Dele Ajiboye

Dele Ajiboye
Personal information
Full nameOladele Muniru Ajiboye[1]
Date of birth7 August 1990
Place of birthOsogbo, Nigeria
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Nasarawa United F.C.
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2008Prime F.C.
2008–2009Wikki Tourists
2009–2011Pontevedra CF
2011-20133SC(1)
2014-Nasarawa United F.C.
National team
2007Nigeria U-17
2009Nigeria U-20
2011Nigeria 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 Nasarawa United 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]

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