Inainfe Michael Ologo
Defender · İstanbulspor · №5
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
Manisa FK
İstanbulspor
1. Lig
|
0:1 | |
Kayserispor
İstanbulspor
1. Lig
|
4:0 | |
İstanbulspor
76 Iğdır Belediyespor
1. Lig
|
1:2 | |
Bursaspor
İstanbulspor
1. Lig
|
4:0 | |
Bandırmaspor
İstanbulspor
1. Lig
|
3:0 |
Season statistics
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lig | 2026 | 5 |
About the player
Michael Ologo's move to Turkey came with a dispute attached. He joined İstanbulspor in the summer of 2018 as a minor, accompanied by his father, and left behind the Fresh Talents Football Academy in Nigeria, where he had started his youth career that year. The academy's agent, Ese Oduko, claimed that Ologo had bypassed the academy's agreement and spoke of taking the matter to FIFA over training compensation.
He stayed at İstanbulspor and made his senior debut in the 2021–2022 season, the campaign in which the team won promotion to the Süper Lig. A right-footed defender, he is 189 cm tall.
Regular football came through loans. In August 2023 he went to Çorum FK for the 2023–2024 season and played 31 matches, scoring once. In February 2025 he moved to Velež Mostar in Bosnia on loan until the end of the season; the club made the announcement on 4 March 2025.
Ologo has also played for Nigeria at youth level. He won two caps for the under-23 side in 2022, including matches in qualifying for the Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations. He has not yet been capped by the senior national team.
Career path
- 2022 — 2027 — now Istanbulspor 58 matches
- 2025 FK Velez Mostar 10 matches
- 2024 Corum 31 matches
Career
| Season | Club | Competition | Games | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/27 | Istanbulspor | 1.Lig | 2 | 1 | 0 | 147 |
| 25/26 | Istanbulspor | 1.Lig | 9 | 0 | 0 | 719 |
| 24/25 | FK Velez Mostar | Premijer Liga Bosne i Hercegovine | 10 | 0 | 0 | 798 |
| 24/25 | Istanbulspor | 1.Lig | 8 | 0 | 0 | 300 |
| 24/25 | Istanbulspor | Türkiye Kupasi | 4 | 1 | 0 | 289 |
| 23/24 | Corum | 1.Lig | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 032 |
| 23/24 | Corum | 1.Lig Playoff | 3 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| 23/24 | Corum | Türkiye Kupasi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 22/23 | Istanbulspor | Süper Lig | 7 | 0 | 0 | 420 |
| 22/23 | Istanbulspor | Türkiye Kupasi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
| 21/22 | Istanbulspor | 1.Lig | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 105 |
| 21/22 | Istanbulspor | 1.Lig Playoff | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Istanbulspor | 58 | 3 | 0 | 4 102 | |
| Total | Corum | 31 | 1 | 1 | 2 118 | |
| Total | FK Velez Mostar | 10 | 0 | 0 | 798 |
Transfers
Transfers- 24/25 Velez Mostar Istanbulspor
- 24/25 Istanbulspor Velez Mostar
- 23/24 Corum Istanbulspor
- 23/24 Istanbulspor Corum
- 21/22 Unknown Istanbulspor
