Oladapo Olufemi

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Oladapo Olufemi
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Personal information
Full name Oladapo Olufemi Oluyi
Date of birth (1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Ibadan [1]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1]
Position(s) Central or defensive midfielder
Youth career
0000–2006 Plateau United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2007 Anderlecht 1 (0)
2007–2008 Boavista 4 (0)
2009–2012 IK Start 49 (1)
2013 Shooting Stars
2014 Bayelsa United
2015 Kwara United
2016–2018 Enyimba
Total54(1)
International career‡
2007 Nigeria U-20 5 (0)
2008 Nigeria 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 May 2013 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 October 2013

Oladapo Olufemi Oluyi (born 5 November 1988) is a Nigerian footballer. He plays as a central or defensive midfielder.

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Career

Olufemi played in Europe for R.S.C. Anderlecht. In July 2007 he moved from the Brussels-based club to Portuguese club Boavista F.C.; [2] He later left and was a free agent. During summer 2009 he went on trial; [3] at IK Start, a Norwegian top-division club, where Solomon Owello was plying his trade. He impressed and was signed on a three and a half year contract. [4] He signed with Shooting Stars in May 2013, [5] and in December 2013, moved to league rivals Bayelsa United. [6]

International career

Olufemi represented Nigeria at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada and won a silver medal in the football event at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, however he did not appear in the tournament. [7]

He earned his first cap for Nigeria in a friendly match against Sudan on 9 January 2008.

Career statistics

ClubSeasonDivisionLeagueCupTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2009Start Tippeligaen 900090
201018030210
2011712091
2012 Adeccoligaen 15030180
Career Total49180571

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References

  1. 1 2 "Oladapo Olufemi". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  2. ↑ Okeleji, Oluwashina (9 August 2007). "BBC SPORT | Football | African | Nigeria's Oladapo joins Boavista". BBC News. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  3. ↑ ørgensen, Pål W. (6 July 2009). ""Ola" vil bli Start-spiller". fvn.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 8 July 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
  4. ↑ "Redaksjonelt - IK Starts offisielle websider". Archived from the original on 24 September 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
  5. ↑ "Euro pro Olufemi joins 3SC". MTNFootball.com. 2 May 2013. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Bayelsa bank on new signings to hit Africa by storm". Goal.com. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  7. ↑ Oladapo Olufemi – FIFA competition record (archived)
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