Personal information | |||
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Full name | Olabiran Blessing Muyiwa | ||
Date of birth | 7 September 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder, forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
Number | 77 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017 | Saxan Gagauz Yeri | 10 | (1) |
2017 | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 5 | (1) |
2018 | Luch Minsk | 5 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Tambov | 33 | (3) |
2020– | Dynamo Kyiv | 30 | (3) |
2020–2021 | → Olimpik Donetsk (loan) | 18 | (3) |
2021–2022 | → HNK Gorica (loan) | 4 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Nigeria U23 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 July 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 September 2022 |
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