Ify Ofoegbu

Ify Ofoegbu
Personal information
Full name Ifeanyi Convenant Ofoegbu[1]
Date of birth (2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Nigeria
Position(s) Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Team information
Current team
 Ossett United
Youth career
–2016 Huddersfield Town
2016–2018 Chesterfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Chesterfield 2 (0)
2018 → Sheffield (loan)
2020 Wakefield
2020–2021 Tadcaster Albion 7 (1)
2021 Worksop Town 3 (0)
2021 Grantham Town 2 (0)
2021– Ossett United 17 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:15, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Ifeanyi Convenant Ofoegbu (born 5 January 2000) is a footballer for Northern Premier League side Ossett United.

Career

Ofoegbu joined Chesterfield from Huddersfield Town in 2016.[2] He made his senior debut at the age of 16 in a 4–1 defeat by Accrington Stanley in an EFL Trophy group stage match at the Proact Stadium on 4 October 2016.[3] In doing so he became the club's fifth youngest-ever player.[4] Ofoegbu was offered his first professional contract in May 2018, and was released a year later, having made 5 senior appearances for the club.[5]

On 19 June 2020, he signed for Northern Premier League Division One North West side Tadcaster Albion, where he linked up with assistant manager, Steve Waide, who had coached him at Huddersfield Town's Academy.[6]

On 2 July 2021, he signed for Northern Premier League Division One East side Worksop Town, but he only went on to make four appearances for The Tigers.[7][8]

In November 2021, he signed for Grantham Town.[9]

In December 2021, he signed for Northern Premier League East Division side Ossett United and scored on his debut against Brighouse Town.[10]

Statistics

As of match played 23 April 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chesterfield 2016–17[11] League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 2 0
2017–18[12] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018–19[13] National League 2 0 0 — 0 1[b] 0 3 0
Total 2 0 0 0 — 3 0 5 0
Tadcaster Albion 2020–21[14] NPL Division One North-West 7 1 3 4 — 0 0 10 5
Worksop Town 2021–22[8] NPL Division One East 3 0 1 0 — 0 0 4 0
Grantham Town 2021–22[15] NPL Premier Division 2 0 0 0 — 0 0 2 0
Ossett United 2021–22[16] NPL Division One East 17 5 — — — 17 5
Career total 33 6 4 4 0 0 3 0 40 10
  1. ^ Appearance/s in the EFL Trophy.
  2. ^ Appearance/s in the FA Trophy.

References

  1. ^ "Retained List 2016-17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Smith Assesses New Academy Recruits". chesterfield-fc.co.uk. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  3. ^ Smyth, Graham (4 October 2016). "Chesterfield 1-4 Accrington (match report)". The Star. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Teacher Tells of Ify Ofoegbu's Progress". chesterfield-fc.co.uk. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  5. ^ "A dozen players set to leave". Chesterfield F.C. 7 May 2019. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  6. ^ Kilbride, Jacob (19 June 2020). "Tadcaster Albion sign trio of new players". York Press. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  7. ^ "TIGERS SIGN IFY OFOEGBU". Worksop Town FC. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Worksop Town – Appearances – Ifeanyi Ofoegbu". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Double Pointer As Sports Face Grantham Return". Mickleover FC. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  10. ^ Grayson, James (2 January 2022). "New Ossett attacker hands Colliver dream start". Non League Yorkshire. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Games played by Ify Ofoegbu in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  12. ^ "Games played by Ify Ofoegbu in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  13. ^ "Games played by Ify Ofoegbu in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  14. ^ "Tadcaster Albion – Appearances – Ify Ofoegbu – 2020-2021". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Grantham Town – Appearances – Ify Ofoegbu". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  16. ^ "Ossett United – Appearances – Ify Ofoegbu". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 9 January 2022.