Yusuf Otubanjo

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Yusuf Otubanjo
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Otubanjo in 2013
Personal information
Full name Yusuf Olaitan Otubanjo
Date of birth (1992-09-12) 12 September 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Ijebu Ode, Nigeria
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Pyunik
Number 14
Youth career
–2009 Emmanuel Amunike Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009 Julius Berger Football Club
2009–2010 Gateway United F.C.
2010–2011 Crown F.C.
2011–2012 Atlético Madrid C
2012–2014 Red Bull Salzburg 1 (0)
2013–2014 → FC Pasching (loan) 19 (6)
2015–2016 Blau-Weiß Linz 39 (34)
2016–2018 MŠK Žilina 33 (10)
2018 → Rheindorf Altach (loan) 11 (1)
2018–2019 LASK 21 (2)
2020–2022 Ararat-Armenia 58 (26)
2022– Pyunik 45 (27)
International career
2009 Nigeria U-17 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 February 2024

Yusuf Otubanjo (born 12 September 1992) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Armenian Premier League club Pyunik.

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Career

Club

On 23 January 2020, Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Otubanjo. [1] On 4 June 2022, Ararat-Armenia announced that Otubanjo's contract had expired and he would leave the club. [2]

On 11 June 2022, Otubanjo signed for fellow Armenian Premier League club Pyunik. [3]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 November 2023 [4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Red Bull Salzburg 2012–13 Austrian Bundesliga 100000–10
2013–14 000000–00
Total100000–10
Pasching (loan) 2012–13 Austrian Regionalliga Central 2000––20
2013–14 17630––206
Total19630––226
Blau-Weiß Linz 2014–15 Austrian Regionalliga Central13600––136
2015–16 262810––2728
Total393410––4034
MŠK Žilina 2016–17 Slovak First Football League 18833––2111
2017–18 152352 [lower-alpha 2] 1–208
Total33106821–4119
SCR Altach (loan) 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga11100––111
LASK 2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga192434 [lower-alpha 3] 0–275
2019–20 20212 [lower-alpha 2] 0–61
Total2126460–336
Ararat-Armenia 2019–20 Armenian Premier League 137320000169
2020–21 2110404 [lower-alpha 4] 01 [lower-alpha 5] 03010
2021–22 24921––2610
Total58269340107229
Pyunik 2022–23 Armenian Premier League30172114 [lower-alpha 6] 3–4621
2023–24 1210006 [lower-alpha 7] 0–1810
Total422721203–6431
Career total224106271632410284126
  1. ↑ Includes Austrian Cup, Slovenian Cup, Armenian Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ One appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearance in Armenian Supercup
  6. ↑ Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances and two goal in UEFA Europa Conference League
  7. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

MŠK Žilina

Ararat-Armenia

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "Նոր տրանսֆեր". facebook.com/ (in Armenian). FC Ararat-Armenia Facebook. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Հարգելի ֆուտբոլասերներ, «Արարատ-Արմենիա» ֆուտբոլային ակումբի և ֆուտբոլիստ Յուսուֆ Օտուբանջոի միջև կնքված պայմանագրի ժամկետը լրացել է և կողմերը որոշել են չերկարաձգել պայմանագիրը:". facebook.com/araratarmeniafc (in Armenian). FC Ararat Armenia Facebook. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Official statement: Yusuf Otubanjo". fcpyunik.am/. FC Pyunik. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 Yusuf Otubanjo at Soccerway
  5. ↑ "Yusuf Otubanjo wins Europa Conference League Goal of the Group Stage". 11 November 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2023.


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