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Ogita, I wonder if Tsumon fans remember the name? In the 2011 season of the Chinese Super League, the Nigerian goalscorer briefly landed in Zimbabwe, but after only half a season, he was dubbed the "water tower" by fans and left the team in a hurry after the summer window opened that year. Now, 11 years later, the 39-year-old veteran is still active on the professional stage and maintains a good competitive state.
Augita (back row, first from right)
Perhaps Tianjin fans will not think that to this day, Ogita still has not forgotten the years he played in Tianjin. In late March, Ogita shared a photo of him playing in Tianjin on his personal social media – a moment when Tianjin Teda beat Jeju United 3-0 at home in the 2011 AFC Champions League.
Back in early 2011, Ogita, the longest-running foreign player of the year, was given high hopes by the club and Tsumon fans, and in the team's pre-season warm-up match with Ulsan Hyundai, Ogita scored a goal on his debut. For a time, the Nigerian became what Tsumon fans call "Vegeta" (a powerful character in the anime Dragon Ball).
However, the good times did not last long, in the subsequent official matches, wearing the No. 9 jersey, Ogita showed the true color of "parallel goods", he did not have the speed and explosiveness of African players, and lacked the delicate footwork of American players, and the technology and overall view were really average. Even though Ogita scored a goal against Shandong, after the summer 2011 transfer window opened, the club returned the Nigerian striker, who had become a "water tower", to his old club, Ivanitsa of Serbia, for the first time.
Since then, Ogita has moved to Taraz in Kazakhstan, Vož dovac in Serbia and Maradot in Serbia. Among them, he played for 5 consecutive seasons with Maradotte. In the summer of 2021, nigerians join Ivanitsa again. It is worth mentioning that Ivanitsa was Augita's first stop after leaving the African continent and landing in Europe. It was also here that he gradually became famous and was given the opportunity to join the Serbsliga belgrade guerrillas.
Now back where his football dreams began, the 39-year-old Ogita hopes his career will come to a successful end, and helping Ivanica return to the Serbian Premier League is Ojita's most important task at the moment. Even in the twilight of his career, Ogita has maintained a good competitive form in serbian football leagues in recent years. So far this season, as a rotational player in the Ivanitsa forward, the Nigerian can still shoulder the responsibility of destroying the city, and so far this season, Ogita has made 30 appearances for the team in all competitions, scoring 7 goals and 3 assists, averaging nearly 60 minutes per game, which is not easy for a 39-year-old veteran.
Currently, Ivanitsa, who is third in the regular season, has moved into the final promotion group and is temporarily number one with 60 points. As long as Ivanitsa can maintain his current competitive state in the subsequent matches, it is very likely to achieve the goal of overtaking that was previously set. Augita's contract with Ivanitsa doesn't expire until January 2023, which means that at the end of his career, the Nigerian striker is expected to once again gallop on the Spanish Super League.
Ogita has now played more than 500 official matches, and the years have left their mark on his face.
Ogita will turn 39 in May, but his love of football hasn't diminished over time. Admittedly, the Nigerian shooter's trip to China was not a success, but his dedication to football deserves praise. For his future, Ogita also has long planned, and in an interview, Ogita said that he hopes to enter the management of the team after retiring.