Marvin Ogunjimi

Marvin Ogunjimi

Ogunjimi with Belgium in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	(1987-10-12) 12 October 1987 (age 35) [1]
Place of birth	Mechelen, Belgium
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1997–1999	Rapid Leest
1999–2001	Roosendaal
2001–2003	Racing Mechelen
2003–2004	Mechelen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2011	Genk	84	(30)
2007–2008	→ Waalwijk (loan)	27	(10)
2011–2014	Mallorca	7	(0)
2012	→ Standard Liège (loan)	3	(0)
2013	→ Beerschot (loan)	10	(1)
2013–2014	→ OH Leuven (loan)	18	(0)
2014–2015	Strømsgodset	19	(8)
2016	Suwon	10	(3)
2016	→ Ratchaburi Mitr Phol (loan)	7	(1)
2017	Skënderbeu Korçë	6	(0)
2017	Okzhetpes	7	(0)
2017–2018	MVV Maastricht	13	(1)
2018	Dinamo Brest	3	(0)
2018	Sài Gòn	7	(0)
2019	Lierse Kempenzonen	18	(3)
2019–2020	Patro Eisden	14	(0)
2021–2022	Mons	0	(0)
2022	Nielse
International career
2004–2005	Belgium U18	2	(0)
2006	Belgium U19	8	(0)
2010–2011	Belgium	7	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:29, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

Marvin Ogunjimi (born 12 October 1987) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Until 2011, he played for the Belgium national team earning seven caps.

Club career

Genk

Born in Mechelen, Ogunjimi made his professional debut with Racing Genk during the 2005–06 season. In 2007, he went on loan, playing for RKC Waalwijk. While with Waalwijk he appeared in 27 games and scored 10 goals. Upon returning to Genk, Ogunjimi became a prominent player for the Belgian side helping the club to the domestic title in the 2010–11 season. He also scored both of their goals as they won the 2009 Belgian Cup Final. ^[2] In the Summer of 2011 Ogunjimi was supposed to be transferred last minute to RCD Mallorca but the papers arrived 7 minutes too late at FIFA so the transfer was refused.

Mallorca

On 14 November 2011, Mallorca announced Ogunjimi's move to their side. On 31 August 2012, he joined Standard Liège on a loan deal. In mid-February 2014, Ogunjimi signed for the New England Revolution on trial until the end of the month.

Strømsgodset

On 6 June 2014, Ogunjimi signed for Strømsgodset. The new club reportedly paid a small fee to Mallorca. ^[3] He got his first match against Steaua in the second round of Champions League qualifications on 16 July 2014. On 2 August the same year, he scored in his home league debut match against Sogndal IL, which ended 1–1. He scored another three goals in the next three matches. Following this, he struggled under manager David Nielsen, and went 11 matches without scoring in the league. When new manager Bjørn Petter Ingebretsen took over, he put his faith in Ogunjimi, and the Belgian finally found the net on 21 June 2015. He scored four goals in three matches in the league, and one in the Europa League qualifications in June and July 2015, before he got injured in the second leg of the first qualifying round of the Europa League. On 14 July 2015, Strømsgodset announced that Ogunjimi had torn the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, and would miss the rest of the 2015 season. ^[4]

Suwon FC

Ogunjimi signed for Suwon FC on 12 February 2016 ^[5] and was loaned from July 2016 to Ratchaburi Mitr Phol. Upon return his contract was terminated by mutual consent as Suwon FC had suffered relegation. ^[6]

Skënderbeu Korçë

On 1 February 2017, Ogunjimi signed for Skënderbeu Korçë until the end of December 2017. ^[7] He made his first Albanian Superliga appearance one month later on 4 March in team's 1–1 home draw versus Teuta Durrës, playing the last 27 minutes as a substitute. ^[8] His first and only start would come only on the final matchday against Partizani Tirana, playing for 60 minutes as Skënderbeu drew 2–2 at home, failing to retain the Albanian Superliga for the first time in five years. ^[9] Following the end of 2016–17 which saw the team losing the championship for the first time in six years and losing the Albanian Cup final to Tirana, ^[10] Ogunjimi was released after going goalless in seven appearances, including six in league, of which one was as a starter. ^[11]

Okzhetpes

On 17 June 2017, FC Okzhetpes announced the signing of Ogunjimi. ^[12]

International career

On 8 October 2010, he made his international debut for Belgium against Kazakhstan in Astana, coming on at half-time and scoring twice in a 2–0 victory. ^[13] Only four days later, in his second appearance against Austria, Ogunjimi started and scored a goal to tie the game at 3–3 in the 87th minute, as the match finished in a thrilling 4–4 tie. ^[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 September 2016 ^{[15] [16]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League		National cup		League cup		Continental		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Genk	2005–06	8	0	0	0	–				8	0
	2006–07	0	0	0	0	–				0	0
	2008–09	17	3	4	2	–				21	5
	2009–10	29	12	1	1	–		1	0	31	13
	2010–11	32	15	2	1	–		4	2	38	18
	2011–12	6	0	0	0	–		5	1	11	1
	Total	92	30	7	4	0	0	10	3	109	37
RKC Waalwijk (loan)	2007–08	27	10	0	0	–				27	10
Mallorca	2011–12	7	0	1	0	–		–		8	0
Standard Liège (loan)	2012–13	3	0	2	0	–				5	0
Beerschot (loan)	2012–13	10	1	0	0	–		–		10	1
Leuven (loan)	2013–14	18	0	0	0	–				18	0
Strømsgodset	2014	11	4	0	0	–		2	0	13	4
	2015	8	4	1	0	–		2	1	11	5
	Total	19	8	1	0	0	0	4	1	24	9
Suwon FC	2016	8	3	0	0					8	3
Ratchaburi (loan)	2016	7	1	0	0					7	1
Career total		185	52	10	4	0	0	14	4	209	60

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year ^[17]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Belgium	2010	2	3
	2011	5	2
Total		7	5

Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ogunjimi goal.

List of international goals scored by Marvin Ogunjimi ^[18]

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 October 2010	Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan	1	Kazakhstan	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
2					2–0
3	12 October 2010	Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels, Belgium	2	Austria	3–3	4–4	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
4	3 June 2011	Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels, Belgium	4	Turkey	1–0	1–1	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
5	7 October 2011	Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels, Belgium	6	Kazakhstan	4–0	4–1	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Honours

Racing Genk ^[15]

• Belgian Pro League: 2010–11
• Belgian Cup: 2008–09
• Belgian Supercup: 2011

References

1. "Marvin Ogunjimi". The Guardian . Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
2. "Le Racing a sauvé sa saison". dhnet.be. 24 May 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
3. "Klar for SIF". 6 June 2014.
4. "Marvin har røket korsbåndet". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
5. "OFFICIAL | Suwon FC have confirmed a signing of ex-Belgian international striker Marvin Ogunjimi".
6. "Zuid-Koreaanse club laat contract Ogunjimi ontbinden" [South-Korean club has contract of Ogunjimi terminated]. Sporza (in Dutch). 24 January 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
7. "ZYRTARE: Futbollisti i Belgjikës nënshkruan me klubin shqiptar (FOTO)" [OFFICIAL: Belgian footballer signed with the Albanian club (PHOTO)] (in Albanian). Infokusi. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
8. Rinald Bregasi (4 March 2017). "Teuta ndal ne barazim Skënderbeun" [Teuta stops on draw Skënderbeu] (in Albanian). SuperSport Albania. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
9. Andi Deçka (27 May 2017). "Partizani i dyti, barazoi 2-2 me Skënderbeun" [Partizani second, drew 2-2 with Skënderbeu] (in Albanian). SuperSport Albania. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
10. Andi Deçka (31 May 2017). "Tirana rrëmben Kupën e Shqipërisë" [Tirana grabs Albanian Cup] (in Albanian). SuperSport Albania. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
11. Llazi Saro (4 June 2017). "Pas Salihit largohet edhe Ogunxhimi, Skënderbeu mbetet pa sulmues" [Ogunjimi leaves after Salihi, Skënderbeu remains without a striker] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
12. Официально: Марвин Огунжими – игрок ФК Окжетпес. okzhetpes.kz (in Russian). FC Okzhetpes. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
13. "Ogunjimi downs Kazakhstan with debut double". UEFA.com. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
14. "Belgium and Austria serve up eight-goal draw". UEFA.com. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
15. "M. Ogunjimi". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
16. "Marvin Ogunjimi".
17. "Ogunjimi, Marvin". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
18. "Marvin Ogunjimi - national football team player". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 4 June 2017.

External links

• Marvin Ogunjimi – UEFA competition record ( archive )
• Mallorca official profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 May 2012)
• Marvin Ogunjimi at WorldFootball.net
• Marvin Ogunjimi at National-Football-Teams.com
• Marvin Ogunjimi at the Royal Belgian Football Association
• Marvin Ogunjimi – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)