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Birth name | Adedayo Adeyemi Adebayo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 30 November 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ibadan, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 95 kg (14 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | CEO and Founder of Premier Lifestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adedayo Adeyemi Adebayo (born 30 November 1970 in Ibadan, Nigeria) is a rugby union footballer, who played on the wing for England 9 times between 1996 and 1998. He played club rugby for Bath and Parma [1] and then went on to coach the Scottish-based sevens side, Bone Steelers. He started for Bath in the victorious 1998 Heineken Cup Final as they defeated Brive. [2]
Adebayo made his international debut on 23 November 1996 against Italy, [3] a match which England went on to win 54-21. His final appearance in an England shirt was on 22 March 1998 against Scotland.
He was a member of the England sevens squad which won the inaugural World Cup Sevens in Scotland in 1993. He turned and twisted to bring off a memorable tackle, that helped England reach the final.[ citation needed ]
He is the CEO and founder of Premier Lifestyle, a corporate hospitality company. [4]