Adeleke Akinyemi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adeleke Akinola Akinyemi | ||
| Date of birth | 11 August 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Start | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015 | Serdarlı GB | 13 | (10) |
| 2015–2016 | Skënderbeu Korçë | 0 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Trepça'89 (loan) | 16 | (10) |
| 2017–2018 | Ventspils | 40 | (23) |
| 2018– | Start | 13 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 March 2019 | |||
Adeleke Akinola Akinyemi (born 11 August 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Start in the Eliteserien.[1]
Career
Club
Serdarlı GB
On 24 January 2015, Akinyemi signed for KTFF Süper Lig side Serdarlı GB. He played 13 matches in the league, scoring 10 goals. In total, he played 17 matches and scored 11 goals for the Turkish Cypriot side during the 2014–15 season.[2]
Ventspils
In early August 2018, Akinyemi went AWOL, resulting in his club, FK Ventspils filling a missing persons report amid fear the player had been kidnapped.[3][4][5] Akinyemi returned to Ventspils a few days later, 13 August, playing in their win over FK Liepāja on the same day.[6]
Start
On 16 August 2018, IK Start announced the signing of Akinyemi, on a contract until the end of the 2021 season, from FK Ventspils.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 30 March 2019[1]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ventspils | 2017 | Latvian Higher League | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | 30 | 17 | |
| 2018 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | – | 22 | 20 | |||
| Total | 40 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | – | 52 | 37 | |||
| Start | 2018 | Eliteserien | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 3 | ||
| 2019 | 1. divisjon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 3 | ||||
| Career total | 53 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 40 | ||
References
- ^ a b "A.Akinyemi". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "AKINYEMİ ADELEKE AKINOLA". www.ktff.org. KTFF. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ "ОФИЦИАЛЬНОЕ ЗАЯВЛЕНИЕ ФК ВЕНТСПИЛС". fkventspils.lv (in Russian). FK Ventspils. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "ОФИЦИАЛЬНОЕ ЗАЯВЛЕНИЕ ФК ВЕНТСПИЛС". fkventspils.lv (in Russian). FK Ventspils. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "ОФИЦИАЛЬНОЕ ЗАЯВЛЕНИЕ ФК ВЕНТСПИЛС". fkventspils.lv (in Russian). FK Ventspils. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "ОФИЦИАЛЬНОЕ ЗАЯВЛЕНИЕ ФК ВЕНТСПИЛС, ИНТЕРВЬЮ АДЕЛЕКЕ". fkventspils.lv (in Russian). FK Ventspils. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "Akinyemi endelig klar". www.ikstart.no (in Norwegian). IK Start. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
External links
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Nigerian footballers
- Association football forwards
- FK Ventspils players
- IK Start players
- Nigerian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Northern Cyprus
- Nigerian expatriates in Northern Cyprus
- Expatriate footballers in Kosovo
- Nigerian expatriates in Kosovo
- Expatriate footballers in Latvia
- Nigerian expatriates in Latvia
- Expatriate footballers in Norway
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Eliteserien players
- 1. divisjon players