Stephen Ademolu

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Stephen Ademolu
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Ademolu with Ekranas in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-11-20) November 20, 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Windsor FC Nationals
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001 UNC Pembroke Braves 9 (11)
2002–2003 Cleveland State Vikings 36 (23)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2005 Trelleborg 30 (12)
2005–2007 Tromsø 42 (7)
2008 Løv-Ham 23 (12)
2008–2011 Ekranas 48 (13)
2011 Windsor Stars 7 (8)
2012 Atlanta Silverbacks 0 (0)
2012–2015 Windsor Stars 12 (11)
2015 Detroit City
2017 Windsor TFC Stars 12 (5)
2017–2018 Oakville Blue Devils 17 (11)
2019–2022 WSC Fury 5 (8)
International career‡
2004 Canada U23 2 (0)
2005–2010 Canada 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 23, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 24, 2023

Stephen Ademolu (born November 20, 1982) is a former Canadian soccer player and current coach/trainer.

Contents

Club career

Early career

Ademolu played college soccer at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke during his first year and at Cleveland State University during his second and third. [1]

At the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, he became the school's top scorer with twelve goals and six assists. Ademolu was also named 2001 School's Top Male Athlete and Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year for the first time in the school's history. [1]

At Cleveland State University, during his sophomore year, Ademolu was named Newcomer of the Year, first team All-Horizon League, first team NSCAA All-Ohio and third team All-Great Lakes Region. He was also top scorer with eleven goals and six assists. In his junior year, he was named Horizon League Player of the Year, third-team All-Ohio, 16th in the nation in goals per game, 28th in the country in points per game, he led his CSU Team and the Horizon League with twelve goals and six assists and tied a school record with eight points on three goals and two assists against UIC in one game. [1]

During his youth ages, Ademolu played for the Windsor FC Nationals scoring a total of 120 goals in the Ontario Youth Soccer League, also winning Top Goal Scorer of the Year and MVP in 1996–97. Ademolu led the Windsor FC Nationals to back to back Ontario Cups. [1]

Trellborg

In 2005, Ademolu signed for Trelleborgs FF in Sweden, he came in halfway through the season before getting relegated but the highlight for Ademolu was scoring his first goal in a derby game against Malmö FF. He was named team MVP for the 2005 season. In 2006, he played in the Swedish 2nd Division and scored seven goals before being sold to Tromsø IL.

Tromsø

Ademolu spent two-and-a-half seasons at Tromsø where he made history when he scored a crucial goal in a 2005–06 UEFA Cup first round second leg encounter against Galatasaray at the Ali Sami Yen Stadium in Istanbul [2] which helped send Tromsø into the 2005–06 UEFA Cup group stage where they would face off against Strasbourg, Roma, Basel and Red Star Belgrade. [3]

Løv-Ham

After two-and-a-half seasons at Tromsø, Ademolu left to get more playing time in 2008 with Løv-Ham in the 1. divisjon. [4] Ademolu scored twelve goals and had seven assists in 23 games, before moving on to Lithuania where he signed for FK Ekranas for two years in 2009. [5]

Ekranas

With Ekranas, Ademolu was named in his first year playing as one of the top five players in the country. [1] Ekranas went on to win the 2009 A Lyga Championship. Ademolu then went on to help his team win a double (the 2010 A Lyga Championship and the 2009–10 Lithuanian Football Cup). During his time at Ekranas, Ademolu played in 2009 Champions League qualifying matches where Ekranas lost 6–4 on aggregate against Baku and the following year narrowly lost to Finnish side Helsinki by a score of 2–1 on aggregate. [1]

Windsor Stars

Ademolu returned to Canada in 2011 during a brief stint with Canadian Soccer League side Windsor Stars. In January 2012, he signed with the Atlanta Silverbacks of the North American Soccer League but did not make any appearances due to complications with the American system of applying for a visa. [6]

International career

During his college years, he was called up to the Canadian Olympic team for the 2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament. [7]

He made his senior debut in a friendly match for Canada in November 2005 against Luxembourg. On January 22, 2006, he featured in a friendly at Torero Stadium against the United States. In January 2010, he was called up for a friendly against Jamaica in which he started. Ademolu was called up to play against Argentina on May 24, 2010, before playing Venezuela five days later.

Coaching career

In addition to running the Ademolu Soccer Academy, Ademolu has also worked as the University of Windsor men's and women's assistant coach along with local Windsor clubs. [8]

Personal life

Ademolu is of Jamaican and Nigerian descent. Ademolu has seven brothers and one sister. His twin brother O'Nicholas also played for the Cleveland State Vikings. [9] His cousin Michael Carter played football in the Canadian Football League.

In recent years, Ademolu has featured as a sports columnist for the Urban Book Circle [1] and for RedNation Online. [10]

Honours

Ekranas

Oakville Blue Devils

Individual

Notes

  1. ^
    The 2010 Lithuanian Supercup was not played as Ekranas won both the league and the cup that year. Nevertheless, they were awarded the title of Supercup Champion.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Biography – Stephen Ademolu". Urban Book Circle. 2014-02-18. Archived from the original on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  2. ↑ History: Galatasaray 1-1 Tromsø | UEFA Europa League 2005/06
  3. ↑ Horne, Anders (1 October 2005). "Norges raskeste fotballspiller" (in Norwegian). Stavanger Aftenblad . Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  4. ↑ Lygre, Birgitte B. (30 March 2008). "Stephen Ademolu blir en hit" (in Norwegian). Stavanger Aftenblad . Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  5. ↑ Stein Eilertsen, Tobias (2009-01-29). "Ademolu til Litauen" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  6. ↑ Vujcic, Djuradj (2013-11-22). "RNO Interview Series: Stephen Ademolu". RedNation Online. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
  7. ↑ Zeise, Kevin (30 January 2004). "Stephen Ademolu Named To Canadian Olympic Soccer Team". csuvikings.com. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  8. ↑ Vujcic, Djuradj (2014-12-23). "RedNation Interview Series: Stephen Ademolu". RedNation Online. Archived from the original on 1 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
  9. ↑ Nicholas Ademolu - Men's Soccer
  10. ↑ "RedNation Online Contributors". RedNation Online. Archived from the original on 24 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
  11. ↑ "League1 Ontario Announces 2017 Men's First, Second and Third Team All-Stars". League1 Ontario. 2017-11-07. Archived from the original on 14 October 2023. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
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