Funso Ojo
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Funso-King Ojo | ||
Date of birth | 28 August 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Antwerp, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder/Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Aberdeen | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Youth career | |||
Olse Merksem | |||
–2004 | Germinal Beerschot | ||
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 | 45 | (1) |
2021 | → Wigan Athletic (loan) | 23 | (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 22:20, 25 January 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:29, 1 October 2012 (UTC) |
Funso Ojo (born 28 August 1991) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen.
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]
On 28 January 2021, Ojo joined League One side Wigan Athletic on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season.[9]
Career statistics[]
- As of match played 25 January 2022[10]
Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
PSV Eindhoven | 2008–09 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2009–10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
2010–11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
2011–12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3[a] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
Total | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
VVV-Venlo (loan) | 2010–11 | Eredivisie | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[b] | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
Beerschot | 2012–13 | Pro League | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
Antwerp | 2013–14 | Second Division | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
Dordrecht | 2013–14 | Eerste Divisie | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[b] | 1 | 17 | 1 | |
2014–15 | Eredivisie | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
Total | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 1 | ||
Willem II | 2015–16 | Eredivisie | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4[b] | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
2016–17 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
Total | 60 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 67 | 0 | ||
Scunthorpe United | 2017–18[11] | League One | 41 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 47 | 2 |
2018–19[12] | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 40 | 1 | ||
Total | 80 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 87 | 3 | ||
Aberdeen | 2019–20[13] | Scottish Premiership | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 24 | 0 |
2020–21[14] | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
2021–22[15] | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6[e] | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
Total | 45 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 62 | 1 | ||
Wigan Athletic (loan) | 2020–21[14] | League One | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
Career total | 291 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 334 | 6 |
- ^ a b c d e Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b c Appearances in the Eredivisie/Eerste Divisie promotion/relegation play-offs
- ^ Appearances in the 2018 EFL play-offs and 2017–18 EFL Trophy
- ^ Appearance in the 2018–19 EFL Trophy
- ^ Appearances in the UEFA Conference League
References[]
- ^ "Willem II in conversation with Funso Ojo" (in Dutch). Brabants Dagbald. 28 March 2015.
- ^ "Willem II picks Funso Ojo away at Dordrecht" (in Dutch). AD.nl. 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Funso Ojo: Scunthorpe United sign Belgian midfielder on three-year contract". BBC Sport. 18 July 2017.
- ^ Scunthorpe 1-1 AFC Wimbledon - BBC Sport. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ^ Ojo reacts to first Iron goal - Scunthorpe United. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ a b Elgott, Jordan (28 June 2019). "Hibs end bid for Scunthorpe's Funso Ojo pursuit but close on Preston's Chris Maxwell". BBC Sport.
- ^ Winton, Richard; White, Mike (11 July 2019). "Hibernian & Aberdeen have bids accepted for Scunthope's Funso Ojo". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ Smith, Tyrone (14 July 2019). "Funso Ojo: Aberdeen complete £125,000 deal for midfielder". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "Latics complete loan signing of midfielder Funso Ojo from Aberdeen". Wigan Athletic FC. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ Funso Ojo at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ "Games played by Funso Ojo in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ "Games played by Funso Ojo in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ "Games played by Funso Ojo in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Games played by Funso Ojo in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Games played by Funso Ojo in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
External links[]
- Voetbal International profile (in Dutch)
- Belgium stats at Belgian FA
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Antwerp
- Belgian footballers
- Belgium under-21 international footballers
- Belgium youth international footballers
- PSV Eindhoven players
- VVV-Venlo players
- Beerschot A.C. players
- Royal Antwerp F.C. players
- FC Dordrecht players
- Willem II (football club) players
- Scunthorpe United F.C. players
- Aberdeen F.C. players
- Wigan Athletic F.C. players
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Belgian First Division B players
- English Football League players
- Scottish Professional Football League players
- Belgian people of Nigerian descent
- Belgian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
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