Marco Tagbajumi

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Marco Tagbajumi
Personal information
Full name Marco Tagbajumi
Date of birth (1988-07-01) 1 July 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Notodden
Number 33
Youth career
2007–2008 Skeid
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2009 Kingsbury London Tigers 10 (13)
2009–2011 AD Camacha 32 (3)
2011–2012 Akritas Chlorakas 24 (5)
2012–2013 APEP 22 (12)
2013–2014 Ermis Aradippou 32 (17)
2014–2015 AEL Limassol 24 (8)
2015 → Strømsgodset (loan) 10 (4)
2016 Nakhon Ratchasima 29 (9)
2017–2018 Strømsgodset 13 (3)
2017 → Lillestrøm (loan) 12 (0)
2018 Dundalk 16 (2)
2018 Bodø/Glimt 4 (0)
2019 Najran 0 (0)
2019–2020 Notodden 10 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2019

Marco Tagbajumi (born 1 July 1988) is a Nigerian-Italian former professional footballer. [1]

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Personal life

Tagbajumi was born in Nigeria, but also holds an Italian passport. [2] His family moved to Norway when he was 5, [2] and he played youth football for Skeid. [2]

Club career

After moving to London, England with his family in 2008, Tagbajumi started playing non-league football for Kingsbury London Tigers. [2] In 2009, he signed for AD Camacha in Portugal, and spent two seasons at the club before moving to Cyprus. [2]

Strømsgodset

On 18 August 2015, Tagbajumi signed a loan deal with Strømsgodset for the remainder of the 2015 season. [2] Strømsgodset secured an option to buy the player. [3]

He played his first match for Strømsgodset when he came on as a substitute in the 82nd minute in the 4–2 win against local rivals Mjøndalen IF. [4] A week later, he scored his first two goals for the club in his home debut, a 5–0 win against FK Haugesund on 11 September 2015. [5]

After the 2015 season, Strømsgodset decided not to use the option to buy the player.

On 11 November 2016, Tagbajumi signed a one-year contract with Strømsgodset. [6]

Honours

Club

Lillestrøm

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References

  1. ↑ "Tagbajumi signerer for Glimt" (in Norwegian). Eurosport. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Nilsen, Magne J. (18 August 2015). "Klar for Godset" (in Norwegian). Strømsgodset Toppfotball. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Tagbajumi joins Stromsgodset on loan". 16 August 2015. Archived from the original on 18 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Match Report" . Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Match Report" . Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "MARCO RETURNERER TIL GODSET". godset.no (in Norwegian). Strømsgodset Toppfotball. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
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