Gift Orban

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Gift Orban
Personal information
Full name Gift Emmanuel Orban
Date of birth (2002-07-17) 17 July 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Benue State, Nigeria
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Lyon
Number 9
Youth career
0000–2021 Bison
2021–2022 Stabæk
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2023 Stabæk 22 (16)
2023–2024 Gent 33 (18)
2024– Lyon 12 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2024

Gift Emmanuel Orban (born 17 July 2002) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for French Ligue 1 club Lyon.

Contents

Career

Stabæk

In November 2021, he was scouted by Stabæk's Torgeir Bjarmann and Thomas Finstad in Nigeria during a showcase tournament. [1] He trained with Stabæk during the winter of 2021/2022 before returning after his visa expired. [2] Returning to Norway, he signed for Stabæk in late May 2022. The transfer from Nigerian club Bison was a loan with an option to buy. [3] [4]

He scored his first goals in cup matches against semi-professional teams Notodden and Gjøvik-Lyn (twice). [5] After this he became a starting player for Stabæk. His goal against SK Brann was compared to Alanzinho's time at Stabæk. [6] VG also called him a "striker jewel". [7]

When Stabæk sold Oliver Valaker Edvardsen in July, the club announced they would spend the money on Orban's buyout option. [8] The contract tying Orban to Stabæk until the end of 2026 was announced on 3 August. [9] He became the top scorer in the 2022 Norwegian First Division with 16 goals, alongside Bård Finne. [10] Helping Stabæk win promotion to 2023 Eliteserien, Orban was also named Young Player of the Year in the First Division. [11] [12]

Gent

On 31 January 2023, Orban joined Belgian Pro League side Gent on a permanent deal. [13] On 11 February, Orban scored two goals on his Pro League debut in a 3–3 draw with Westerlo. [14] On 12 March, Orban managed to score four goals in a 6–2 away win over Zulte Waregem, which made him the first Gent player to do so in the 21st century. All the goals came in the second-half. [15] [16] In his very next game on 15 March, he scored a first-half hat-trick in 4–1 away win over İstanbul Başakşehir in the UEFA Europa Conference League round 16. The hat-trick was scored within three minutes and 25 seconds, setting a new record for the fastest hat-trick in UEFA club competitions, breaking the previous record of six minutes and 12 seconds held by Mohammed Salah in the Champions League. [17] In the 2023–24 Europa Conference League campaign of KAA Gent, Orban scored another European hat-trick, this time against Pogoń Szczecin in the first leg of the third qualification round, resulting in a 5–0 win for Gent. [18]

Lyon

On 18 January 2024, Orban signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Ligue 1 side Lyon, for a transfer fee of €12 million, which could rise to €20 million with add-ons, and a 20% sell-on clause. [19] [20]

Personal life

Born in Benue State, Nigeria, [21] Orban is of Togolese descent through his mother. [22]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 April 2024 [23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stabæk 2022 Norwegian First Division 221623—2419
Gent 2022–23 Belgian Pro League 1615—6 [lower-alpha 2] 52220
2023–24 Belgian Pro League1733010 [lower-alpha 2] 93012
Total33183016145232
Lyon 2023–24 Ligue 1 12132—153
Career total67358516149154

Honours

Individual

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  2. ↑ "Stabæk-spiller Gift (19): – Fotballen er min mulighet". Budstikka (in Norwegian). 7 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
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  4. ↑ "Tottenham considering signing 'incredible' 21-year-old striker who broke Mo Salah's record last season". The Boot Room. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
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  6. ↑ Korsnes, Oscar (10 July 2022). "Stabæks nye juvel scoret igjen: – Han er en gave" (in Norwegian). Eurosport. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
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  10. 1 2 "OBOS-ligaen 2022 - Toppscorer, gule og røde kort" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation . Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  11. 1 2 Steien, Vegard Kjøllmoen (29 October 2022). "Toppscoreren kåret til årets unge spiller: – Han har vært redningen" (in Norwegian). Eurosport. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
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  18. ↑ "AA Gent rolt Pogon Szczecin al voor de rust op en kan met 5-0 voorsprong naar Polen". De Morgen (in Dutch). 9 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
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