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Abiodun Agunbiade

Abiodun Agunbiade (born 2 January 1983) is a Nigerian former football player. He was a pacey and highly skillful dribbling midfielder that usually played on the right wing.[1]

Abiodun Agunbiade
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-01-02) 2 January 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Zaria, Nigeria
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Plateau United
2000–2003 Sporting Braga 52 (3)
2000–2001 → Sporting Braga B (loan) 50 (18)
2003–2004 Naval 25 (4)
2004–2006 Național București 40 (3)
2007–2009 Politehnica Timișoara 53 (3)
2009–2010 Internațional Curtea de Argeș 10 (0)
2010–2011 Çetinkaya Türk
2012–2014 Merelinense 41 (7)
2014–2015 CD Celeirós 11 (1)
Total 282 (39)
International career‡
2005 Nigeria 1 (0)
Medal record
Național București
Runner-up Romanian Cup 2006
Politehnica Timișoara
Runner-up Romanian Cup 2007
Runner-up Liga I 2009
Runner-up Romanian Cup 2009
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:00, 16 March 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 March 2007

Club career edit

Abiodun Agunbiade was born on 2 January 1983 in Zaria, Nigeria, starting to play football in 1998 at Plateau United with whom he won the 1999 Nigeria Federation Cup.[2][3]

He went to play for Sporting Braga, making his Primeira Liga debut on 19 May 2001 when coach Manuel Cajuda sent him on the field at half-time in order to replace Boher Samson in a 1–0 away loss in front of Farense.[2][3][4] In his following game, Abiodun scored his first goal in a 5–3 home loss with Leiria.[2][3][5] In the following two seasons he appeared regularly for Braga, scoring two more goals, one when he opened the score in a 1–1 with Benfica in March 2002 and the second in a 2–2 with Moreirense played in February 2003.[2][3][6][7] Over the course of three seasons, he made a total of 52 Primeira Liga appearances with three goals scored for Braga, also during this period he played 50 games and scored 18 goals for Braga's B squad in the third league.[2][3][8]

After spending one season at Naval in the Portuguese second league, Abiodun went to play for Romanian side, Național București, making his Liga I debut under coach Cosmin Olăroiu on 31 July 2004 in a 2–1 home win over FC Brașov.[2][3][8][3][9] In the following round he scored his first goal in the league when he opened the score in a 4–1 away win over Politehnica Timișoara.[8][3][10] In the following season he scored two goals in two away wins over against Gloria Bistrița and Argeș Pitești, also reaching the Cupa României final where coach Cristiano Bergodi used him all the minutes in the 1–0 loss in front of Rapid București.[11][12][13][14]

Between the summer of 2006 and February 2007, Abiodun and teammate Wayne Srhoj didn't play a single official game, as they claimed their contract with Național had run out at the end of the 2005–06 season.[15] After seven months of controversial court hearings and delays, the final decision favored the players who then signed with Politehnica Timișoara.[15][16][17] In his first season with Poli he reached the Cupa României final, being used all the minutes by coach Valentin Velcea in the 2–0 loss in front of Rapid București.[18][19] In the following season he appeared regularly for the team, also scoring three goals in three league victories against Gloria Bistrița, Pandurii Târgu Jiu and in the West derby with UTA Arad.[2][8][20][21][22] In his last season spent at Timișoara, the team finished runner-up in the league and in the Cupa României but this time coach Velcea did not use him in the final, also he made his first and only appearance in European competitions, playing in a 2–1 home loss in front of Partizan Belgrade from the 2008–09 UEFA Cup first round.[2][8][23][24][25] In 2009 he signed with Internațional Curtea de Argeș where on 16 March 2010 he played his last Liga I match in a 2–1 away win over FC Brașov, having a total of 103 appearances with six goals scored in the competition.[2][8][26]

In 2010 he went to play for Northern Cyprus side, Çetinkaya Türk with whom he won the Northern Cyprus Cup in 2011.[2][27] Afterwards, Abiodun returned to Portugal, spending the last three seasons of his career in the third league, representing Merelinense and CD Celeirós.[2][8][28]

International career edit

Abiodun Agunbiade played one friendly match for Nigeria on 16 November 2005 when coach Daniel Amokachi used him as a starter in a 3–0 loss against Romania.[2][29][30][31]

Honours edit

Plateau United

Național București

Politehnica Timișoara

Çetinkaya Türk

References edit

  1. ^ "Abiodun Agunbiade profile". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Abiodun Agunbiade at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Abiodun Agunbiade at WorldFootball.net
  4. ^ "SC Farense 1:0 Sporting Braga". WorldFootball. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Sporting Braga 3:5 União Leiria". WorldFootball. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  6. ^ "SL Benfica 1:1 Sporting Braga". WorldFootball. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  7. ^ "SL Benfica 1:1 Sporting Braga". WorldFootball. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h Abiodun Agunbiade at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  9. ^ "National Bucureşti 2:1 FC Brașov". WorldFootball. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Politehnica Timișoara 1:4 National Bucureşti". WorldFootball. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – Season 2005–2006". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Rapid a castigat Cupa" [Rapid won the Cup] (in Romanian). Hotnews.ro. 18 May 2006. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Gloria Bistrița 0:2 National Bucureşti". WorldFootball. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Argeș Pitești 2:3 National Bucureşti". WorldFootball. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  15. ^ a b "FIFA intervine iar" [FIFA intervenes again] (in Romanian). Romanialibera.ro. 15 March 2007. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  16. ^ "Abiodun si Srhoj nu se gandesc la Poli Timisoara" [Abiodun and Srhoj are not thinking about Poli Timisoara] (in Romanian). Romanialibera.ro. 3 August 2006. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  17. ^ "Srhoj şi Abiodun nu se mai întorc la FC Național" [Srhoj and Abiodun are not returning to FC Național] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 7 November 2006. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  18. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – Season 2006–2007". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  19. ^ "Finala Cupei Romaniei: Rapid isi pastreaza trofeul" [Final of the Romanian Cup: Rapid keeps the trophy] (in Romanian). Ziare.com. 26 May 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  20. ^ "Liga I: Victorii pentru Steaua si Poli Timisoara" [Liga I: Victories for Steaua and Poli Timisoara] (in Romanian). Ziare.com. 29 September 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  21. ^ "Liga I: Pandurii - Poli Timisoara 1-3" (in Romanian). Ziare.com. 24 February 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  22. ^ "Poli Timisoara - UTA 2-0. Timisenii triumfa in derbiul Banatului" [Poli Timisoara - UTA 2-0. Timisoara triumphs in the Banat derby] (in Romanian). Hotnews.ro. 15 March 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  23. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – Season 2008–2009". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  24. ^ "Cupa ramane la Cluj! CFR 3-0 Timisoara! (Deac '6, Peralta '28, Culio '53)" [The cup remains in Cluj! CFR 3-0 Timisoara! (Deac '6, Peralta '28, Culio '53)] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 13 June 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  25. ^ "Ghinionul continua! Timisoara 1 - 2 Partizan" [Bad luck continues! Timisoara 1 - 2 Partizan] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 18 September 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  26. ^ "Abiodun s-a transferat la Internațional Curtea de Argeș" [Abiodun transferred at Internațional Curtea de Argeș] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  27. ^ "Abiodun Agunbiade profile". Ktff.org. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  28. ^ "Ți-l mai amintești pe Abiodun? Nigerianul dorit de Anghel Iordănescu la națională s-a lăsat de fotbal și…" [Do you remember Abiodun? The Nigerian wanted by Anghel Iordănescu at the national team gave up football and...] (in Romanian). Cancan.ro. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  29. ^ "Romania 3-0 Nigeria". National-football-teams.com. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  30. ^ "Romania - Nigeria. 3-0 in caterinca anului" [Romania - Nigeria. 3-0 in the joke of the year] (in Romanian). Jurnalul.ro. 17 November 2005. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  31. ^ "România, lăsată cu ochii în soare de Argentina! În 2005, Nigeria a strîns o echipă în ultimul moment" [Romania, left in the sun by Argentina! In 2005, Nigeria put together a team at the last minute] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2024.

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