Fola Onibuje

Infobox Football biography
playername = Fola Onibuje


fullname = Folawiyo Onibuje
height = height|meters=1.98
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1984|9|25
cityofbirth = Lagos
countryofbirth = Nigeria
currentclub = Accrington Stanley
clubnumber = 22
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2003–2004
2003
2004–2005
2005
2005–2006
2006–2007
2006
2007
2007
2007
2007
2008
2008–
clubs = Preston North End
→ Huddersfield Town (loan)
Barnsley
Peterborough United
Cambridge United
Swindon Town
→ Brentford (loan)
→ Wycombe Wanderers (loan)
Wycombe Wanderers
Shrewsbury Town
St Albans City
Macclesfield Town
Accrington Stanley
caps(goals) = 00 (0)
02 (0)
03 (0)
02 (0)
34 (9)
14 (2)
02 (0)
01 (0)
04 (0)
00 (0)
01 (0)
01 (0)
05 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 20:01, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =

Folawiyo "Fola" Onibuje (born 25 September 1984 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian footballer, who plays for Accrington Stanley having been released from Shrewsbury Town, where he had played on non-contract terms. Although born in Nigeria, he was educated at Chiswick Community School in West London.

At 6"6' Fola is a giant striker with a real presence on the football pitch. His mazy runs, somewhat surprising considering his size, aerial ability and natural pace (before embarking on a professional football career, Fola represented Great Britain on the athletics track at the 200m and 400m sprints) arned him a contract with Cambridge United F.C. for the 2005-06 season after impressing with 3 goals in as many games in pre-season friendlies. This followed unsuccessful spells at Huddersfield Town F.C., Barnsley F.C. and Peterborough United F.C., however having established himself as a first-team player and regular goal scorer at Cambridge he was released at the end of 2005-06.

Onibuje became Swindon manager Dennis Wise's 2nd signing of the 2006 pre-season - signing a 3-month contract, which was later extended to a year in late August of the same year. He signed for Brentford on a two-month loan on November 10 2006 to cover for injured target man Lloyd Owusu, after he was considered surplus to requirements by newly appointed Swindon boss Paul Sturrock. He was recalled by Swindon on December 30 2006 but on 1 January 2007 he moved clubs again, this time to Wycombe Wanderers. Then signed for St Albans City

He was released by Wycombe Wanderers on 27 July2007 with a year still remaining on his contract after failing to impress manager Paul Lambert. He was announced as a non-contract player for Shrewsbury Town on 10 August 2007 however, whilst he impressed, scoring in a reserve game, manager Gary Peters opted not to offer a full-time contract and released him in order to find a new club. [cite web | title=Fola Decision | work=ShrewsWeb | url=http://www.shrewsburytown.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10443~1102136,00.html | accessdate=August 30| accessyear=2007 ]

He has recently been training with Blue Square North side Southport FC but joined Macclesfield Town on February 29th 2008 on non-contract forms to become Keith Alexander's first signing for the club. However, he was released after making only 1 substitute appearance for the Silkmen.

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External links

*soccerbase|id=37086|name=Fola Onibuje
* [http://www.uptheposh.com/people/991/ Profile] at [http://www.uptheposh.com/ UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database]

Persondata
NAME= Onibuje, Folawiyo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Onibuje, Fola
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH= 1984-09-25
PLACE OF BIRTH= Lagos, Nigeria
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=