Korede Aiyegbusi

Korede Aiyegbusi

Personal information
Full name	Olukorede Afolabi O. O. Aiyegbusi
Date of birth	(1988-07-15) 15 July 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth	Hackney, England
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)
2018–2019	FC Amical Saint-Prex	12	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 March 2018

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

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 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 life

Aiyegbusi holds dual British and Nigerian citizenship. He is the fourth born of five siblings. His cousin is fellow footballer Moses Makinde. ^[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 November 2017 ^[13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sporting Kansas City	2010	MLS [14]	5	0	1	0	–		–		–		5	0
	2011		3	0	0	0	–		–		0	0	3	0
	2012		1	0	0	0	–		–		0	0	1	0
	Total		9	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	10	0
FC Haka	2013	Ykkönen	22	1	2	0	–		–		–		24	1
Servette	2013–14	Swiss Challenge League	11	0	0	0	–		–		–		11	0
VfB Auerbach	2014–15	Regionalliga Nordost	23	3	0	0	–		–		–		23	3
AFC United	2015	Superettan	8	0	0	0	–		–		–		8	0
Siah Jamegan Khorasan	2015–16	Persian Gulf Pro League	12	0	0	0	–		–		–		12	0
AFC Eskilstuna	2016	Superettan	10	0	0	0	–		–		–		10	0
Shakhter Karagandy	2017	Kazakhstan Premier League	20	1	3	0	–		–		–		23	1
Career total			115	5	6	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	121	5

References

1. "Korede Aiyegbusi Bio". NC State. Retrieved 15 January 2010.^{[ dead link ]}
2. "Aiyegbusi Drafted in Second Round of MLS Draft". NC State. Retrieved 15 January 2010.^{[ dead link ]}
3. "Wizards select five in MLS SuperDraft". Kansas City Wizards. Archived from the original on 19 January 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
4. "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". www.uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010.
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. "Sporting Kansas City Trades Michael Harrington to Portland Timbers for Allocation Money | Sporting Kansas City". Archived from the original on 8 December 2012.
8. "Haka sopimukseen Olukorede Aiyegbusin kanssa". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
9. "Ny vänsterback klar för spel i AFC United". Svenska Fans. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
10. "سیاه جامگان ابومسلم خراسان". Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
11. ""Шахтер" просмотрит Айегбуси". sports.kz (in Russian). Sports KZ. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
12. "Moses Gbenga Makinde: The defender who has played in Germany, Romania and Sweden". englishplayersabroad.com. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
13. "O.Aiyegbusi". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
14. "Korede Aiyegbusi". mlssoccer.com. MLS. Retrieved 9 January 2018.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

External links

• Korede Aiyegbusi at Major League Soccer
• NC State bio ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• Korede Aiyegbusi at Soccerway
• Korede Aiyegbusi Interview
• Korede Aiyegbusi: the English footballer who played in Iran