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Five New Puritans
Five New Puritans
Mike Ford, manager of Evo-Stik Southern League Central club Banbury United, has confirmed that five new players have agreed to sign for the 2018/19 season.
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Striker Felipe Barcelos, defenders Lee Henderson and Jacob Whitmore and midfielder or defender Eddie Odhiambo and wide midfielder Greg Kaziboni have all become Puritans.

 

Twenty-six-year-old Barcelos (pictured) returns for a second spell at the club.

 

He was born in Brazil before moving to Oxford at the age of 14, joining Oxford City’s academy and working his way through the ranks, making his first-team debut in 2010.

 

He moved to Italy for season 2013/14 playing for ASD Santhia Calcio in Serie D before returning to Oxford City for season 2014/15, playing for their Conference North side before re-signing for Calcio ahead of the 2015/16 season.

 

He originally joined Banbury in January 2016 upon his return to the UK and after making thirty-three appearances and scoring 18 goals for the Puritans, he left in September 2016 when moving away from the area to attend university and joined Grantham Town for the remainder of that season.

 

He spent a productive 2017/18 season with Didcot Town.

 

Twenty-eight-year-old central defender Henderson joins Banbury having been at Oxford City since the summer of 2013 when he joined them from Didcot.

 

He was City’s captain last season and has also previously played for Bicester Town and Witney United after being at Oxford United as a youngster.

 

Twenty-year-old right-back or wide midfielder Whitmore joins from Evo-Stik League Premier side Barwell, who he signed for in the summer of 2017 after being released by Coventry City.

 

He came through the Sky Blues academy and progressed to earn a one-year professional deal with the club.

 

Defender or midfielder Odhiambo returns to the club for a second spell, although this time in a player-coach role.

 

The 32-year-old Tanzanian began his career as a schoolboy with Oxford United prior to joining Southampton in 2003.

 

He signed professionally for the Saints but didn’t manage to break into their first-team and returned to then-Conference side Oxford United in the summer of 2006, playing on a regular basis for them over the course of the next two seasons.

 

He moved to Stevenage Borough ahead of the 2008/09 campaign and was part of their FA Trophy winning side that season and of their side that won promotion to the Football League the following season.

 

He then played for Conference sides Newport County and Gateshead before joining Brackley Town in the summer of 2012.

 

After four seasons at St James`s Park, he had short stints with Oxford City and Kidlington before moving to Banbury in October 2016.

 

He made thirty-four appearances for the Puritans in the remainder of season 2016/17 before joining Kidlington in a player-coach role in the summer of 2017.

 

Twenty-five-year-old forward or wide midfielder Kaziboni arrives from last season`s league rivals Biggleswade Town.

 

Kaziboni joined Northampton Town from local side Gregory Celtic and came through their youth side to make five Football League appearances for the Cobblers in 2011.

 

After being released he joined then-Conference North side Corby Town for season 2012/13.

 

He moved to Brackley Town at the start of season 2013/14 and was a regular in their side early in the season but after losing his place he joined then-Southern League side Rugby Town before returning to Brackley for the following season in which he made thirty-foue Conference North appearances.

 

After a lengthy spell out of the game through injury, Kazoboni returned to playing last season with Biggleswade and played in both games against Banbury last season, winning the home side’s man of the match award at Langford Road in December.

 

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Five New Puritans
Five New Puritans
Friday 15 June 18 I 00:00:00
Photo by

Striker Felipe Barcelos, defenders Lee Henderson and Jacob Whitmore and midfielder or defender Eddie Odhiambo and wide midfielder Greg Kaziboni have all become Puritans.

 

Twenty-six-year-old Barcelos (pictured) returns for a second spell at the club.

 

He was born in Brazil before moving to Oxford at the age of 14, joining Oxford City’s academy and working his way through the ranks, making his first-team debut in 2010.

 

He moved to Italy for season 2013/14 playing for ASD Santhia Calcio in Serie D before returning to Oxford City for season 2014/15, playing for their Conference North side before re-signing for Calcio ahead of the 2015/16 season.

 

He originally joined Banbury in January 2016 upon his return to the UK and after making thirty-three appearances and scoring 18 goals for the Puritans, he left in September 2016 when moving away from the area to attend university and joined Grantham Town for the remainder of that season.

 

He spent a productive 2017/18 season with Didcot Town.

 

Twenty-eight-year-old central defender Henderson joins Banbury having been at Oxford City since the summer of 2013 when he joined them from Didcot.

 

He was City’s captain last season and has also previously played for Bicester Town and Witney United after being at Oxford United as a youngster.

 

Twenty-year-old right-back or wide midfielder Whitmore joins from Evo-Stik League Premier side Barwell, who he signed for in the summer of 2017 after being released by Coventry City.

 

He came through the Sky Blues academy and progressed to earn a one-year professional deal with the club.

 

Defender or midfielder Odhiambo returns to the club for a second spell, although this time in a player-coach role.

 

The 32-year-old Tanzanian began his career as a schoolboy with Oxford United prior to joining Southampton in 2003.

 

He signed professionally for the Saints but didn’t manage to break into their first-team and returned to then-Conference side Oxford United in the summer of 2006, playing on a regular basis for them over the course of the next two seasons.

 

He moved to Stevenage Borough ahead of the 2008/09 campaign and was part of their FA Trophy winning side that season and of their side that won promotion to the Football League the following season.

 

He then played for Conference sides Newport County and Gateshead before joining Brackley Town in the summer of 2012.

 

After four seasons at St James`s Park, he had short stints with Oxford City and Kidlington before moving to Banbury in October 2016.

 

He made thirty-four appearances for the Puritans in the remainder of season 2016/17 before joining Kidlington in a player-coach role in the summer of 2017.

 

Twenty-five-year-old forward or wide midfielder Kaziboni arrives from last season`s league rivals Biggleswade Town.

 

Kaziboni joined Northampton Town from local side Gregory Celtic and came through their youth side to make five Football League appearances for the Cobblers in 2011.

 

After being released he joined then-Conference North side Corby Town for season 2012/13.

 

He moved to Brackley Town at the start of season 2013/14 and was a regular in their side early in the season but after losing his place he joined then-Southern League side Rugby Town before returning to Brackley for the following season in which he made thirty-foue Conference North appearances.

 

After a lengthy spell out of the game through injury, Kazoboni returned to playing last season with Biggleswade and played in both games against Banbury last season, winning the home side’s man of the match award at Langford Road in December.

 

Copyright Non League Today. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to the Non League Today website as the source and a link back to the Non League Today website.
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