Abiola Dauda
 Dauda training with Kalmar in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abiola Adedeji Dauda | ||
| Date of birth | 3 February 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Giresunspor | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2006 | Grassroot Highlanders | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | Sölvesborgs GoIF | 25 | (23) |
| 2008–2012 | Kalmar FF | 129 | (28) |
| 2013–2014 | Red Star Belgrade | 31 | (15) |
| 2014–2017 | Vitesse | 28 | (9) |
| 2016 | → Hearts (loan) | 13 | (5) |
| 2017–2018 | Atromitos | 40 | (11) |
| 2018– | Giresunspor | 4 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 May 2018 | |||
Abiola Adedeji Dauda (born 3 February 1988) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club Giresunspor. After over five years of playing competitive football in Sweden, Dauda gained Swedish citizenship in June 2013.[1]
Early life
Dauda has vertical scars under each of his eyes which are family markings that were given to him shortly after birth.[2] He has eleven siblings in his family.
Club career
Early career
Dauda was discovered in Nigeria by an agent Victor Mcdonald at age eighteen. He was playing with Grassroot Highlanders.[3] Mcdonald helped him to get signed with Swedish fourth tier club Sölvesborgs GoIF.[4] His time there was very successful and he was named the best forward of the division in 2007 which made several Allsvenskan clubs want to sign him.[5]
Kalmar
In the end he decided to join Kalmar FF the following year. During his time there he very rarely got to play the full 90 minutes in games[6] but he still had a prolific 2012 season where he scored a total of 14 goals. After the season had ended he declared that he was leaving the club to look for a new challenge.[7] During his spell with Kalmar, he won the Swedish championship in 2008 and the Swedish Supercup in 2009, besides having been twice runner-up of the Swedish Cup, in 2008 and 2011.[8]
Red Star Belgrade
On 8 February 2013, which was the last day of the transfer market window in Jelen Super Liga Dauda signed a contract with Red Star Belgrade.[9] The first occasion on which Dauda scored for Red Star came on 3 April 2013, when he scored two goals and provided an assist for teammate Darko Lazović in a 3–0 win at home against Hajduk Kula.[10]
Vitesse
On 21 July 2014, FC Red Star Belgrade announced they had agreed a €0.5 million fee for the transfer of Dauda to Eredivisie club Vitesse Arnhem.
Heart of Midlothian
On 1 February 2016, Scottish Premiership side Heart of Midlothian signed him on a loan deal for the remainder of the season.[11] He scored his first goals for the club when he scored a brace in the league against Ross County on 10 February 2016.[12]
Atromitos
On 9 January 2017, Dauda signed with Greek Superleague club Atromitos on a free transfer from Vitesse, penning a 1.5-year contract until the end of the 2017-18 season.[13][14] He scored 5 goals in the 2016-17 Greek Cup being the top scorer for the season. On 23 October 2017, Dauda, scored the only goal against AEK Athens with a sold strike at 55', allowing the team of Austrian manager Damir Canadi to hit the top-spot of 2017-18 season, continuing their impressive championship run.[15] On 28 January 2018, Dauda’s solitary goal secured a vital 1-0 home win over AEL at the Peristeri Municipal Stadium as Damir Canadi’s team kept in touch with the SuperLeague’s leading pacesetters.[16] On 5 May 2018, in the last matchday of the 2017-18 season he scored a first-half brace in a 4-0 home win game against Kerkyra, ended the campaign in fourth place, behind champions AEK, PAOK and Olympiacos, having given those aforementioned three clubs a real run for their money in a thrilling title race.[17]
Career statistics
- As of 5 May 2018
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Sweden | League | Svenska Cupen | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2007 | Sölvesborgs GoIF | Division 2 | 25 | 23 | — | — | 25 | 23 | ||
| 2008 | Kalmar FF | Allsvenskan | 21 | 5 | — | 5 | 3 | 26 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 28 | 7 | — | — | 28 | 7 | ||||
| 2010 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | 32 | 5 | |||
| 2011 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 29 | 4 | |||
| 2012 | 25 | 14 | — | — | 25 | 14 | ||||
| Serbia | League | Serbian Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2012–13 | Red Star | SuperLiga | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
| 2013–14 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 12 | ||
| Holland | League | Dutch Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2014–15 | Vitesse Arnhem | Eredivisie | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 |
| 2015–16 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | ||
| 2016–17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Scotland | League | Scottish Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2015–16 | Heart of Midlothian | Scottish Premiership | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 |
| Greece | Super League | Greek Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2016–17 | Atromitos | Super League | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 |
| 2017–18 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 9 | ||
| Career total | 265 | 95 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 294 | 107 | ||
Honours
- Kalmar FF
- Red Star
- Serbian SuperLiga (1): 2013–14
- Vitesse Arnhem
References
- ↑ fotbollskanalen.com (Swedish): Hamrén letar anfallare – nu är Dauda svensk medborgare: "En dröm att få spela för Sverige" – 21 June 2013
- ↑ "– När jag kom hit blev jag kär i klubben" (in Swedish). Östran. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
- ↑ Abiola Dauda at Srbijafudbal
- ↑ "Fotbolliblekinge.se möter Abiola Dauda" (in Swedish). fotbolliblekinge.se. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ↑ "Abiola Dauda är Sveriges mest jagade spelare" (in Swedish). Kristianstadsbladet. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ↑ "Mysterium #4: Den halva spelaren" (in Swedish). Offside. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ↑ "Abiola Dauda lämnar Kalmar FF" (in Swedish). Sportal. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ↑ Abiola Dauda at Soccerway
- ↑ Zvezda dovela napadača u minut do 12 at MONDO, 9 February 2013 (in Serbian)
- ↑ Debitantski gol Daude Archived 8 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. at Blic, 3 April 2013 (in Serbian)
- ↑ "Hearts sign Abiola Dauda to replace striker Osman Sow". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ↑ "Ross County 0-3 Hearts". BBC. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ↑ "Πέρασε τις εξετάσεις και ανακοινώνεται ο Ντάουντα". Contra.gr. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
- ↑ "Στην Αθήνα για τον Ατρόμητο ο Νταούντα". Retrieved 2017-01-09.
- ↑ "Διπλό και πρώτος ο Ατρόμητος!". www.novasports.gr. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
- ↑ "Ατρόμητος - ΑΕΛ 1-0". www.gazzetta.gr. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ↑ "Στο... ρελαντί ο Ατρόμητος, 4-0 την Κέρκυρα". www.sport24.gr. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
External links
- Abiola Dauda at SvFF: Svenska Fotbollförbundet (in Swedish)
- Eliteprospects Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 12 February 2013)