Dele Ajiboye

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Dele Ajiboye
Personal information
Full name Oladele Muniru Ajiboye [1]
Date of birth (1990-08-07) 7 August 1990 (age 32)
Place of birth Osogbo, Nigeria
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Plateau United F.C.
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2008 Prime F.C.
2008–2009 Wikki Tourists
2009–2011 Pontevedra CF 1 (0)
2011–2013 3SC (1)
2014–2015 Nasarawa United F.C.
2016 Warri Wolves F.C.
International career‡
2007 Nigeria U-17
2009 Nigeria U-20
2011 Nigeria U-23
2018– Nigeria 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 June 2019

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

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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 career

Ajiboye represented Nigeria at the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea, [6] winning the championship with the Golden Eaglets. [7] On 15 December 2008, he was called up to the Nigerian under-20 team for the 2009 African Youth Championship in Rwanda [8] and also played at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt. [9]

He was Nigeria's starting goalkeeper for the 2012 Summer Olympics qualifiers and 2011 All Africa Games qualifiers under coach Augustine Eguavoen. [10] [11]

In May 2018, he was named in Nigeria's preliminary-30 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. [12] However, he did not make the final 23. [13]

It has been suggested in the media that he is older than his officially-registered age. [14] [15] [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009™: List of Players: Nigeria" (PDF). FIFA. 6 October 2009. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2009.
  2. ↑ "Nigerian Eagles.net =For All Nigeria Football Fans Life=". Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
  3. ↑ Nigeria Under-20 Goalkeeper Dele Ajiboye Joins Spanish Club Pontevedra
  4. ↑ "3SC beat Dolphin to Ajiboye". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "Ajiboye relishes league debut for Nasarawa Utd". 22 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "FIFA.com - Oladele AJIBOYE". Archived from the original on 7 April 2008.
  7. ↑ "Welcome to the Voice News Magazine". Archived from the original on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
  8. ↑ Ezimakor, Tony (15 December 2008). "Nigeria/Rwanda: Bosso Invites 46 Players for Rwanda". Daily Independent. Lagos. Retrieved 2 September 2019– via allAfrica.com.
  9. ↑ "Nigeria: Siasia Makes Up Mind".
  10. ↑ "Under 23 callup excites Ajiboye".
  11. ↑ "Nigeria held by Liberia". Kick Off. 17 April 2011.
  12. ↑ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  13. ↑ "World Cup 2018: Arsenal's Iwobi in Nigeria's 23-man squad". BBC Sport. 3 June 2018.
  14. ↑ "Love Nigerian Football: Whats my age again?". 2 November 2010.
  15. ↑ "5 times Karma has 'exposed' ages of Nigerian players". 21 June 2015.
  16. ↑ "Nigeria: Papa Eaglets and Our Cheating Culture - allAfrica.com".
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