Afeez Aremu
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Afeez Aremu Olalekan | ||
Date of birth | 3 October 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Ibadan, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FC St. Pauli | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
2013–2014 | Remo Stars | ||
2014–2015 | Sharks | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2016 | Sunshine Stars | 15 | (2) |
2016 | Rivers United | 13 | (1) |
2017–2018 | Akwa United | 9 | (0) |
2018–2020 | IK Start | 55 | (4) |
2020– | FC St. Pauli | 2 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2014–2015 | Nigeria U20[1] | ||
2017 | Nigeria | 1[2] | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 November 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:42, 31 August 2020 (UTC) |
Afeez Aremu Olalekan[2] (born 3 October 1999) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC St. Pauli[3][4] in 2. Bundesliga. He has also played for the Nigeria national under-20 team.[5]
Career
Aremu was born in Ibadan, Nigeria. He made his league debut with Remo Stars F.C.[5] at the age of 14 in 2013–14 Nigeria National Pro League season during their terrain in the Nigerian Second Division League. He has played for several Nigeria Premier League teams, such as Sharks F.C. from where he played against Sunshine Stars F.C. and this made Sunshine Stars sign him.[6] He got stronger interest from Rivers United F.C.[7] after he played against them during the first leg of 2015–16 Nigeria Premier League season and was signed during the mid season. He won the man of the match again towards two games to the end of 2015–16 Nigeria Premier League season when Rivers United played against Akwa United F.C. and this also made Akwa United sign him in the 2017 Nigeria Premier League season.[8]
In August 2020, Aremu joined 2. Bundesliga side FC St. Pauli from Eliteserien club IK Start on a three-year contract. The transfer fee paid to IK Start was undisclosed.[9]
Career statistics
- As of match played 22 November 2020[10]
Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Sunshine Stars | 2015 | NPFL | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
Rivers United | 2016 | NPFL | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
Akwa United | 2017 | NPFL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Start | 2018 | Eliteserien | 26 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 4 |
2019 | OBOS-ligaen | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
2020 | Eliteserien | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
St. Pauli | 2020–21 | 2. Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Career total | 94 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 99 | 8 |
References
- ^ "Victor Mbaoma Get Flying Eagles Call Up As Team Resumes Camping Today". sl10.ng. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ a b Afeez Aremu at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "NPFL Transfer: Sunshine lose Afeez Aremu to Akwa". sportstalkafrica.com. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: I can't wait to put one past Rivers United – Aremu Afeez". sportlineng.com. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ a b "12 uninvited players progress in Flying Eagles trial". Premium Times Nigeria. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "www.supportthenpfl.com/news/aremu-afeez-delighted-sunshine-stars-move/". supportthenpfl.com. Retrieved 4 March 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Afeez praises Rivers Utd's mentality". The Nation Nigeria. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Sunshine Stars' Afeez Aremu looking to arrest poor form against Ifeanyi Ubah FC". Goal.com. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "FC St. Pauli verpflichtet Afeez Aremu". kicker (in German). 24 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "Afeez Aremu". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV2. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Nigerian footballers
- Nigeria under-20 international footballers
- Nigeria international footballers
- Nigerian Professional Football League players
- Association football midfielders
- Remo Stars F.C. players
- Sharks F.C. players
- Sunshine Stars F.C. players
- Akwa United F.C. players
- Rivers United F.C. players
- IK Start players
- FC St. Pauli players
- Eliteserien players
- Norwegian First Division players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Nigerian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Norway
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Yoruba sportspeople
- Sportspeople from Ibadan