made any first team appearances for Brentford, Oyebanjo dropped into the Conference Premier with Histon in 2008. He helped Histon into the play-off semi-final in his first season, but after their relegation to the Conference South in 2011 he decided to remain in the Conference with York City. Oyebanjo scored York's second goal in their 2012 FA Trophy Final victory and then played in the 2012 Conference Premier play-off Final, which the side won to earn promotion to League Two.

Club career

Early career

Oyebanjo was born in Hackney, London to a Nigerian father and an Irish mother.[2][4] He joined the West Ham United youth system at the age of 10 and while a ball boy for a first team game in 2004 entered the pitch to retrieve a second ball, while play went on around him.[4][5] He was released by West Ham aged 16 when he has not offered a scholarship.[4] Oyebanjo started his senior career with Isthmian League Division One North side Waltham Forest in 2006 while studying for his A-levels.[4][6] Aged 16 he became one of the youngest players in Waltham Forest's history, making his debut in a 2–0 home defeat to Barking in the Essex Senior Cup on 7 November 2006.[6] He made 21 appearances for Waltham Forest in the 2006–07 season before joining Brentford as a member of their youth system.[4][6] He progressed into Brentford's first team squad and was an unused substitute in their 2–0 defeat at home to Luton Town on 27 November 2007.[4][7] However, he finished the 2007–08 season without making any appearances for Brentford.[8]

Histon

Following a trial, Oyebanjo signed for Conference Premier side Histon on a short-term contract on 30 July 2008 to provide cover for Craig Pope.[9] He made his debut as a 72nd minute substitute for Pope in Histon's 1–0 defeat away at Mansfield Town on 12 August 2008, having been on the bench for their opening game of the 2008–09 season.[10][11] He started the following game, a 1–1 away at York City on 16 August 2008, and later that month signed a new two-year contract with Histon.[10][12] Having established himself as a regular starter, Oyebanjo was named the Conference Premier Player of the Month for October 2008.[10][13] His first goal for Histon came with a 90th minute winner in a 1–0 victory at home to Woking on 6 December 2008 with an 18 yard shot.[14] He played in all five of Histon's 2008–09 FA Cup games, with the club reaching the third round of the competition for the first time in its history, when the team were beaten 2–1 at home to Championship Swansea City on 13 January 2009.[10][15] Oyebanjo played in both of Histon's play-off games against Torquay United in May 2009, which the side lost 2–1 on aggregate.[10] His first season with Histon saw him make 49 appearances and score one goal.[10]

Oyebanjo started the 2009–10 season opener, a 3–0 victory away at Gateshead on 8 August 2009, and remained in the team before picking up a knee injury during a 2–0 home win over Salisbury City on 22 August.[16][17] His absence was extended after undergoing surgery on his knee in September 2009, with his return to the team coming after starting Histon's 5–2 home win over Forest Green Rovers on 17 October.[16][17] Oyebanjo went on a one-week trial with Championship outfit Peterborough United in October 2009 and this included playing in a friendly against Histon.[18] Histon chairman Tony Roach later commented that he believed the player would leave the club in the January 2010 transfer window for a Football League club.[19] He eventually stayed with Histon, although his loss of form since his Peterborough trial was attributed by manager Alan Lewer to Oyebanjo's agent, claiming he was unsettling the player.[20] A hamstring injury sustained during a 1–0 win at Ebbsfleet United on 9 February 2010 kept him out of the side for over two weeks before returning as a 65th minute substitute in the side's 3–0 defeat to Kidderminster Harriers on 27 February.[16][21][22] Oyebanjo finished the season with 29 appearances and one goal.[16]

He was out of contract with Histon in the summer of 2010, but, following a spell training with League Two side Wycombe Wanderers, stayed on with the club having decided to start a university course in the autumn.[23][24] Oyebanjo started the 2011–12 opener, a 3–1 home win against Barrow, before scoring his first goal of the season with an 87th minute equaliser from a 25 yard free kick in a 1–1 draw at home with Eastbourne Borough, which was David Livermore's first game as manager.[25][26] A hamstring injury kept him out of the side for over four weeks before making his return in a 1–1 draw away at Fleetwood Town on 2 October 2010.[25][27] He assisted Murray's equalising goal in the 67th minute with a cross, and Livermore praised his performance by saying his return helped improve the team.[28][29] A calf injury sustained in training kept him out of a game against Luton and his return came in a 2–1 home defeat to Bath City on 25 November 2010.[25][30] After finishing the season with 40 appearances and two goals he was offered a new contract by the club in May 2011.[25][31] Despite their relegation to the Conference South he considered staying with the club, being quoted as saying: "I've just got to weigh up my options as I'm not too sure what I want to do at the current time".[32]

York City

Oyebanjo playing for York City in 2011

After rejecting Histon's contract offer, Oyebanjo signed for Conference Premier side York City on a two-year contract for a compensation fee on 25 June 2011.[33][34] He made his debut in a 2–1 victory away at Ebbsfleet on the opening day of the 2011–12 season on 13 August 2011 and assisted York's winner with a cross which was converted by Jason Walker in the 90th minute.[35][36] He picked up a hamstring injury in York's 2–1 away defeat at Tamworth on 10 September 2011, and returned to the starting line-up for a 2–1 FA Cup fourth qualifying round defeat at Wrexham on 29 October.[35][37] He did not appear again until York's 1–1 draw at Forest Green on 26 November 2011 and having regained his place in the team was dropped for a game against Lincoln City on 7 January 2012.[35][38][39] Oyebanjo returned in York's 1–0 away victory against Grimsby Town in the FA Trophy quarter-final on 25 February 2012 and scored his first goal for the club with the opening goal of a 2–0 victory at home to Hayes & Yeading United on 3 March.[35] An ankle injury in the 1–0 victory at home to Luton in the FA Trophy semi-final first leg on 10 March 2012, in which he was played in central midfield, kept him out of the team before returning in York's 2–1 home defeat to Southport on 24 March.[35][40]

Oyebanjo returned from a hamstring injury sustained during York's 1–0 win at Cambridge United on 17 April 2012 in the side's play-off semi-final second leg 1–0 extra time win at Mansfield on 7 May, which saw them progress to the final 2–1 on aggregate.[35][41] He scored the second goal in the 2012 FA Trophy Final at Wembley Stadium with a close range finish from Ashley Chambers' cross; York went on to win the match 2–0, against Newport County.[42] Oyebanjo started the 2012 Conference Premier play-off Final against Luton at Wembley in central midfield, but after an injury to Jon Challinor was moved to right-back, and during the second half performed two far-post interceptions to deny Craig McAllister and John Paul Kissock from scoring.[43] York won the game 2–1 to win promotion to League Two and thus return to the Football League after an eight-year absence.[43] His first season at York concluded with 27 games and three goals.[35]

Oyebanjo made his first appearance of the 2012–13 season in York's 2–2 draw away at Morecambe on 21 August 2012.[44] He eventually finished the season with 32 appearances before signing a new one-year contract at York in May 2013.[44][45]

International career

Oyebanjo represented the Republic of Ireland at under-19 level, making his debut in a 1–0 defeat to Portugal in the Under-19 Midlands International Tournament on 18 August 2008.[46] He appeared in Ireland's two remaining games at the tournament, a 1–0 defeat to Ukraine on 19 August 2008 and a 2–0 loss to Spain on 21 August.[47][48] He appeared in three 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification matches in November 2008, including victories over Malta and Liechtenstein and a defeat to France.[49][50][51] Oyebanjo featured in their three 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship elite qualification games in June 2009.[52][53][54] The games against Belgium and Switzerland resulted in defeat, but when Oyebanjo captained Ireland against Sweden, the side recorded a 2–1 victory.[4][54] He finished his under-19 career with nine caps and in August 2010 was named the FAI Under 19 International Player of the Year.[46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55]

He made his under-21 debut as an 84th minute substitute in a 1–1 draw away to Georgia on 14 November 2009 in a 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification Group 2 match.[56] Three days later, he started Ireland's 1–1 away draw against Armenia in the same competition.[57] Having been an unused substitute against Armenia on 3 March 2010 he entered Ireland's 5–0 home qualification win over Estonia on 10 August as an 87th minute substitute.[58][59] Oyebanjo was on the bench for Ireland's opening 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification Group 7 match against Hungary on 1 September 2011 before starting their 1–0 defeat away to Turkey on 6 September.[60][61] He was capped six times by Ireland at under-21 level.[56][57][59][61][62][63]

Style of play

Oyebanjo primarily plays at right-back but is capable of playing at centre-back.[64]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 February 2014.
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Waltham Forest 2006–07[6] Isthmian League Division One North 20000—1[lower-alpha 1]0210
Brentford 2007–08[8] League Two 0000000000
Histon 2008–09[10] Conference Premier 40150—4[lower-alpha 2]0491
2009–10[16] Conference Premier 27011—1[lower-alpha 3]0291
2010–11[25] Conference Premier 38210—1[lower-alpha 3]0402
Total 105371—601184
York City 2011–12[35] Conference Premier 21210—5[lower-alpha 4]1273
2012–13[44] League Two 30010001[lower-alpha 5]0320
2013–14[65] League Two 250201000280
Total 762401061873
Career total 2015111101312267
  1. ↑ Appearance in Essex Senior Cup
  2. ↑ One appearance in Conference League Cup, one in FA Trophy, two in Conference Premier play-offs
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Appearance in FA Trophy
  4. ↑ Three appearances and one goal in FA Trophy, two appearances in Conference Premier play-offs
  5. ↑ Appearance in Football League Trophy

Honours

York City

References

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