Mouritala Ogunbiyi

Mouritala Ogunbiyi

Ogunbiyi in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	(1982-10-10) 10 October 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Ota, Nigeria
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Les Buffles du Borgou
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2002	Dragons
2003–2006	Enyimba
2006–2008	Étoile du Sahel
2008–2011	Guingamp	84	(20)
2011–2014	Nîmes	94	(13)
2014–2015	Paris FC	28	(3)
2017	USS Kraké
2019–2020	Dragons
2020–	Les Buffles du Borgou
International career^‡
1998–2019	Benin	47	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:03, 1 May 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of  00:05, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Mouritala Ogunbiyi (born 10 October 1982) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Les Buffles du Borgou. Born in Nigeria, he plays for the Benin national team internationally.

Career

Ogunbiyi was part of the Benin national team's 2004 African Nations Cup team, which finished bottom of its group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals.

Whilst at Guingamp, then in Ligue 2, Ogunbiyi played as a substitute in the 2009 Coupe de France Final in which they beat Rennes.^[1]

On 23 February 2019, he re-joined AS Dragons FC de l'Ouémé.^[2]

References

1. "Stade Rennes vs Guingamp". espn.co.uk. 9 May 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
2. Officiel : Mouri Ogounbiyi revient aux Dragons !, benintimes.info, 23 February 2019

External links

• Mouri Ogounbiyi at National-Football-Teams.com