Dele Aiyenugba

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Dele Aiyenugba
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Aiyenugba playing for Bnei Yehuda in 2015
Personal information
Full name Bamidele Mathew Aiyenugba
Date of birth (1983-11-20) 20 November 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Jos, Nigeria
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Hapoel Afula
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2000 Kwara Stars
2001–2007 Enyimba
2007–2016 Bnei Yehuda 294 (0)
2016–2018 Hapoel Ashkelon 62 (0)
2018–2019 Hapoel Iksal 33 (0)
2019–2020 Hapoel Afula [1] 13 (0)
2020- Kwara United
Total402(0)
International career
2005–2015 Nigeria 17 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 August 2020

Bamidele Mathew Aiyenugba (born 20 November 1983 in Jos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian footballer with Kwara United F.C. His name, Bamidele, means "Follow me home" in Yoruba language. [2]

Contents

After 13 seasons in Israel with four teams, Aiyenugba returned to Nigeria ahead of the 2020-21 season to play for Kwara United. [3]

Personal life

His son, Daniel Aiyenugba, is also a goalkeeper. The two played against each other when Kwara United played against Beyond Limits in the semi-finals of the Value Jet Cup in Ikenne, in August 2023. [4]

Honours

Enyimba

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References

  1. ↑ חתם באיכסל, ר"ג החתימה חלוץ ניגרי.
  2. ↑ Meaning of Bamidele in Nigerian.name Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  3. ↑ NPFL: A look At The Past Season And 2020/21 Campaign (Completesports.com)
  4. ↑ "Father Vs Son: Veteran Nigerian goalkeeper squares up against son in pre-season tournament". soccernet.ng. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
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