Dele Adeleye
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| Full name | Ayodele Adeleye | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | December 25, 1988 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | |||||||||||
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| Current club | SC Tavriya Simferopol | |||||||||||
| Number | 3 | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||
| 2005-2006 | Shooting Stars | 20 | (1) | |||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Sparta Rotterdam | 74 | (3) | |||||||||
| 2010–2011 | FC Metalurh Donetsk | 26 | (3) | |||||||||
| 2011– | SC Tavriya Simferopol | 0 | (0) | |||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | Nigeria U-20 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Nigeria U-23 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2009– | Nigeria | 9 | (0) | |||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 August 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Ayodele "Dele" Adeleye (born 25 December 1988) is a Nigerian footballer who currently plays for SC Tavriya Simferopol.
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[edit] Club career
Adeleye is a defender who was born in Lagos and made his debut in professional football as part of the Shooting Stars FC squad before joining Sparta Rotterdam. Reports had linked him to English Premier League clubs Everton, West Ham United and Blackburn Rovers.[1] After Sparta's relegation Adeleye went to FC Metalurh Donetsk on a free transfer in June 2010. On September 2, 2011: Tavria have officially announced the signing of two Nigerian international players - Dele Adeleye and Sani Kaita- through a statement on their official website, FC Tavria, Dele Adeleye, in the Nigeria squad for two live-wire games against Madagascar on Sunday, comes from Donetsk Metallurg, where he scored three goals in 26 appearances from central defense. [1]
[edit] International career
A tall central defender, Adeleye caught the eye of Sparta when playing 3 matches for the Nigeria U-20 at the 2005 FIFA Youth World Cup in the Netherlands.[2] He made his first senior cap in a friendly against Ireland on May 29, 2009.
[edit] External links
- Player profile – Sparta Rotterdam
- Career stats – Voetbal international (Dutch)
[edit] References
- ^ Everton, Blackburn want Dele Adeleye – Nigerian Tribune
- ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments -FIFA
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- Nigerian footballers
- Nigerian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in Ukraine
- Shooting Stars F.C. players
- Sparta Rotterdam players
- FC Metalurh Donetsk players
- SC Tavriya Simferopol players
- Eredivisie players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Nigeria
- Olympic silver medalists for Nigeria
- People from Lagos
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