Patrick Ogunsoto
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Patrick Babatunde Ogunsoto | ||
| Date of birth | 19 April 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Makedonikos | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2000 | Julius Berger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | Paniliakos | 0 | (0) |
| 2001 | Julius Berger | 0 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | APOEL | 0 | (0) |
| 2002–2006 | Ergotelis | 114 | (71) |
| 2006–2008 | Westerlo | 44 | (20) |
| 2008–2010 | Ergotelis | 48 | (14) |
| 2009–2010 | → OFI (loan) | 22 | (6) |
| 2011–2012 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 3 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Anagennisi Epanomi | 11 | (5) |
| 2013 | Olympiakos Volou | 23 | (7) |
| 2013–2014 | Acharnaikos | 11 | (3) |
| 2014 | Ermionida | 4 | (0) |
| 2016 | Doxa Trilofou | ? | (?) |
| 2016– | Makedonikos | 17 | (8) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 April 2014. |
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Patrick Ogunsoto (born 19 April 1983) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Macedonia FCA A1 Championship Division club Makedonikos. He spent the majority of his career in Greece and is best known for his tenure at Greek side Ergotelis, for which he still remains the all-time top scorer.
Ogunsoto started his career with local clubs in Lagos, eventually signing with local side Julius Berger at 17. He then made his first European move by signing with Paniliakos in Greece, but wouldn't be eligible to play for the club. He returned to Nigeria and Julius Berger for one year. At age 19, he was tried out by Greek clubs Aris Thessaloniki and Ergotelis but eventually signed with Cypriot First Division club APOEL. As he was deemed too young to be included among his manager's Eugene Gerards' plans, he returned to Greece in 2002 and signed for Cretan club Ergotelis, which played in the Greek Gamma Ethniki at the time.
Ogunsoto built up his reputation in Greece during his spell at Ergotelis, in which he scored a total of 71 goals in 114 appearances, celebrating consecutive promotions in a steady run from the Gamma Ethniki to Greece's top tier football division, the Superleague. In his first season at Ergotelis, Ogunsoto scored 30 goals in 32 games and the team was promoted to the Beta Ethniki. He followed up with another 9 goals in his second season, helping the club gain another promotion, this time in the Alpha Ethniki, Greece's top tier football division. He continued being the club's top scorer for a third year in a row, scoring 11 goals in 29 games during the club's first season in the Alpha Ethniki, but the team was eventually relegated. Then Ogunsoto became instrumental in the club's second promotion and winning of the division title, by being declared top-scorer once again with a total of 21 goals at the end of the 2005−06 season. His performances did not go unnoticed though, and after brief flirts with Greek giants Panathinaikos and AEK, he subsequently moved to Belgium and K.V.C. Westerlo, thus ending a remarkable 4-year run with Ergotelis in Crete.
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