Adeleke Akinyemi

Adeleke Akinola Akinyemi (born 11 August 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Start in the Eliteserien.[1]

Adeleke Akinyemi
Personal information
Full name Adeleke Akinola Akinyemi
Date of birth (1998-08-11) 11 August 1998
Place of birth Nigeria
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Start
Number 17
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Serdarlı GB 13 (10)
2015–2016 Skënderbeu Korçë 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Trepça'89 (loan) 16 (10)
2017–2018 Ventspils 40 (23)
2018– Start 13 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 March 2019

Career

Club

Serdarlı GB

On 24 January 2015, Akinyemi signed for KTFF Süper Lig side Serdarlı GB. He played 13 matches in the league, scoring 10 goals. In total, he played 17 matches and scored 11 goals for the Turkish Cypriot side during the 2014–15 season.[2]

Ventspils

In early August 2018, Akinyemi went AWOL, resulting in his club, FK Ventspils filling a missing persons report amid fear the player had been kidnapped.[3][4][5] Akinyemi returned to Ventspils a few days later, 13 August, playing in their win over FK Liepāja on the same day.[6]

Start

On 16 August 2018, IK Start announced the signing of Akinyemi, on a contract until the end of the 2021 season, from FK Ventspils.[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 30 March 2019[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ventspils 2017 Latvian Higher League 23106710–3017
2018 17131047–2220
Total 40237757–5237
Start 2018 Eliteserien 12310––133
2019 1. divisjon 1000––10
Total 13310––143
Career total 53268757006640

References
  1. "A.Akinyemi". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  2. "AKINYEMİ ADELEKE AKINOLA". www.ktff.org. KTFF. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  3. "ОФИЦИАЛЬНОЕ ЗАЯВЛЕНИЕ ФК ВЕНТСПИЛС". fkventspils.lv (in Russian). FK Ventspils. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  4. "ОФИЦИАЛЬНОЕ ЗАЯВЛЕНИЕ ФК ВЕНТСПИЛС". fkventspils.lv (in Russian). FK Ventspils. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  5. "ОФИЦИАЛЬНОЕ ЗАЯВЛЕНИЕ ФК ВЕНТСПИЛС". fkventspils.lv (in Russian). FK Ventspils. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  6. "ОФИЦИАЛЬНОЕ ЗАЯВЛЕНИЕ ФК ВЕНТСПИЛС, ИНТЕРВЬЮ АДЕЛЕКЕ". fkventspils.lv (in Russian). FK Ventspils. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  7. "Akinyemi endelig klar". www.ikstart.no (in Norwegian). IK Start. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
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