Victor Igbekoyi

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Victor Igbekoyi
Personal information
Full name Victor Kayode Igbekoyi
Date of birth (1986-09-01) 1 September 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Ondo City, Nigeria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Hearts of Abuja
Sunshine Stars
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2007 Turan Tovuz 22 (9)
2007–2008 Qarabağ 25 (6)
2009 Turan Tovuz 11 (7)
2009–2015 Shuvalan 156 (23)
2015–2018 Zira 82 (5)
2018–2019 North Carolina 19 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 November 2019

Victor Kayode Igbekoyi (born 1 September 1986) is a Nigerian football midfielder. He formerly played for North Carolina FC in the USL Championship.

Contents

Career

Club

On 27 June 2015, Igbekoyi became Zira's first foreign signing. [1]

On 27 August 2018, Igbekoyi signed for North Carolina FC in the United Soccer League [2] On 3 December 2019, North Carolina announced that they had declined the option on Igbekoyi's contract and therefore he'd become a free agent. [3]

International

On 23 August 2012, Igbekoyi was selected in Sierra Leone's 19-man squad for their 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Tunisia. [4] Days later, Igbekoyi was withdrawn from the squad, [5] before he was cleared to represent Sierra Leone in October 2012. [6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 October 2019 [7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Turan-Tovuz 2006–07 [8] Azerbaijan Premier League 229––229
Qarabağ 2007–08 [9] Azerbaijan Premier League 225--225
2008–09 [10] 31--31
Total256----256
Turan-Tovuz 2008–09 [10] Azerbaijan Premier League 117––117
AZAL/Shuvalan 2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League 20340--203
2010–11 29340--330
2011–12 2413021-292
2012–13 29810--308
2013–14 31610--326
2014–15 22220--242
Total1552315021--17224
Zira 2015–16 Azerbaijan Premier League 34210--352
2016–17 23200--232
2017–18 2513030-311
Total8254030--895
North Carolina 2018 United Soccer League 6000––60
2019 13000––130
Total19000----190
Career total3135019+051--337+51

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References

  1. ↑ "Первый легионер Зиря". azerifootball.com (in Russian). Azeri Football. 27 June 2015. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "NORTH CAROLINA FC INKS VERSATILE MIDFIELDER VICTOR IGBEKOYI". northcarolinafc.com. North Carolina FC. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "NORTH CAROLINA FC EXERCISES CONTRACT OPTIONS ON KRISTO, BROTHERTON, COMSIA AND DUVERNAY". northcarolinafc.com. North Carolina FC. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "Sierra Leone pick ineligible Nigerian to face Tunisia". bbc.com. BBC. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Sierra Leone withdraw ineligible Nigerian from squad". bbc.com. BBC. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Victor Kayode is cleared to represent Sierra Leone". bbc.com. BBC. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "V.Igbekoyi". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "Arxiv / 2006/2007" (PDF). pfl.az/. pfl. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "Arxiv / 2007/2008" (PDF). pfl.az/. pfl. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  10. 1 2 "Arxiv / 2008/2009" (PDF). pfl.az/. pfl. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
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