Personal information | |||
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Full name | Babatunde Jimoh Akinsola | ||
Date of birth | 10 March 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | AVS | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
2016–2020 | Valiant FC | ||
2020–2022 | Vasalunds IF | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2022 | Vasalunds IF | 1 | (0) |
2023– | Valladolid B | 11 | (0) |
2023–2024 | Valladolid | 10 | (0) |
2024 | → AVS (loan) | 15 | (1) |
2024– | AVS | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2018 | Nigeria U17 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 June 2024 |
Babatunde Jimoh "Tunde" Akinsola (born 10 March 2003) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Portuguese club AVS Futebol SAD.
Born in Lagos, Akinsola started his career with Nigerian side Valiant FC, a non-league side from his hometown. [1] In 2020, he joined the youth ranks of Swedish second-tier side Vasalunds IF, and made his senior debut with the club on 4 August 2021, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 Superettan home loss against Helsingborgs IF.
In September 2022, after returning to Valiant, Akinsola moved to La Liga side Real Valladolid on trial, [2] and signed a permanent 18-month contract with the club on 26 January 2023; he was initially assigned to the reserves in Segunda Federación. [3] He made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 14 May, replacing Cyle Larin late into a 3–0 home loss to Sevilla FC; [4] by doing so, he became the second Nigerian to play for the club, after Bartholomew Ogbeche. [5]
On 31 January 2024, Valladolid sent Akinsola on loan to Liga Portugal 2 club AVS Futebol SAD until the end of the 2023–24 season. [6] On 15 August, he moved to the club permanently. [7]
Akinsola represented Nigeria at under-17 level. [8]
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