Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hakeeb Adeola Abiola Ayinde Adelakun [1] | ||
Date of birth | 11 June 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Hackney, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.90 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lincoln City | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
Crystal Palace | |||
West Ham United | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2018 | Scunthorpe United | 139 | (16) |
2018–2021 | Bristol City | 7 | (0) |
2020 | → Rotherham United (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Hull City (loan) | 14 | (3) |
2021–2024 | Lincoln City | 44 | (5) |
2022–2023 | → Gillingham (loan) | 21 | (0) |
2024 | → Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 19 | (9) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:52, 10 May 2024 (UTC) |
Hakeeb Adeola Abiola Ayinde Adelakun (born 11 June 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays for Lincoln City. He will be a free agent on 30 June 2024 following the expiration of his contract.
Adelakun played youth football with Crystal Palace and West Ham United, [3] before joining Scunthorpe United. He made his professional debut as a 72nd-minute substitute for Adda Djeziri on 29 December 2012 in a 1–0 defeat against Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park. [4] He became the club's youngest player at the age of 16 years and 201 days. [5] Adelakun's only other appearance of the season was on 27 April 2013 in a 3–1 win over Swindon Town, coming on for Anthony Forde in the match which relegated Scunthorpe to League Two. [6]
He made 28 appearances and scored 2 goals in the 2013–14 season as Scunthorpe won promotion back to League One. On 30 November, he scored his first goal for Scunthorpe in a 3–1 home win over Torquay United, coming on for Reuben Noble-Lazarus in the 55th minute and scoring the last goal five minutes later. [7] He was named EFL League One Player of the Month in December 2017. [3]
In July 2018, following the expiration of his contract at Scunthorpe, Adelakun joined Championship club Bristol City, signing a three-year deal with the option of a further year. [8]
Adelakun signed for Rotherham United until the end of the 2019–20 season on 9 January 2020. [9]
On 24 September 2020, Adelakun signed for Hull City on a season-long loan deal. [10] He would make his debut for Hull City on 26 September 2020 away to Northampton Town in a League One game. [11] He would score his first goal for the club on 3 October 2020, in the 1–0 home win against Plymouth Argyle. [12] On 4 January 2021, Adelakun was recalled by Bristol City, ending his loan deal at Hull. [13]
On 14 May 2021, Adelakun was released from Bristol City following his contract expiring. [14]
On 26 July 2021. he would join Lincoln City on a long-term contract. [15] He would make his Lincoln City debut on the opening day of the season, coming off the bench against Gillingham. [16] His first goal for the club would come against Bradford City in the EFL Trophy on 31 August 2021. [17] The club announced he would be released following the end of the 2023–24 season. [18]
On 15 August 2022, he joined Gillingham on loan for the season. [19] He made his debut the following day, in a 2–0 defeat to Harrogate Town. [20]
On 22 January 2024, he joined Doncaster Rovers on loan for the season. [21] His arrival coincided with an upturn in form for the club and having registered three goals and four assists across February, he was named the EFL League Two Player of the Month. [22] He would miss the decisive penalty in the League Two play-offs semi final against Crewe Alexandra. [23]
Adelakun is of Nigerian descent. [24] His older brother Hakeem is a non-league player. [3]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Scunthorpe United | 2012–13 [25] | League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2013–14 [26] | League Two | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | |
2014–15 [27] | League One | 32 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 40 | 6 | |
2015–16 [28] | League One | 21 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 26 | 3 | |
2016–17 [29] | League One | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | 2 | 23 | 4 | |
2017–18 [30] | League One | 39 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 49 | 5 | |
Total | 139 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 169 | 19 | ||
Bristol City | 2018–19 [31] | Championship | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
2019–20 [32] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2020–21 [33] | Championship | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
Total | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
Rotherham United (loan) | 2019–20 [32] | League One | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
Hull City (loan) | 2020–21 [33] | League One | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 17 | 3 |
Lincoln City | 2021–22 [34] | League One | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 30 | 3 |
2022–23 [35] | League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
2023–24 [36] | League One | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 25 | 4 | |
Total | 44 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 57 | 7 | ||
Gillingham (loan) | 2022–23 [35] | League Two | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 32 | 1 |
Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 2023–24 [36] | League Two | 19 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 21 | 9 |
Career total | 253 | 33 | 21 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 313 | 40 |
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