Sutton United | 23 Years Old | Right Winger
Background
Ogbonna has progressively risen through the non-league pyramid since the age of 18 when he first got a taste for men’s football at Northwest London side Hendon FC. Ogbonna hit the ground running at “The Greens”, making four appearances scoring once before making a move to Hertfordshire side Hertford Town. However, the Covid pandemic aimed to stall and disrupted his progression, but Ogbonna snapped back making over 100 appearances and scoring 31 goals from the wing. This form in the Southern League started to grab the attention of clubs in Step 1 and 2. But with all this interest, it was Slough Town manager Scott Davies who convinced Ogbonna to sign his first professional deal in the National League South in July 2023. In his first season at Step 2 he managed to play over 40 games scoring 7 goals, but it was Ogbonna’s goal contributions (10) last season that really caught the eye of National League and EFL sides, but Sutton United won the race to his signature. Ogbonna has now gone from step 4 to step 2 in two years, who knows where this form could take him next?
Playstyle-
Ogbonna is a pure winger, very skilful, very quick, very relentless and very direct, a defender’s nightmare. Ogbonna has played the majority of his game on the right-hand side, looking to beat his opposing player one on one, to then create a goal scoring opportunity. His ability to dribble and produce a skill to get past the opposition is almost second nature and 9/10 he does it with ease, his hard work off the ball and defensively shouldn’t be frowned upon as well. Nonetheless, I feel his consistency in delivering the final past or shot to create a chance or a goal, shows he is still very raw. However, we must take into consideration that he’s quote on quote “learning on the job” challenging himself at a higher level each year so we shouldn’t expect his numbers to stay at consistent and progressive rate. In conclusion Sutton fans can definitely be excited that they have managed to land the signing of one of non-leagues most exciting players and I fully expect him to smash in the next couple of years and end up in the EFL with or without “The U’s”.
Top Attributes
Dribbling | Pace | Hard work and Intensity
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