Marios Ogkmpoe

Marios Ogkmpoe[2][lower-alpha 1] (Greek: Μάριος Όγκμποε; born 10 October 1994) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a striker for Super League 2 club AEL.

Marios Ogkmpoe
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-10-10) 10 October 1994
Place of birth Athens, Greece
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 AEL
Number 9
Youth career
Nea Ionia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009−2015 Nea Ionia
2015−2016 Fostiras
2016–2018 OFI 30 (4)
2018–2021 Hamilton Academical 65 (13)
2021– AEL 50 (28)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:30, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Career

Born in Athens,[1] Ogkmpoe began playing youth football with Nea Ionia, making his senior club debut at the age of 15, playing in the Delta and later the Gamma Ethniki, the 4th and 3rd tier of the Greek football league system respectively.[3] In the summer of 2015 he moved to Gamma Ethniki club Fostiras, before signing for OFI on a free transfer in the summer of 2016.[3]

After spending one-and-a-half seasons with OFI,[1] Ogkmpoe signed a short-term deal with Scottish Premiership side Hamilton Academical on 24 January 2018,[4] making his debut that same day, in a league match against Heart of Midlothian.[5]

In March 2020 he signed a contract extension with Hamilton until 2021.[6] On 19 May 2021 it was announced that he would leave Hamilton at the end of the season, following the expiry of his contract.[7]

In July 2021 he signed for AEL.[8] He scored his first goal on 14 November 2021 on his debut league appearance against home rivals Apollon Larissa.[9] On 11 December 2021, he scored two goals against Apollon Pontou,[10] and on 29 December 2021 he scored his first hat-trick against Xanthi, reaching 6 league goals by the end of 2021.[11]

Personal life

Ogkmpoe is of Nigerian heritage.[4]

Career statistics
As of match played 2 August 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
OFI 2016–17[1] Superleague Greece 2 23352——285
2017–18[1] 7131——102
Total 30483——387
Hamilton Academical 2017–18[1] Scottish Premiership 1630000—163
2018–19[1] 610000—61
2019–20[1] 2361051—297
2020–21[1] 2030021—224
Total 65131072—7315
AEL 2021–22 Superleague Greece 2 291443——3317
2022–23 161320——1813
Total 452763—005130
Career total 14043156720016252

Notes
  1. Also spelt Ogboe.

References
  1. "M. Ogkmpoe: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  2. @acciesfc (26 January 2018). "For avoidance of doubt our new signing's name is Marios Ogkmpoe, there appear to be various spellings doing the rounds" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 January 2018 – via Twitter.
  3. "Ανακοίνωσε Όγκμποε ο ΟΦΗ" (in Greek). Sport-FM. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  4. "Marios Ogboe: Hamilton sign former OFI Crete striker". BBC Sport. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  5. "Games played by Marios Ogkmpoe in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  6. "New Deals for Moyo & Ogkmpoe". Hamilton Academical Website. 13 March 2020.
  7. "End of Season Summary". 19 May 2021.
  8. "Ανακοίνωσε Μάριο Όγκμποε η ΠΑΕ ΑΕΛ". Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  9. "Με νίκη ξεκίνησε η ΑΕΛ στο ματς με τον Απόλλωνα (2-0) (Greek)". www.thessaliatv.gr. 14 November 2021.
  10. "Νέα ήττα για τον Απόλλωνα Πόντου (Greek)". www.metrosport.gr. 11 December 2021.
  11. "ΑΕΛ - Ξάνθη 4-0: Με μεγάλο πρωταγωνιστή τον Όγκμποε της έσπασε το αήττητο (Greek)". www.metrosport.gr. 29 December 2021.
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