Olukorede Afolabi O. O. "Korede" Aiyegbusi (born 15 July 1988 in London) is an English footballer who plays for Swiss FC Amical Saint-Prex.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Olukorede Afolabi O. O. Aiyegbusi | ||
Date of birth | (1988-07-15) 15 July 1988 (age 34) | ||
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, correct as of 9 March 2018 |
Aiyegbusi moved from England to the United States in 2006 to attend and play college soccer at the Community College of Baltimore County Essex 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]
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]
Aiyegbusi represented Great Britain in the 2009 World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia.[1]
Aiyegbusi holds dual British and Nigerian citizenship. He is the fourth born of five siblings.
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sporting Kansas City | 2010 | MLS[13] | 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 |