Paul Adeniran Ogunkoya (born 17 September 2004) is a Nigerian professional

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who plays as a

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for Veikkausliiga club

KuPS Kuopion Palloseura (or KuPS) is a Finnish football club, based in the ninth most populated city of Finland, Kuopio. KuPS plays in Finland's Premier League, Veikkausliiga. KuPS has won the Finnish championship six times, the Finnish Cup 4 times ...

, on loan from Nigerian side Mahanaim FC.

Club career

After a short loan stint with Norwegian

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side Stabæk, Ogunkoya joined Finnish Veikkausliiga club

on loan for the 2024 season. He debuted with his new club on 27 January 2024, in a Finnish League Cup loss against Ilves. On 6 April 2024, Ogunkoya debuted in Veikkausliiga in a 3–1 home win against HJK Helsinki.KuPS – HJK
veikkausliiga.com He scored his first goal in the league on 28 July, in a 2–1 away win against

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(EIF).

Honours

KuPS * Finnish League Cup runner-up: 2024

References

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* * 2004 births Living people Nigerian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Stabæk Fotball players Kuopion Palloseura players Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Ikorodu United F.C. players Norwegian Third Division players Veikkausliiga players Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic FC Baník Ostrava players Ykkönen players {{Nigeria-footy-forward-stub