Victor Igbekoyi

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*
Years Team Apps (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.

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19-man squad for their 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Tunisia.[4] Days later, Igbekoyi was withdrawn from the squad,[5] before he was cleared to represent Sierra Leone in October 2012.[6]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
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Turan-Tovuz 2006–07[8] Azerbaijan Premier League 22 9 – – 22 9
Qarabağ 2007–08[9] Azerbaijan Premier League 22 5 - - 22 5
2008–09[10] 3 1 - - 3 1
Total 25 6 - - - - 25 6
Turan-Tovuz 2008–09[10] Azerbaijan Premier League 11 7 – – 11 7
AZAL/Shuvalan 2009–10 Azerbaijan Premier League 20 3 4 0 - - 20 3
2010–11 29 3 4 0 - - 33 0
2011–12 24 1 3 0 2 1 - 29 2
2012–13 29 8 1 0 - - 30 8
2013–14 31 6 1 0 - - 32 6
2014–15 22 2 2 0 - - 24 2
Total 155 23 15 0 2 1 - - 172 24
Zira 2015–16 Azerbaijan Premier League 34 2 1 0 - - 35 2
2016–17 23 2 0 0 - - 23 2
2017–18 25 1 3 0 3 0 - 31 1
Total 82 5 4 0 3 0 - - 89 5
North Carolina 2018 United Soccer League 6 0 0 0 – – 6 0
2019 13 0 0 0 – – 13 0
Total 19 0 0 0 - - - - 19 0
Career total 313 50 19+ 0 5 1 - - 337+ 51

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. ^ a b "Arxiv / 2008/2009" (PDF). pfl.az/. pfl. Retrieved 8 October 2018.