Ganiu Atanda Ogungbe (born 1 December 1992) is a Nigerian professional

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who played last as a

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for

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Club career

Trials in Netherlands

After U-20 World Cup Ogungbe was invited for a trial in Vitesse, Netherlands. He played a friendly game against

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and Vitesse was impressed with the player. Also at the time in Vitesse, Chelsea club who has great partnership with Vitesse was interested in the player and could have signed him but for financial reasons the deal did not go through.

Omonia

Ogungbe signed a three-year contract with Cyprus First Division team

AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia ( el, Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Oμόνοιας Λευκωσίας, ΑΣΟΛ; ''Athlitikos Sillogos Omonias Lefkosias'', ''ASOL''), commonly known as Omonia Nicosia, or simply Omonia ("Harmony"; also trans ...

in summer 2013 after successful trial with the Cypriot team.

Ethnikos Achna

After contract renewal negotiations with AC Omonia did not succeed, Ogungbe signed a contract with

Ethnikos Achna Ethnikos Achna Football Club ( el, Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Εθνικός Άχνας), commonly known as Ethnikos Achna, or simply Ethnikos, is a Cypriot football club based in the village of Achna. Founded in 1968, the club current ...

. In the 2014–15 season he scored five goals. Ogungbe signed a new one-year contract with Ethnikos Achna in July 2015. For the second season Ogungbe managed to repeat the five goals of last season.

Enosis Neon

In August 2016, Ogungbe decided to sign with

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, whose manager

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was his coach also in

Busaiteen Club

In August 2017, Ogungbe had signed with

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in Bahrain. The club finished third in the league, Ganiu Atanda Ogungbe played 15 games out of 16 games of the league and scored 5 goals. After a good season with the Busaiteen Club, the management of the club had decided to sign him for another season, making Ogungbe the only foreign player in the team. Busaiteen Club won the league and Ganiu Atanda was one of the main players of the team scoring another five goals for the team.

Baf Ülkü Yurdu S.K.

After playing in Middle East, Ganiu Atanda Ogungbe was offered a contract in North Cyprus. The team finished the league 6th out of 16.

NK Krško

Atanda started playing 2020/21 season in Slovenia for

NK Krško Nogometni klub Krško ( en, Krško Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Krško or simply Krško, is a Slovenian football club from Krško which plays in the Slovenian Second League. The club was founded in 1922. Honours ;First team *Slo ...

, however the Covid-19 stopped the season early.

Viljandi JK Tulevik

After training off seasons with

Viljandi JK Tulevik Viljandi JK Tulevik, commonly known as Viljandi Tulevik, or simply as Tulevik, is a football club based in Viljandi, Estonia, that competes in the Esiliiga, the second tier of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Viljandi linnastaadion. ...

for couple of years, the management of the team approached yet again Atanda to sign with Viljandi in February 2021 and the two parties agreed on terms. Atanda gave an assist on his first game of the season and was chosen to team of the week.

Pieta Hotspurs

Atanda signed with Maltese Premier league Pietà Hotspurs F.C. team summer 2022, played a big role in the team as a leader.

International career

Youth

At the age of 17, Ogungbe was selected to Nigeria U-20 National team squad in 2010, in 2011 the Flying Eagles won 2011 African Youth Championship in South Africa and they qualified for the

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. Ogungbe played four games in

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, against

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and

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. Nigeria was knocked out of the competition in quarter finals, against France 3–2. when

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scored two and

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added another goal on extra time.

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