David Faramola Oniya (5 June 1985 – 13 June 2015) was a Nigerian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a defender.

Club career

In mid-2007, Oniya moved to Uzbekistan, signing a contract with

Dinamo Samarqand FC Dinamo Samarqand (, ) is an Uzbek professional football club, based in city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Currently it plays in Uzbekistan Super League. History FC Dinamo Samarqand is one of the oldest clubs in Uzbekistan. The club was founded in ...

. Oniya played for Dinamo Samarqand for 4 seasons, becoming the team's captain before signing for

Bunyodkor Football Club Bunyodkor () is an Uzbek professional football club based in Tashkent that competes in the Uzbekistan Super League. Bunyodkor, a relatively unknown club at the time, made international headlines when it claimed to be close to sig ...

in December 2011. Oniya left Bunyodkor in February 2012 before the start of the season, signing for

Sogdiana Jizzakh Sogdiyona Jizzakh ( Uzbek: ''Soʻgʻdiyona Jizzax Futbol Klubi / "Сўғдиёна" Жиззах Футбол Клуби''), formerly known as Sogdiana, is an Uzbek professional football club based in Jizzakh, that plays in the Uzbekistan Super ...

for the first half of the year and then joined

Buxoro Bukhara ( ) is the seventh-largest city in Uzbekistan by population, with 280,187 residents . It is the capital of Bukhara Region. People have inhabited the region around Bukhara for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half ...

in the summer of 2012. In early 2014, Oniya signed for Neftchi Fergana, but did not pass a medical examination and therefore was not allowed to be registered by the

Uzbekistan Football Federation The Uzbekistan Football Association () is the governing body of football in Uzbekistan, controlling the Uzbekistan national team. History Uzbekistan Football Federation was founded in 1946, while Uzbekistan was still under Soviet rule, and has ...

. Oniya's contract with Neftchi Fergana was terminated in the summer of 2014. In the autumn of 2014 Oniya moved to Malaysia signing for T–Team.

Death

On 13 June 2015, Oniya died after collapsing on the pitch in Malaysia during a friendly between his club T-Team and

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. His body was laid to rest at a Christian cemetery in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan two weeks later.

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