Sam Akinde

Last updated

Sam Akinde
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-04-14) 14 April 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Greenwich, England [1]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2013 Kettering Town 1 (0)
2013 Ebbsfleet United 0 (0)
2013–2014 Alfreton Town 3 (0)
2014 Dover Athletic 0 (0)
2014 Kingstonian 4 (2)
2014 Hereford United
2015 Welling United 3 (0)
2015 Basingstoke Town 5 (0)
2015 St Albans City 2 (0)
2017 Barnet 1 (0)
2017 Hemel Hempstead Town 0 (0)
2018 Margate 1 (0)
2019–2020 Tonbridge Angels 0 (0)
2019–2020 → Bedford Town (loan) 0 (0)
2020 Wingate & Finchley 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:09, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

Samuel Akinde (born 14 April 1993) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a striker.

Contents

Career

Akinde spent his early career in non-league football with Kettering Town, Ebbsfleet United, Alfreton Town, Dover Athletic, Kingstonian, Hereford United, Welling United, Basingstoke Town and St Albans City. [2] [3] [4]

He signed for Alfreton in September 2013, [5] and was released by the club in February 2014 after making five appearances. [6] He moved to Dover Athletic in March 2014, [7] then Kingstonian, making five appearances in April 2014. [8] In October 2014 he was sent off for fighting while playing for Hereford. [9]

He signed for Basingstoke Town in August 2015, [10] and played for St Albans City between October and December 2015. [11]

Akinde played several games on trial for Barnet's under-23 side throughout the 2016–17 season, and signed a one-year deal on 3 March 2017. [12] [13] He made his English Football League debut as a substitute against Wycombe Wanderers on 17 April 2017. [14] Akinde was released by the Bees at the end of the 2016–17 season. [15] He signed for Hemel Hempstead Town in October 2017. [16] Akinde joined Margate in August 2018. [17] In November 2019, Akinde joined Tonbridge Angels. [18] [3] The following month, he joined Bedford Town on dual registration. [19] [20] Akinde joined Wingate & Finchley in October 2020. [21]

Personal life

Akinde was born in England and is of Nigerian descent. [22] His brother John is also a professional footballer. [13]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tim Sills</span> English footballer (born 1979)

Timothy Sills is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is manager of Wimborne Town.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gavin McCallum</span> Canadian professional soccer player (born 1987)

Gavin Kirk McCallum is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a left back for Bognor Regis Town.

Danny Gary Hart is an English former professional footballer.

Andre Stefan McCollin is an English footballer who last played for Ware.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elliott Charles</span> English-born Grenadian footballer

Elliott Grant Charles is an English-born Grenadian footballer who plays as a striker for the Grenada national football team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Akinde</span> English footballer (born 1989)

Job Ayo Akinde, known as John Akinde, is an English professional footballer who plays for League Two club Colchester United.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Benjamin Büchel</span> Liechtensteiner footballer

Benjamin Büchel is a Liechtensteiner professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Swiss Challenge League club Vaduz, which he captains, and the Liechtenstein national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ben Tomlinson</span> English footballer

Ben Tomlinson is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Worksop Town

The Football Conference Youth Alliance was formed in 2005 as the official U19s Youth League for professional teams, semi-professional and for non-league teams who compete in the Football Conference league and respective non-league competitions in England. Teams who compete in the Football Conference Youth Alliance combine football training with education, offering 16-18 year olds the chance to play elite youth football at U19s level and gain academic qualifications at BTEC National or Diploma level, operating on a similar model to that of the Football League Youth Alliance and FA Premier Academy League.

Daniel Thompson is an English footballer who plays for Phoenix Sports as a striker.

Ifeanyi "Iffy" Tafari Decosta Allen is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Dover Athletic.

The 1998–99 FA Trophy was the thirtieth season of the FA Trophy.

The 2013–14 Football Conference season was the tenth season with the Conference consisting of three divisions and the thirty-fourth season overall. The Conference covers the top two levels of Non-League football in England. The Conference Premier is the fifth highest level of the overall pyramid, whilst the Conference North and Conference South exist at the sixth level. The top team and the winner of the playoff of the Premier division will be promoted to Football League Two, while the bottom four are relegated to the North or South divisions. The champions of the North and South divisions will be promoted to the Premier division, alongside the play-off winners from each division. The bottom three in each of the North and South divisions are relegated to the premier divisions of the Northern Premier League, Isthmian League or Southern League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Claudiu Vîlcu</span> Romanian footballer

Claudiu Octavian Vîlcu, is a Romanian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Haringey Borough. He can also play as a centre-forward.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Daniel Pappoe</span> Ghanaian footballer (born 1993)

Daniel Mills Pappoe is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Chipstead. He previously played for Crawley Town, Brighton & Hove Albion, Chelsea and Colchester United.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charles Banya</span> English footballer

who last played for Charles Kai Banya is an English footballer who plays for Sevenoaks Town as a defender.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Delano Sam-Yorke</span> English footballer

Delano Ezra Sam-Yorke is an English footballer who last played as a striker for Merstham. He most notably featured for Woking, Basingstoke Town, Cambridge United, Lincoln City and Maidstone United.

Reece Beckles-Richards is an Antigua and Barbudan international footballer who plays as a striker for Cheshunt. He has also had spells at Aldershot Town, Woking, Kingstonian, Wingate & Finchley and Wealdstone.

Ryan James Sellers is a former English professional footballer who plays for Wingate & Finchley. He previously played for Bolton Wanderers, Wycombe Wanderers, Wingate & Finchley, Halifax Town, Wealdstone and Hemel Hempstead Town.

Fumnaya Israel Abidemi Taoreed Shomotun is a Nigeria-born footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Dartford.

References

  1. ↑ "Football Squads - Barnet". Football Squads. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Sam Akinde at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Profile". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Football Database - Sam Akinde". Football Database. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  5. ↑ Steven Coney (24 September 2013). "Samuel Akinde Joins Brother At Alfreton Town". Non-League Football Paper. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "SAMUEL AKINDE RELEASED". Alfreton Town F.C. February 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "Akinde joins Dover". Pitchero. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Profile". Kingstonian F.C. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "'Thugs' will be dealt with – Hereford United manager Jon Taylor". Western Daily Press. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  10. ↑ John Boyman (21 August 2015). "Basingstoke Town sign striker Sam Akinde". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  11. ↑ "Profile". St Albans City F.C. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "Signing: Sam Akinde joins Bees". Barnet F.C. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  13. 1 2 "Barnet sign Oxford's Benjamin Buchel and St Albans striker Sam Akinde". BBC Sport. 4 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  14. ↑ "Barnet vs. Wycombe Wanderers 0-2". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  15. ↑ "Squad News | Retained List".
  16. ↑ "Tudors Bring In New Duo". 6 October 2017.
  17. ↑ "Appearances | Sam Akinde".
  18. ↑ "Striker Sam joins the Angels". Tonbridge Angels FC.
  19. ↑ "Akinde Heads In Before Beds Senior Tie". www.pitchero.com.
  20. ↑ https://www.betvictorsouthern.co.uk/Player-Display/86375/2019/2020 [ dead link ]
  21. ↑ "Wingate & Finchley | Appearances | Sam Akinde | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  22. ↑ "Official : St Albans City Bring In Sam Akinde:: All Nigeria Soccer - The Complete Nigerian Football Portal". www.allnigeriasoccer.com.


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.