Personal information | |||
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Full name | Omobolaji Habeeb Adekanye [1] | ||
Date of birth | 14 February 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Ibadan, Nigeria [2] | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Go Ahead Eagles | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
Alphia | |||
Ajax | |||
2011–2014 | Barcelona | ||
2014–2015 | PSV Eindhoven | ||
2015–2019 | Liverpool | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2022 | Lazio | 11 | (1) |
2020–2021 | → Cádiz (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2021 | → ADO Den Haag (loan) | 14 | (2) |
2022 | → Crotone (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2022– | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | (6) |
International career‡ | |||
2015 | Netherlands U16 | 8 | (0) |
2015 | Netherlands U17 | 3 | (1) |
2019 | Netherlands U20 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 September 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 September 2019 |
Omobolaji Habeeb "Bobby" Adekanye (born 14 February 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Go Ahead Eagles. [3] Born in Nigeria, Adekanye represents the Netherlands internationally.
Adekanye signed to Liverpool from FC Barcelona in 2015 having previously been at AFC Ajax. Adekanye was forced to leave Barcelona when they were found to have broken FIFA's rules on signing underage players. Adekanye was one of six youth players barred from playing again for Barcelona by FIFA. [4] Barcelona were also given a one-year transfer ban and fined £306,000. [4]
Spartak Moscow were charged by UEFA over alleged racist behaviour by their supporters towards Adekanye during a UEFA Youth League match against Liverpool. [5] Despite being found guilty, in the next match they played Liverpool again had to report Spartak Moscow fans for racist chants towards another of their players, Rhian Brewster. [6]
Adekanye moved to Italian club Lazio on 3 July 2019. [7] Adekanye made his debut for Lazio on 19 September 2019 in the UEFA Europa League against CFR Cluj. [8] He made his Serie A debut on 29 September 2019 against Genoa. On 28 November 2019, he played for the first time as starter in Europa League against Cluj. [9]
On 5 October 2020, Adekanye joined La Liga side Cádiz CF on loan for the 2020–21 season. [10] The deal, however, was called off midway through the season, with Adekanye having made five appearances for the Spanish side. [11]
On 28 January 2021, Adekanye moved to Eredivisie club ADO Den Haag on a loan deal until the end of the season. [12]
On 30 January 2022, Adekanye was loaned to Crotone in Serie B until the end of the season. [13]
On 21 June 2022, Adekanye joined Go Ahead Eagles on a two-year contract. [14]
Although born in Nigeria, Adekanye has represented the Netherlands at international youth levels having moved there at the age of 4. [15]
Lazio
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