Paul Ogunkoya
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Paul Adeniran Ogunkoya | ||
Date of birth | 17 September 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | KuPS | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
Mahanaim | |||
2022 | → Ikorodu United (loan) | ||
2022 | → Baník Ostrava (loan) | ||
2023 | → One Rocket (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023 | → Stabæk (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2023 | → Stabæk 2 (loan)[1] | 3 | (1) |
2024– | → KuPS (loan) | 8 | (1) |
2024– | → KuPS II (loan) | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 July 2024 |
Paul Adeniran Ogunkoya (born 17 September 2004) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Veikkausliiga club KuPS, on loan from Nigerian side Mahanaim FC.
Club career
[edit]After a short loan stint with Norwegian Eliteserien side Stabæk,[2][3] Ogunkoya joined Finnish Veikkausliiga club Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS) on loan for the 2024 season.[4][5][6] He debuted with his new club on 27 January 2024, in a Finnish League Cup loss against Ilves. On 6 April 2024, Ogunkoya debuted in Veikkausliiga in a 3–1 home win against HJK Helsinki.[7] He scored his first goal in the league on 28 July, in a 2–1 away win against Ekenäs IF (EIF).
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 1 September 2024.
Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Stabæk (loan) | 2023 | Eliteserien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
Stabæk 2 (loan) | 2023 | 3. divisjon | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | |||
KuPS (loan) | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2[c] | 0 | 17 | 2 |
KuPS Akatemia (loan) | 2024 | Ykkönen | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
Career total | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 3 |
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup
- ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
Honours
[edit]KuPS
- Veikkausliiga: 2024[8]
- Finnish Cup: 2024[9]
- Finnish League Cup runner-up: 2024
References
[edit]- ^ Paul Ogunkoya at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ^ Official: Paul Ogunkoya completes his move to Stabeak of Norway, bsnsports.com, 1 September 2023
- ^ Norwegian Eliteserien side Stabaek captures Paul Ogunkoya, brila.net, 1 September 2023
- ^ KuPS sopimukseen kahden testipelaajan kanssa, kups.fi, 10 January 2024
- ^ Testipelaaja Paul Ogunkoya mestaroi KuPSin maali-iloittelua – Katso kaikki osumat tästä, Savon Sanomat, 16 December 2023
- ^ Mahanaim FC Forward Paul Ogunkoya Secures Move to Finnish Outfit Kuopion Palloseura, sports247.ng, 12 January 2024
- ^ KuPS – HJK, veikkausliiga.com
- ^ Kuopio villiintyi KuPSin mestaruudesta – Eini ilmestyi juhlahumuun, Yle, 19 October 2024
- ^ KuPS nousi takaa ohi Suomen Cupin voittoon – Petteri Pennanen ratkaisi pelin upealla laukauksella, Yle, 21 September 2024
External links
[edit]- Paul Ogunkoya at Soccerway
- Paul Ogunkoya at WorldFootball.net
Categories:
- 2004 births
- Living people
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Stabæk Fotball players
- Kuopion Palloseura players
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Ikorodu United F.C. players
- Norwegian Third Division players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
- FC Baník Ostrava players
- Ykkönen players
- Nigerian football forward stubs