Korede Aiyegbusi

Korede Aiyegbusi
Personal information
Full name Olukorede Afolabi O. O. Aiyegbusi
Date of birth (1988-07-15) 15 July 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Hackney, England
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2006–2007 Essex Knights
2008–2009 NC State Wolfpack
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 Cary Clarets 7 (1)
2010–2012 Sporting Kansas City 9 (0)
2013 FC Haka 22 (1)
2014 Servette 11 (0)
2014–2015 VfB Auerbach 23 (3)
2015 AFC United 8 (0)
2015–2016 Siah Jamegan 12 (0)
2016–2017 AFC Eskilstuna 10 (0)
2017–2018 Shakhter Karagandy 20 (1)
2018–2019 FC Amical Saint-Prex 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Olukorede Afolabi O. O. Aiyegbusi (born 15 July 1988) is an English former footballer.

Career

College and amateur

Aiyegbusi moved from England to the United States in 2006 to attend and play college soccer at the Community College of Baltimore County in Maryland, where he was a two-time National Junior College Athletic Association All-American and All-Maryland JUCO Conference first-team.[1] He transferred to North Carolina State University in 2008, and went on to make 41 appearances for the Wolfpack, all of them starts.[2][3]

During his college years Aiyegbusi also played for Cary Clarets in the USL Premier Development League.[4]

Professional

Aiyegbusi was drafted in the second round (20th overall) of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft by Kansas City Wizards.[3][5]

He made his professional debut on 27 March 2010, in Kansas City's opening game of the 2010 MLS season against D.C. United.[6]

Aiyegbusi remained with Kansas City through the 2012 season before being released by mutual agreement on 3 December 2012.[7] He subsequently entered the 2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft and became a free agent after going undrafted in both rounds of the draft.

On 21 February 2013 Aiyegbusi signed with First Division side FC Haka.[8] After one season in Finland, Aiyegbusi signed for Swiss club Servette FC Genève on 3 January 2014.

On 10 August 2015, Aiyegbusi left VfB Auerbach after one season with the club to join Superettan side AFC United.[9]

Aiyegbusi joined Iranian side Siah Jamegan in November 2015.[10]

In January 2017, Aiyegbusi went on trial with Kazakhstan Premier League side Shakhter Karagandy.[11]

International

Aiyegbusi represented Great Britain in the 2009 World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia.[1]

Personal life

Aiyegbusi holds dual British and Nigerian citizenship. He is the fourth born of five siblings. His cousin is fellow footballer Moses Makinde.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 November 2017[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sporting Kansas City 2010 MLS[14] 5 0 1 0 – – – 5 0
2011 3 0 0 0 – – 0 0 3 0
2012 1 0 0 0 – – 0 0 1 0
Total 9 0 1 0 - - - - 0 0 10 0
FC Haka 2013 Ykkönen 22 1 2 0 – – – 24 1
Servette 2013–14 Swiss Challenge League 11 0 0 0 – – – 11 0
VfB Auerbach 2014–15 Regionalliga Nordost 23 3 0 0 – – – 23 3
AFC United 2015 Superettan 8 0 0 0 – – – 8 0
Siah Jamegan Khorasan 2015–16 Persian Gulf Pro League 12 0 0 0 – – – 12 0
AFC Eskilstuna 2016 Superettan 10 0 0 0 – – – 10 0
Shakhter Karagandy 2017 Kazakhstan Premier League 20 1 3 0 – – – 23 1
Career total 115 5 6 0 - - - - 0 0 121 5

References

  1. ^ a b "Korede Aiyegbusi Bio". NC State. Retrieved 15 January 2010. [dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Aiyegbusi Drafted in Second Round of MLS Draft". NC State. Retrieved 15 January 2010. [dead link‍]
  3. ^ a b "Wizards select five in MLS SuperDraft". Kansas City Wizards. Archived from the original on 19 January 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  4. ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". www.uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010.
  5. ^ 2010 MLS SuperDraft Archived 17 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Article". CBC News. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011.
  7. ^ "Sporting Kansas City Trades Michael Harrington to Portland Timbers for Allocation Money | Sporting Kansas City". Archived from the original on 8 December 2012.
  8. ^ "Haka sopimukseen Olukorede Aiyegbusin kanssa". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  9. ^ "Ny vänsterback klar för spel i AFC United". Svenska Fans. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  10. ^ "سیاه جامگان ابومسلم خراسان". Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  11. ^ ""Шахтер" просмотрит Айегбуси". sports.kz (in Russian). Sports KZ. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  12. ^ "Moses Gbenga Makinde: The defender who has played in Germany, Romania and Sweden". englishplayersabroad.com. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  13. ^ "O.Aiyegbusi". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  14. ^ "Korede Aiyegbusi". mlssoccer.com. MLS. Retrieved 9 January 2018. [permanent dead link‍]