Lanre Oyebanjo

Lanre Oyebanjo
Oyebanjo after playing for York City in the 2012 Conference Premier play-off final
Personal information
Full name Olanrewaju Olusegun Mark Bamidele Oyebanjo[1]
Date of birth (1990-04-27) 27 April 1990 (age 34)[2]
Place of birth Hackney, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Welling United
Youth career
2000–2006 West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Waltham Forest 20 (0)
2007–2008 Brentford 0 (0)
2008–2011 Histon 105 (3)
2011–2014 York City 92 (2)
2014–2016 Crawley Town 38 (0)
2016–2017 York City 4 (0)
2019 Welling United 1 (0)
International career
2008–2009 Republic of Ireland U19 9 (0)
2009–2011 Republic of Ireland U21 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Olanrewaju Olusegun Mark Bamidele "Lanre" Oyebanjo (born 27 April 1990) is a professional footballer who last played as a defender for National League South club Welling United. He has played in the Football League for York City and Crawley Town.

Oyebanjo started his career with West Ham United's youth system and after being released joined Waltham Forest in 2006. He spent one season with the Isthmian League Division One North club before joining League Two team Brentford in 2007. Having not made any first-team appearances for Brentford, Oyebanjo dropped into the Conference Premier with Histon in 2008. He helped Histon to the play-off semi-final in his first season, but after their relegation to the Conference South in 2011 he remained in the Conference Premier with York City. Oyebanjo scored York's second goal in their 2012 FA Trophy Final victory and then played in the 2012 Conference Premier play-off final, which the team won to earn promotion to League Two. Having been voted York's Clubman of the Year for the 2013–14 season, he signed for League One team Crawley Town in 2014. They were relegated to League Two in 2014–15, and Oyebanjo was released a year later. He returned to York in 2016, who were newly relegated to the National League, before being released a year later.

  1. ^ "Professional retain list & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 18 May 2013. p. 74. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Lanre Oyebanjo". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Lanre Oyebanjo". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 16 January 2018.