Taiwo Ogunjobi

Taiwo Joseph Ogunjobi (17 August 1953 – 11 February 2019) was a Nigerian football player and administrator. He played as a centre-back for Shooting Stars and represented Nigeria internationally. He later held posts as an administrator at club and state levels, and with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and its predecessor the Nigeria Football Association, serving as secretary-general between 2002 and 2005.

Playing career Ogunjobi played for the Nigerian academicals team; he was made captain during 1973–74 and led the side that beat the Ghanaian academicals that season. He joined Shooting Stars, then known as WNDC Ibadan, in 1973.

He left Shooting Stars in 1975 to study in the United States, but returned in 1980 and was appointed captain. A centre-back, he regularly partnered Ogbein Fawole. He led the club to the final of the 1984 African Cup of Champions Clubs. He retired in 1986. During that time, he oversaw their victory in the 1992 CAF Cup. In 1994, he was named as the club's sole administrator, overseeing their victories in the National League and Federation Cup in 1995. He also worked as a member of NFF delegations at FIFA competitions between 2002 and 2010, and officiated as match commissioner for two qualification matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He was cleared after both incidents. After a previous attempt in 2014, in September 2018 he lost a second challenge to become NFF President. He served as chairman of the Osun State Football Association at the time of his death in February 2019.

Personal life Ogunjobi was born in Ilesa in 1953, into a Yoruba family. His older brother, also called Taiwo, was a national champion in the 400 metres hurdles and died in the 1992 Nigerian Air Force C-130 crash. Ogunjobi attended African Church Grammar School and then Ibadan Grammar School, whose games master at that point was Lam Adesina. They had five children.