Adam Akimey

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Adam Akimey
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-02-21) 21 February 2004 (age 21)
Place of birth Bagarmossen, Sweden
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
Helsingborgs IF
Number 9
Youth career
–2018 IFK Haninge
2019–2021 IF Brommapojkarna
2022–2023 Hammarby Fotboll
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024 Hammarby Talang FF 28 (11)
2025 Hammarby Fotboll 0 (0)
2025– Helsingborgs IF 28 (4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 November 2025

Adam Akimey (born 21 February 2004) is a footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Helsingborgs IF. Born in Sweden, he has been called up to represent Benin internationally.

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Early life

Akimey was born on 21 February 2004. Born in Bagarmossen, Sweden, he is a native of Stockholm, Sweden. [1]

Club career

As a youth player, Akimey joined the youth academy of Swedish side IFK Haninge. Following his stint there, he joined the youth academy of Swedish side IF Brommapojkarna in 2019.

Ahead of the 2022 season, he joined the youth academy of Swedish side Hammarby Fotboll and was promoted to the club's reserve team in 2024, where he made twenty-eight league appearances and scored eleven goals. [2] During March 2025, he signed for Swedish side Helsingborgs IF. Beninese news website Le Miroir Magazine wrote in 2025 that he "gradually established himself in the Swedish club's squad" while playing for them. [3]

References

  1. "HIF:s Akimey deltar i Afcon: "Vi hade flera tusen på träningarna"" [HIF's Akimey participates in Afcon: "We had several thousand at the trainings"] (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 20 December 2025. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  2. Adam Akimey at WorldFootball.net
  3. "Adam Akimey, nouvelle pépite béninoise appelée chez les Guépards!" [Adam Akimey, a new Beninese talent, has been called up to the national team, the Cheetahs!] (in French). Le Miroir Magazine. 31 October 2025. Retrieved 26 December 2025.