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 25)
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria [1]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Karviná
Number 19
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– Karviná 32 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 January 2024

Adeleke Akinola Akinyemi (born 11 August 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer. [2]

Contents

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. [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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 October 2021 [2] [10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ventspils 2017 Latvian Higher League 231067103017
2018 171310472220
Total402377575237
Start 2018 Eliteserien 12320143
2019 1. divisjon 10000010
2020 Eliteserien3030
2021 1. divisjon16034194
Total32354377
HamKam (loan) 2020 1. divisjon8080
Career total8026121157009744

Honours

MFK Karviná

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References

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  9. "Starts storsignering om den alvorlige skaden: – Det er vanskelig for meg" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  10. 1 2 Adeleke Akinyemi at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  11. "Martin Ramsland: – Det er stort for meg å ha spilt for Start" (in Norwegian). IK Start. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
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