Hakeem Araba

Hakeem Araba
Personal information
Full name Hakeem Ayodeji Ayodele Craig Araba[1]
Date of birth (1991-02-12) 12 February 1991
Place of birth Waltham Forest, England
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Striker
Youth career
Peterborough United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Peterborough United 0 (0)
2007–2008 → Boston United (loan) 1 (0)
2008–2011 Dagenham & Redbridge 0 (0)
2008 → Thurrock (loan) 7 (0)
2008–2009 → Redbridge (loan) 23 (17)
2010 Bishop's Stortford 7 (0)
2010 → Billericay Town (dual registration) 4 (1)
2011–2012 Bromley 46 (15)
2012 East Thurrock United 16 (8)
2012–2013 Whitehawk 16 (3)
2013–2014 AEK Kouklia 26 (10)
2014 Ermis Aradippou 1 (0)
2014–2015 Panthrakikos 7 (0)
2015–2017 Falkenberg 41 (9)
2017 Næstved 12 (1)
2017 Örgryte IS 14 (1)
2018 PS Kemi 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:25, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

Hakeem Ayodeji Ayodele Craig Araba (born 12 February 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker and is currently a free agent after leaving his most recent club, Finnish side PS Kemi.

Career

Araba started his youth career at the age of 17, he played in England for Peterborough United, He signed his first professional contract at the age of 18 at Dagenham & Redbridge, While playing at Dagenham & Redbridge F.C he went on loan to Thurrock,and Redbridge F.C After leaving Dagenham he played 7 games with Bishop's Stortford, before moving to Billericay Town,[2] After leaving Billericay Town he signed a contract with and won the Ryman North title with the team East Thurrock United,in the summer of 2012 he signed with Bromley,where he was also the top goal scorer, 15 goals in 46 games. Whitehawk,[3] and Lowestoft Town,[4][5] Araba then headed southwards to Cyprus and AEK Kouklia in 2013, also here he finishes the season as the clubs top goal scorer. After a short stint with Ermis Aradippou in July 2014, appearing in a UEFA Europa League qualifier against Young Boys,[6] he moved to Greek Panthrakikos.[7] From Greece Araba moved to Sweden, he signed a contract with Falkenberg FF where he was known as "Superman" by the fans.[8] Araba finished the season of 2015 as the top goal scorer for his club. While in Sweden he made sure to reach out to young kids to talk to them about his early life and his career as a professional footballer.[9] In 2016 Araba was named the 7th strongest player on FIFA-17.[10] In February 2017 Araba signed for the first division Danish team, Naestved Boldklub.[11] Six months later, he moved to Örgryte IS in Sweden.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Hakeem Ayodeji Ayodele Craig Araba". Cyprus Football Association. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Bishop's Stortford striker leaves as new boy shines". Herts and Essex Observer. 16 September 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Hawks hit Town for six". Pitchero Non League. 30 December 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  4. ↑ Hakeem Araba at Soccerway
  5. ↑ Terry Bullen (1 April 2013). "Hakeem Araba joins Lowestoft Town". Lowestoft Town F.C. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Young Boys vs. Ermis Aradippou". Soccerway.com. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Hakeem Araba Signs On The Dotted Line For Panthrakikos". All Nigeria Soccer. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  8. ↑ http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/sverige/allsvenskan/falkenberg/article20855276.ab. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ http://www.hn.se/araba-gjorde-succé-på-tullbroskolan-1.1829853. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ https://www.easports.com/fifa/news/2016/fifa-17-player-ratings-top-10-strength-and-physicality. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ http://naestvedboldklub.dk/naestved-center-angriber/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ↑ Næstved lader Araba fortsætte i Sverige‚ bold.dk, 24 July 2017


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