Victor Deniran (born 27 May 1990) is 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 plays as a
defender.
Career
Deniran started his career at Nigerian
First Bank F.C.
First Bank FC is a Nigerian soccer club run by First Bank of Nigeria and based in Lagos. Besides football, the bank also runs clubs in various other sports, including basketball.
Current squad
Oladimeji Salvador
Sources
Th ...
In the winter of 2008, Deniran went on a trial period with
Slavia Sofia
PFC Slavia Sofia 1913 () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home ground is the Stadion Aleksandar Sh ...
in
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...
and six months later signed his first professional contract with the club. He was given the No.14 shirt. He made his official debut in the
Bulgarian first division in a match against
Litex Lovech
FC Lovech (; formerly Litex Lovech) is a Bulgarian professional association football, football club based in Lovech, that competes in the Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Spor ...
on 9 August 2008. Victor played for 90 minutes. The result of the match was a 0–3 loss for Slavia.
Personal life
His brother
Ortega Deniran plays for
Edinburgh City F.C.
Edinburgh City Football Club is a semi-professional senior Scottish football club which plays in , the fourth tier of the Scottish Professional Football League. The club play at Meadowbank Stadium, returning to the rebuilt stadium in 2022 after ...
as a forward.
External links
Profileat pfcslavia.com
1990 births
Living people
Nigerian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
First Bank F.C. players
PFC Slavia Sofia players
FC Sportist Svoge players
POFC Botev Vratsa players
FC Montana players
FC Lyubimets players
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Nigerian expatriates in Bulgaria
Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
Footballers from Lagos
21st-century Nigerian sportsmen
Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
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