Dudu Omagbemi

MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi (born 18 July 1987Lagos, Nigeria[1]), commonly known as Dudu, is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Mikkelin Palloilijat in Finland.

Macpherlin Omagbemi
Personal information
Full name Macpherlin Dudu Omagbemi
Date of birth (1985-07-18) 18 July 1985
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 MP
Number 10
Youth career
1990–2001 Okobaba FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2007 Sporting Goa 186 (37)
2002 → Dempo (loan) 7 (8)
2002 → Salgaocar (loan) 5 (5)
2005 → Penang (loan) 8 (4)
2007–2008 Wisła Kraków 9 (1)
2008–2009 Debreceni VSC 16 (4)
2010 Kecskeméti TE 5 (0)
2010 KuPS 10 (8)
2011–2012 Honka 41 (10)
2012–2013 KuPS 39 (6)
2013–2014 Salgaocar 18 (10)
2014–2015 East Bengal 26 (11)
2014 → Pune City (loan) 12 (3)
2015 FC Goa 7 (4)
2015 Mohun Bagan 7 (6)
2016 Haka 13 (6)
2016–2017 Chennaiyin 13 (5)
2018 East Bengal 11 (9)
2020 Oskarshamns AIK
2020– MP 10 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:03, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Career

Dudu started his career in India in 2001. He is the most tenacious player India has ever seen. When playing in the Indian Football League he had many great successes with Sporting Clube de Goa even becoming the league's top goalscorer. During his time in India he was involved in a scandal when he signed a contract with two different clubs simultaneously; one with SC Goa and another one with Mahindra United. The issue was later settled between the two clubs. He also had few other disputes with SC Goa later on concerning similar incidents.

The charismatic football player rejected the 2008 Olympic call-up to put his career back on track and on 5 August 2008 he joined the 3 time Hungarian champion Debreceni VSC.

In August 2010 Dudu signed a contract with Finnish Division Two club FC OPA from where he was loaned out to Finnish Premier League side KuPS.[2] In October 2010 Dudu signed a contract for the 2011 season with another Veikkausliiga team FC Honka.[3] On 4 August 2012, he signed a contract until autumn 2013 with KuPS.[4] On 4 August 2014, Dudu signed for I-League side Kingfisher East Bengal for a one-year deal.

On 1 September 2016, he joined Chennaiyin FC. On 26 November, he scored a brilliant hat-trick against North East United FC.[5]

On 6 January 2018, Dudu joined East Bengal of I-League. He made his first appearance of the season in the Kolkata Derby on 21 January 2018 which East Bengal lost by a 0-2 margin. He found the net near the end of the added-time to help East Bengal beat Indian Arrows by a solitary goal, which was the first goal from the Nigerian striker, who returned to East Bengal after three seasons as a midseason replacement for injured Willis Plaza.[6] He then scored 4 times when Chennai City was massacred 7-1 by Kingfisher East Bengal.[7]

In January 2020, after one and a half year without club, Dudu returned to Swedish club Oskarshamns AIK.[8] The club confirmed on 15 April 2020, that he had left the club again to return to Finland, where his family was.[9] He then joined Mikkelin Palloilijat on 25 August 2020.[10]

Honours

Sporting Clube de Goa

Wisła Kraków

Debreceni VSC

FC Honka

Individual
  • NFL Top Goalscorer: 2004–05

References
  1. "MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi". Kecskeméti TE. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 2010-08-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.hs.fi/urheilu/jalkapallo/veikkausliiga/artikkeli/Dudu+siirtyy+KuPSsta+Honkaan/1135261216784
  4. "KuPS vahvisti hyökkäystään tutulla nimellä" (in Finnish). 4 August 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  5. "Indian Super League 2016: Dudu Omagbemi joins Chennaiyin FC". goal.com. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  6. "I-League: Late Dudu goal helps East Bengal beat Indian Arrows". sportsstarlive.com.
  7. "I-League 2017-18: Dudu Omagbemi bags four goals as East Bengal run riot against shambolic Southerners". goal.com.
  8. Dudu Omagbemi klar för OAIK, oskarshamnsaik.se, 27 January 2020
  9. Dudu Omagbemi & Pierre Abboud lämnar OAIK, oskarshamnsaik.se, 15 April 2020
  10. MP:lle kokemusta ja nuoruutta – Dudu hyökkäykseen, Otto Hautamo maalivahtiosastolle, lansi-savo.fi, 25 August 2020
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