Seyi Olofinjana

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Seyi Olofinjana
Seyi Olofinjana playing for Cardiff City
Personal information
Full name Oluwaseyi George Olofinjana
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Cardiff City
(on loan from Hull City)
Number 20
Youth career
1998–1999 Crown FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2003 Kwara United ? (?)
2003–2004 Brann 37 (11)
2004–2008 Wolverhampton Wanderers 135 (16)
2008–2009 Stoke City 18 (2)
2009– Hull City 19 (1)
2010– → Cardiff City (loan) 15 (3)
International career‡
2000– Nigeria 51 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:40, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:25, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

Oluwaseyi George "Seyi" Olofinjana (born 30 June 1980) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Cardiff City as a midfielder, on loan from Hull City. "Seyi" is a nickname for the Yoruba name "Oluwaseyi" (meaning "God made this").[1]

Playing career

Born in Lagos, Olofinjana started his professional football career at Crown FC when he was an undergraduate in Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, and later moved on to play in the Nigerian Premier League for Kwara United. During this time, he also broke into the Nigerian national team, the Super Eagles, making his debut in June 2000 in a 3–2 friendly win over Malawi.

The midfielder moved to Norwegian club Brann in 2003 after graduating from the University, where he played one season, and went on to play in every game of the 2004 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia, as Nigeria finished third.

He then moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers, newly-relegated from the Premier League, in a £1.7 million deal in July 2004. He immediately became a first choice player at Molineux but struggled for consistency in performances. A back injury in Autumn 2005 kept him out for the rest of the season, forcing him to miss the 2006 African Cup of Nations.

In the 2006–07 season he finished as the club's top goalscorer as they made the play-offs under Mick McCarthy, but went on to only score three goals the following season, missing part of the season as he competed in the 2008 African Cup of Nations whereNigeria lost in the quarter-finals.

In June 2008, following Wolves failure to reach the play-offs, Olofinjana signed for Premier League club Stoke City on a four-year deal for £3 million[2] He scored his first goal for Stoke City in a home game against Everton in September 2008. He did not play many games that season, and in the summer break Stoke accepted a £2.5 million bid from French side AS Monaco. Negotiations broke down with Monaco, allowing Hull City to sign Olofinjana for £3 million.[3] He scored his first goal for Hull City in a 2–1 win against his old club, Stoke City, in November 2009.[4]

On 10 August 2010, Olofinjana signed for fellow Championship team Cardiff City on a season-long loan deal.[5] He scored his first goal for the Cardiff City against his parent club Hull City in September.[6]

Personal life

Olofinjana is a graduate of Chemical Engineering from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, and also sat exams as part of his Masters degree in Chemical Engineering in July 2007.

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
SK Brann 2003 28 9 - - - - 28 9
2004 9 2 - - - - 9 2
Wolves 2004–05 42 5 2 0 2 0 - - 46 5
2005–06 13 0 - 1 0 - - 14 0
2006–07 46 9 3 1 1 0 - - 50 10
2007–08 36 3 1 0 - - - 37 3
Stoke City 2008–09 18 2 1 0 2 0 - - 21 2
Hull City 2009–10 19 1 0 0 0 0 - - 19 1
Cardiff City (loan) 2010–11 15 3 0 0 0 0 - - 15 3
Norway 37 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 11
England 176 20 7 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 188 21
Career total 213 31 7 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 225 32

Statistics accurate as of match played on 21 August 2010.[7]

References

  1. ^ Meaning of Oluwaseyi in Nigerian.name
  2. ^ "Stoke sign midfielder Olofinjana". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 July 2008.
  3. ^ "Stoke's Olofinjana set for Monaco". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  4. ^ Ornstein, David (8 November 2009). "Hull 2 – 1 Stoke". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  5. ^ "Cardiff City sign Hull's Seyi Olofinjana on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 August 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  6. ^ "Cardiff City 2–0 Hull City". BBC Sport. 11 September 2010.
  7. ^ "Seyi Olofinjana". Stokecityfc.com. Stoke City FC. Retrieved 8 July 2009.

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