Ortega Deniran (born 28 May 1986) is a Nigerian professional football manager and former player.

Playing career

Between 2004 and 2005, he was in

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and played in the local team

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. In Apertura 2004–05 season he played in 11 matches and scored 4 goals. In Clausura 2004–05 season he played in 17 matches and scored 5 goals. In June 2006, Deniran signed for Chongqing Lifan. He joined

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in February 2007 on a free transfer. After six months in Spartak, he signed with Slavia Sofia in July 2007. On 23 July 2009 he joined Levski Sofia on loan. Deniran scored his first two goals for Levski on 8 August 2009 against

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. The result of the match was 5:0 with a home win for Levski. In 2010, he moved to Armenian side FC Banants. In 2011, he returned to Slavia. After leaving Slavia he returned to Nigeria to play for Dolphins in 2012, following a move to Scotland in 2013, where he played for Edinburgh City. He gained promotion into the Scottish League Two after spending three seasons with the team, two of which were in the newly formed fifth tier of

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football.

Coaching career

Deniran started his coaching career with Edinburgh City as a backroom coaching staff, supporting the head coach. During his time with Edinburgh City the team won the Lowland League title in 2014–15 and 2015–16. They then gained promotion to the Scottish Professional Football League. In 2017 Ortega Deniran joined

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, a team playing in the Nigeria Professional Football League, as an Assistant Coach. Following a successful season with

, he was appointed as a third Assistant of the Head Coach of the Nigeria national under-20 football team. With Ortega Deniran part of the coaching staff, the team became runners-up in the 2018 WAFU Cup of Nations and qualified for the 2019

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. In the tournament they won the bronze medal, taking them to the

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Honours

Player With

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Runner-up: Clausura 2004–05 With Levski Sofia. * Bulgarian Supercup: 2009 With FC Banants. *

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Runner-up: 2010 With Edinburgh City * Lowland Football League: 2014-15, 2015–16 Coach With Nigeria national under-20 football team. * WAFU Cup of Nations: 2018 With Nigeria national under-20 football team. *

Runner-up: 2019

References

External links

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Profile at LevskiSofia.info
{{DEFAULTSORT:Deniran, Ortega 1986 births Living people Nigerian men's footballers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Men's association football forwards PFC Slavia Sofia players FC Spartak Varna players FC Urartu players Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia Nigerian expatriates in Bulgaria Footballers from Warri Armenian Premier League players Chinese Super League players Expatriate men's footballers in China Edinburgh City F.C. players Nigerian expatriates in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Lowland Football League players