Sikiru Olatunbosun
Sikiru Olatunbosun | ||
Personnel | ||
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birthday | January 3, 1996 | |
place of birth | Lagos , Nigeria | |
position | Storm , wings | |
Juniors | ||
Years | station | |
2011-2013 | Real FC | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
2013-2019 | MFM FC | |
2019 | Plateau United | |
2019– | Menemen Belediyespor | 9 (0) |
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) |
2017 | Nigeria | 1 (0) |
1 Only league games are given. Status: February 9, 2020 |
Sikiru Olatunbosun (born January 3, 1996 in Lagos ) is a Nigerian football player who mainly plays as a center forward. In addition, the left foot can also be used on the wing positions.
Career
society
In his youth, Olatunbosun first played baseball for the team at Finbas College. He took part in various tournaments across Africa, but later started playing football because, in his opinion, baseball was not very popular in Nigeria. So he started his football career at the amateur club Real FC. By a goal against his later club MFM FC , the then coach of the opponent Fidelis Ilechuku noticed him and was able to persuade Olatunbosun to switch to MFM FC, this was in 2013. In 2015 he achieved promotion with his new team the second Nigerian to the first division . On February 24, 2017, he scored a remarkable goal against the then reigning champion Enugu Rangers and thus gained greater prominence. His goal also earned him a nomination for the CNN Goal of the Month award. In January 2019 he switched to Plateau United , where he played until August of the same year, then he signed with the western Turkish second division club Menemen Belediyespor , where he made his debut on January 26, 2019 in a 2-0 defeat against Hatayspor .
National team
Olatunbosun took part in the Unity World Cup 2014, a tournament in which national teams from exclusively Christian countries take part at amateur level. At this tournament his country emerged victorious, he himself scored two goals in a 7-0 win against Colombia in the final. He made his debut for the professional national team on June 1, 2017 in a friendly against Togo .
Web links
- Sikiru Olatunbosun in the database of weltfussball.de
- Sikiru Olatunbosun in the database of transfermarkt.de
- Sikiru Olatunbosun in the database of mackolik.com (Turkish)
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Olatunbosun, Sikiru |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nigerian soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1996 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lagos , Nigeria |