Yusuf Otubanjo (born 12 September 1992) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Armenian Premier League club Pyunik.
 Otubanjo in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yusuf Olaitan Otubanjo | ||
| Date of birth | 12 September 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Ijebu Ode, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Pyunik | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2009 | Emmanuel Amunike Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009 | Julius Berger Football Club | ||
| 2009–2010 | Gateway United F.C. | ||
| 2010–2011 | Crown F.C. | ||
| 2011–2012 | Atlético Madrid C | ||
| 2012–2014 | Red Bull Salzburg | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → FC Pasching (loan) | 19 | (6) |
| 2015–2016 | Blau-Weiß Linz | 39 | (34) |
| 2016–2018 | MŠK Žilina | 33 | (10) |
| 2018 | → Rheindorf Altach (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | LASK | 21 | (2) |
| 2020–2022 | Ararat-Armenia | 58 | (26) |
| 2022– | Pyunik | 61 | (38) |
| International career | |||
| 2009 | Nigeria U-17 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024 | |||
Career
Club
On 23 January 2020, Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Otubanjo.[1] On 4 June 2022, Ararat-Armenia announced that Otubanjo's contract had expired and he would leave the club.[2]
On 11 June 2022, Otubanjo signed for fellow Armenian Premier League club Pyunik.[3]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 14 May 2024[4]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2012–13 | Austrian Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Pasching (loan) | 2012–13 | Austrian Regionalliga Central | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 6 | ||||
| Blau-Weiß Linz | 2014–15 | Austrian Regionalliga Central | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 6 | ||
| 2015–16 | 26 | 28 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 28 | ||||
| Total | 39 | 34 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 40 | 34 | ||||
| MŠK Žilina | 2016–17 | Slovak First Football League | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 21 | 11 | ||
| 2017–18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2[b] | 1 | – | 20 | 8 | |||
| Total | 33 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | – | 41 | 19 | |||
| SCR Altach (loan) | 2017–18 | Austrian Bundesliga | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 1 | ||
| LASK | 2018–19 | Austrian Bundesliga | 19 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4[c] | 0 | – | 27 | 5 | |
| 2019–20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2[b] | 0 | – | 6 | 1 | |||
| Total | 21 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | – | 33 | 6 | |||
| Ararat-Armenia | 2019–20 | Armenian Premier League | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 |
| 2020–21 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4[d] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 30 | 10 | ||
| 2021–22 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 26 | 10 | ||||
| Total | 58 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 29 | ||
| Pyunik | 2022–23 | Armenian Premier League | 30 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 14[f] | 3 | – | 46 | 21 | |
| 2023–24 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 6[g] | 0 | – | 38 | 20 | |||
| Total | 59 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 3 | – | 84 | 41 | |||
| Career total | 241 | 116 | 30 | 16 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 304 | 136 | ||
Honours
MŠK Žilina
Ararat-Armenia
Individual
References
External links
- Futbalnet profile (in Slovak)
- Yusuf Otubanjo at Soccerway
- Yusuf Otubanjo at WorldFootball.net
- Yusuf Otubanjo at fussballdaten.de (in German)