Reuben Agboola
Reuben Agboola, the Nigerian defender, made 150 appearances for Sunderland. His value came outside the scoresheet, with 150 recorded appearances.
Reuben Omojola Folasanje Agboola Listen ⓘ (born 30 May 1962) is a former professional footballer who played at left back . He made 268 league appearances in a 13-year career in the Football League . He made nine appearances for Nigeria between 1991 and 1993, appearing at the 1992 Africa Cup of Nations . He began his career as an amateur at Southampton in July 1978, after leaving the youth side Cheshunt . He turned professional with the "Saints" in April 1980 and helped the club to reach the FA Cup Semi-finals and to achieve a second-place finish in the First Division in 1983–84. He was sold to Sunderland in January 1985 for £150,000. The club struggled, and he was loaned out to Charlton Athletic in 1986. After regaining his first-team spot, he helped Sunderland regain their top-flight status following promotions in 1987–88 and 1989–90. Loaned out to Port Vale in November 1991, he was allowed to move on to Swansea City twelve months later. He ended his career following spells with non-League clubs Woking and Gosport Borough . — Wikipedia
- Position
- DF
- Nationality
- Nigeria
- Birthplace
- London Borough of Camden
- Born
- 30 May 1962
- Height
- 177 cm
He made his official debut for Sunderland on 29 January 1985 in a 1–0 defeat at his former club, Southampton. [ 8 ] He had started in an earlier match at Roker Park against Liverpool , but this match was abandoned because of a frozen pitch and was expunged from the records. [ 8 ] He initially found it difficult to hold down a regular first-team place as Sunderland struggled in vain to avoid relegation from the First Division at the end of his first season . As Sunderland continued to struggle (now under the management of Agboola's mentor, Lawrie McMenemy), Agboola spent a part of the 1986–87 season on loan at Charlton Athletic . In the following season he had his best season for Sunderland, as (now under manager Denis Smith ) they stormed back into the Second Division as champions of the Third Division . This success was followed two years later by a return to the top flight; the "Black Cats" finished sixth and lost 1–0 to Swindon Town in the play-off final at Wembley , however, Swindon were found to have made illegal payments to their players and so Sunderland were promoted instead. [ 8 ] Sunderland again struggled at the highest level, and Agboola was loaned out to Port Vale in November 1990. He played nine games for John Rudge 's "Valiants" in 1990–91 . [ 9 ] He left Roker Park in November 1991, having played 170 games for Sunderland in league and cup competitions. — Wikipedia
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