Adeleke Akinyemi

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Adeleke Akinyemi
Personal information
Full name Adeleke Akinola Akinyemi
Date of birth (1998-08-11) 11 August 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria [1]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Ilves
Youth career
Real Sapphire
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015 Serdarlı GB 13 (10)
2015–2016 Skënderbeu Korçë 0 (0)
2015–2016Trepça'89 (loan) 16 (10)
2017–2018 Ventspils 40 (23)
2018–2021 Start 32 (3)
2020HamKam (loan) 8 (0)
2021–2023 KF Laçi 35 (9)
2023–2024 Karviná 46 (10)
2024 Karviná B 3 (1)
2024– Ilves 6 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024

Adeleke Akinola Akinyemi (born 11 August 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer playing as a forward for Veikkausliiga club Ilves. [2]

Contents

Club career

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. [3]

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. [4] [5] [6] Akinyemi returned to Ventspils a few days later, 13 August, playing in their win over FK Liepāja on the same day. [7]

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. [8] After scoring 3 goals in Start's 2018 campaign which ended in relegation, in the 2019 1. divisjon season opener he broke his ankle. [9] He was sidelined for a long time and failed to break into Start's first team after that. The former top scorer did not manage any goals during a loan to Hamkam in 2020 either. [2] Following a goalless league run in 2021, [10] Start decided to release him after the end of the 2021 season. [11]

Karviná

On 6 February 2023, Karviná announced the signing of Akinyemi, from KF Laçi. [12]

Ilves

On 27 August 2024, Akinyemi joined Ilves in Finnish Veikkausliiga, signing a deal for the rest of the season with an option for the 2025. [13] On 1 September, Akiyemi scored in his Ilves debut, in a 1–1 away draw against Gnistan in the league.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 October 2024 [2] [10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Serdarlı GB 2014–15 KTFF Süper Lig 13101310
Trepça'89 (loan) 2015–16 Kosovo Superleague 16101610
Ventspils 2017 Virslīga 231067103017
2018 Virslīga171310472220
Total402377575237
Start 2018 Eliteserien 12320143
2019 1. divisjon 10000010
2020 Eliteserien3030
2021 1. divisjon16034194
Total32354377
HamKam (loan) 2020 1. divisjon8080
KF Laçi 2021–22 Kategoria Superiore 16332195
2022–23 Kategoria Superiore1961040246
Total35942404311
Karviná 2022–23 FNL 146146
2023–24 Czech First League 32410334
Total4610104710
Karviná B 2023–24 MSFL 1010
2024–25MSFL2121
Total3131
Ilves 2024 Veikkausliiga 6300000063
Career total199291713970022549

Honours

MFK Karviná

Ventspils

Ilves

Individual

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