Fola Onibuje
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Folawiyo Onibuje is a Nigerian football player, currently playing for League One team Brentford, on loan from Swindon.
At 6"6' Folawiyo is a giant striker with a real presence on the football pitch. His mazy runs, somewhat surprising considering his size, aerial ability and natural pace (before embarking on a professional football career, Fola represented Great Britain on the athletics field at the 200m and 400m sprints) earned him a contract with Cambridge United F.C. for the 2005-06 season after impressing with 3 goals in as many games in pre-season friendlies. This followed unsuccessful spells at Huddersfield Town F.C., Barnsley F.C. and Peterborough United F.C., however having established himself as a first-team player and regular goal scorer at Cambridge he was released at the end of the 2005/06.
Onibuje became Swindon manager Dennis Wise's 2nd signing of the 2006 pre-season - signing a 3-month contract, which was later extended to a year in late August of the same year. He signed for Brentford on a two-month loan on November 10, 2006 to cover for injured target man Lloyd Owusu.
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- Position: Forward
- Place of Birth: Nigeria
- Date Of Birth: 25 September 1984
- Height: 6ft 6in
- Weight: 12st 0lb
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Brentford F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Nelson | 2 O'Connor | 3 Frampton | 4 Pinault | 5 Heywood | 6 Griffiths | 7 Brooker | 8 Skúlason | 9 Owusu | 10 Kuffour | 11 Tomlin | 12 Fitzgerald | 12 Carder-Andrews | 15 Moore | 16 Onibuje | 17 Rhodes | 18 Tillen | 19 Willock | 20 Peters | 21 Masters | 22 Mousinho | 23 Charles | 24 Osborne | 25 Ide | 26 Brown | 28 Wijnhard | Manager: Vacant |