Funso Ojo

Funso Ojo (born 28 August 1991) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Scottish club Aberdeen.

Funso Ojo
Ojo at PSV, September 2011
Personal information
Full name Funso-King Ojo
Date of birth (1991-08-28) 28 August 1991
Place of birth Antwerp, Belgium
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Aberdeen
Number 8
Youth career
Olse Merksem
–2004 Beerschot AC
2004–2008 PSV Eindhoven
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 PSV Eindhoven 11 (0)
2011 → VVV-Venlo (loan) 8 (0)
2012–2013 Beerschot AC 24 (1)
2013–2014 Royal Antwerp 8 (0)
2014–2015 FC Dordrecht 32 (0)
2015–2017 Willem II 58 (0)
2017–2019 Scunthorpe United 78 (3)
2019– Aberdeen 17 (0)
National team‡
2006 Belgium U15 4 (0)
2006–2007 Belgium U16 16 (0)
2007 Belgium U17 5 (0)
2010 Belgium U20 1 (0)
2011 Belgium U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:15, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:29, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Career

Ojo played his first Eredivisie match for PSV on 5 May 2009 against Willem II.[1][2] He made five appearances for PSV in the Europa League, including two in the qualifying rounds.

On 18 July 2017, Ojo signed a three-year contract with Scunthorpe United.[3] He made his competitive debut for the club in the season-opening match against AFC Wimbledon, which ended in a 1–1 draw at Glanford Park.[4] His first goal for Scunthorpe came on 7 October 2017, in the 2–1 loss to Wigan Athletic.[5]

Ojo was linked with a transfer to Scottish club Hibernian in June 2019.[6] Ojo believed that he could leave Scunthorpe on a free transfer after they were relegated to EFL League Two, but the proposed move stalled after Scunthorpe disputed whether Ojo could do this.[6] Later in the summer, Scunthorpe accepted offers of £125,000 from Hibernian and Aberdeen.[7] Ojo moved to Aberdeen, signing a three-year contract with the club.[8]

Career statistics
As of match played 1 August 2020[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Domestic Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
PSV Eindhoven 2008–09 Eredivisie 1000—0010
2009–10 3000—1[lower-alpha 1]040
2010–11 2000—1[lower-alpha 1]030
2011–12 5020—3[lower-alpha 1]0100
Total 110200050180
VVV-Venlo (loan) 2010–11 Eredivisie 8000—3[lower-alpha 2]0110
Beerschott 2012–13 Pro League 24110—00251
Antwerp 2013–14 Second Division 8000—0080
Dordrecht 2013–14 Eerste Divisie 13000—4[lower-alpha 2]1171
2014–15 Eredivisie 19010—00200
Total 320100041371
Willem II 2015–16 Eredivisie 32020—4[lower-alpha 2]0380
2016–17 28010—00290
Total 600300040670
Scunthorpe United 2017–18[10] League One 41220103[lower-alpha 3]0472
2018–19[11] 39100001[lower-alpha 4]0401
Total 803201040873
Aberdeen 2019–20[12] Scottish Premiership 16030104[lower-alpha 1]0240
2020–21[13] 1000000010
Total 170301040250
Career total 2404120201912735
  1. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in the Eredivisie/Eerste Divisie promotion/relegation play-offs
  3. Appearances in the 2018 EFL play-offs and 2017–18 EFL Trophy
  4. Appearance in the 2018–19 EFL Trophy
gollark: +>markov
gollark: Wondrous.
gollark: ```cint main(void) { printf("%s", "Helo, World", malloc(3));}```
gollark: tio!debug
gollark: ```cint main(void void) { printf("%s", "Helo, World", malloc(3));}```

References
  1. "Willem II in conversation with Funso Ojo" (in Dutch). Brabants Dagbald. 28 March 2015.
  2. "Willem II picks Funso Ojo away at Dordrecht" (in Dutch). AD.nl. 2 June 2015.
  3. "Funso Ojo: Scunthorpe United sign Belgian midfielder on three-year contract". BBC Sport. 18 July 2017.
  4. Scunthorpe 1-1 AFC Wimbledon - BBC Sport. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  5. Ojo reacts to first Iron goal - Scunthorpe United. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  6. Elgott, Jordan (28 June 2019). "Hibs end bid for Scunthorpe's Funso Ojo pursuit but close on Preston's Chris Maxwell". BBC Sport.
  7. Winton, Richard; White, Mike (11 July 2019). "Hibernian & Aberdeen have bids accepted for Scunthope's Funso Ojo". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  8. Smith, Tyrone (14 July 2019). "Funso Ojo: Aberdeen complete £125,000 deal for midfielder". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  9. Funso Ojo at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  10. "Games played by Funso Ojo in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  11. "Games played by Funso Ojo in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  12. "Games played by Funso Ojo in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  13. "Games played by Funso Ojo in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2020.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.