Dele Olaoye

Last updated

Dele Olaoye
Personal information
Full name Dolapo Olaoye [1]
Date of birth (1982-10-17) 17 October 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2001 Port Vale 1 (0)
2002–2005 Michigan Bucks
2006–2008 Stafford Rangers 24 (4)
2008–20?? Redditch United
2008 → Rugby Town (loan) 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dolapo Olaoye (born 17 October 1982) is a Nigerian former footballer. He played in the Football League for Port Vale, and also played Conference football for Stafford Rangers.

Contents

Career

Olaoye joined Port Vale in August 2000, making his debut on 19 August as a late substitute for Tony Naylor in Vale's 3–0 win at home to Oxford United. [3] However, this was his only appearance in the Vale first-team before being released. [4]

He subsequently moved to the United States where he attended Mercer University and played for Michigan Bucks. [5] He scored 31 goals in four years with the Bucks, being named as Freshman of the Year in 2002, on the First Team All-Conference in 2002 and 2004, on the Second Team All-Conference in 2003 and 2005, and the All-Tournament Team in 2005. [6] He returned to Port Vale as a triallist in July 2005, scoring in their 4–1 friendly win against Northwich Victoria. [7]

He joined Stafford Rangers in August 2006, [5] but struggled with injuries and was released at the end of the 2007–08 season after Stafford's relegation to the Conference North. [8] He joined Redditch United , but was loaned to Rugby Town before the start of the 2008–09 season, returning to Redditch in August 2008. [8]

Career statistics

Source: [9] [10]

ClubSeasonDivisionLeague FA Cup OtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Port Vale 2000–01 Second Division 10000010
Stafford Rangers 2006–07 Conference National 1642000184
2007–08 Conference National80000080
Total2442000264

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Husbands</span> English footballer

Michael Paul Husbands is a footballer who plays as a winger and forward.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Malvin Kamara</span> Footballer (born 1983)

Malvin Ginah Kamara is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or full-back. Born in England, he was capped by Sierra Leone in 2007.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Guy Madjo</span> Cameroonian footballer

Guy Bertrand Madjo is a Cameroonian former footballer who played as a striker.

Tony Dinning is an English former football midfielder who spent sixteen years of an eighteen-year career in the Football League, making 515 appearances in league and cup competitions.

Jonathon Robert Brain is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Craig James (footballer, born 1982)</span> English footballer

Craig Peter James is an English former footballer who played as a defender.

Kris Taylor is an English football manager and former professional player who is a player-coach at Northern Premier League Division One West club Chasetown.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christian Smith (footballer)</span> English footballer (born 1987)

Christian Daniel Smith is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He scored 53 goals in 464 league and cup appearances during a sixteen-year playing career.

Alexander Jonathan Gibson is an English former footballer who played for Port Vale, Stafford Rangers, Hednesford Town, and Droylsden.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andy Porter (footballer, born 1968)</span> English football player and manager (born 1968)

Andrew Michael Porter is an English former professional footballer turned coach and manager who is a first-team coach at Northern Premier League Division One West club Nantwich Town. His playing career spanned from 1986 to 2006; for most of his career, he played for Port Vale. His successes with the club include winning promotion out of the Third Division via the play-offs in 1989, lifting the Football League Trophy in 1993, and playing in the final of the Anglo-Italian Cup in 1996. He later played for Wigan Athletic, Mansfield Town, Chester City, Northwich Victoria, and Kidsgrove Athletic.

Levi Stanley Junior Reid is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Dennis Anthony Pearce is an English footballer of Caribbean descent, who formerly played at professional level and is now playing as a semi-professional. His position is left-back.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kyle Perry</span> English footballer

Kyle Blain Perry is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Ryan Anthony Brown is an English former footballer who played as a left-back.

Ross Davidson is an English footballer who play as a midfielder for Northern Premier League Premier Division side Leek Town.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Exodus Geohaghon</span> English footballer

Exodus Isaac Geohaghon is an English former footballer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Louis Briscoe</span> English footballer

Louis Andrew Briscoe is an English former professional footballer. His playing position was primarily on the right wing, although he could also play as a striker or on the left wing.

Richard Daniel Burgess is an English former footballer who played as a forward.

Ritchie Aidan Sutton is an English football player and manager who plays as a defender.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2000–01 Port Vale F.C. season</span> Port Vale 2000–01 football season

The 2000–01 season was Port Vale's 89th season of football in the English Football League and first season back in the Second Division. A season of two halves, Vale were struggling at the bottom of the table when Isthmian League minnows Canvey Island knocked the Vale out of the FA Cup with a 2–1 victory at Vale Park in 'one of the great shocks in FA Cup history'. They also exited the League Cup at the First Round. Things turned round in the second half of the season, as a twelve-game unbeaten run in the league was complemented with a Football League Trophy final win over Brentford – the second time the club lifted the trophy. In the background, there was a financial crisis at the club, which motivated fan protests against Chairman Bill Bell.

References

  1. ↑ "Dele Olaoye". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Rothmans football yearbook 2002-03. London : Headline. 2002. ISBN   978-0-7553-1099-9 . Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "Port Vale 3-0 Oxford". Soccerbase. 14 January 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Dele Oyaoye player profile". onevalefan.co.uk. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Rangers strengthen". NonLeagueDaily. 8 August 2002. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ↑ Record Book (PDF). Mercer Bears.
  7. ↑ "Saturday's pre-season friendly round-up (part three)". NonLeaguedaily. 17 July 2005. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. 1 2 "Dolapo Olaoye". Rugby Town F.C. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
  9. ↑ Dele Olaoye at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  10. ↑ Dele Olaoye at Soccerbase
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.