Osahon Eboigbe

Osahon Eboigbe

Personal information
Full name	Osahon Eboigbe
Date of birth	September 11, 1989 (1989-09-11) (age 22)
Place of birth	Benin City, Nigeria
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Vaasan Palloseura
Number	--
Youth career
	Bendel Insurance
	Blackburn Rovers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2007–2010	Blackburn Rovers	0	(0)
2007–2008	→ Cercle Brugge (loan)	3	(0)
2008–2009	→ OH Leuven (loan)	17	(3)
2010	Vaasan Palloseura	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 January 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 December 2007

Osahon "Macky" Eboigbe (born September 11, 1989) is a Nigerian professional footballer. He currently plays for Vaasan Palloseura.

Career

For the 2007–2008 season, Eboigbe was loaned from the Blackburn Rovers Youth Academy to Belgian first division side Cercle Brugge. The main reason for this move was because Eboigbe was due to turn 18 soon after, and as a consequence would be needing documents necessary to be eligible to play in English football as a non-EU player, documents which he would not receive. In Belgium, these regulations in football are far less strict.

Dwight Wille, who was also in the Rovers' Youth Academy in 2006–07, stated that in his view, Osahon Eboigbe was one of the most promising players in the Blackburn Rovers U-19 team. Macky made his début for Cercle on December 8, 2007, against Exc. Mouscron. Cercle won the match 3–0.

First was announced that Eboigbe would also be part of the Cercle Brugge squad for the 2008–09 season, but eventually Eboigbe went on trial with OH Leuven and was loaned out for 1 season to the Belgian second division side. His loan was extended with another season after 2008–09. He is known as a pacy striker.

Eboigbe currently plays for Vaasan Palloseura.

Personal life

Osahon Eboigbe also has an older brother, Semi Eboigbe, who is a professional basketballer, currently playing for Lynn Fury.

Facts

• Height: 180 cm
• Weight: 70 kg

References

External links

• Osahon Eboigbe player info at the official Cercle Brugge site (Dutch)

Persondata
Name	Eboigbe, Osahon
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Date of birth	1989-09-11
Place of birth	Benin City, Nigeria
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