Ex-Nigeria U23 goalkeeper Ogunbiyi promotes with Naestved in Denmark

By: OLUSOLA ALAO Former Nigeria U23 national team goalkeeper Tunde Ogunbiyi has secured promotion to Danish top flight with his Danish second division team, Naestved BK following a 3-0 win against host, Jammaburgt to top the table with 67 points.

The former University of New Hampshire soccer team goalkeeper was invited to the Nigeria U23 national team preparing for the Beijing Olympic qualifiers in 2007 and the final preparation camp for the Olympic games in Portugal by coach Samson Siasia. The American born Ogunbiyi helped Skive IK secured promotion to the first division in Denmark in 2014 before he joined Naestved in 2014/2015 season. The goalkeeper who played for Ocean city Baron in USA was born in Abington to a Nigerian father, a doctor of Pharmacology and a Jamaican mother, a biochemist.