Bobby Adekanye

Omobolaji Habeeb "Bobby" Adekanye (born 14 February 1999) is a footballer who plays for the Italian club Lazio. He plays as a left winger.[3] Born in Nigeria, Adekanye represents the Netherlands internationally.

Bobby Adekanye
Personal information
Full name Omobolaji Habeeb Adekanye[1]
Date of birth (1999-02-14) 14 February 1999
Place of birth Ibadan, Nigeria[2]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Lazio
Number 34
Youth career
Alphia
Ajax
2011–2014 Barcelona
2014–2015 PSV Eindhoven
2015–2019 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Lazio 3 (1)
National team‡
2015 Netherlands U16 8 (0)
2015 Netherlands U17 3 (1)
2019– Netherlands U20 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:35, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 September 2019

Club career

Barcelona scandal

He signed to Liverpool from FC Barcelona in 2015 having previously been at AFC Ajax. Adekanye was forced to leave Barcelona when they were found to have broken FIFA's rules on signing underage players. Adekanye was one of six youth players barred from playing again for Barcelona by FIFA.[4] Barcelona were also given a one-year transfer ban and fined £306,000.[4]

Racism scandal

Spartak Moscow were charged by UEFA over alleged racist behaviour by their supporters towards Adekanye during a UEFA Youth League match against Liverpool.[5] Despite being found guilty, in the next match they played Liverpool again had to report Spartak Moscow fans for rascist chants towards another of their players, Rhian Brewster.[6]

Lazio

He moved to Italian club Lazio on 3 July 2019.[7] Adekanye made his debut for Lazio on 19 September 2019 in the UEFA Europa League against CFR Cluj.[8] He made his Serie A debut on 29 September 2019 against Genoa. On 28 November 2019 he played for the first time as starter in Europa League against Cluj.[9]

International career

Although born in Nigeria he has represented Netherlands at international youth levels having moved there at the age of 4.[10]

Honours

Lazio

References
  1. "2018/19 Premier League squads confirmed". www.premierleague.com.
  2. http://fcnaija.com/ibadanborn-star-quit-liverpool-after-rejecting-3-years-deal
  3. Bobby Adekanye at Soccerway
  4. Rumsby, Ben (2 April 2014). "Barcelona handed one-year transfer ban for breaking rules over international transfer of under-18s". The Telegraph.
  5. "Spartak Moscow charged over alleged racist abuse of Liverpool winger". The Independent. 4 October 2017.
  6. Hunter, Andy (6 December 2017). "Liverpool to report Spartak Moscow over alleged racial abuse of Rhian Brewster". The Guardian.
  7. Babalola, Oluwatomiwa (July 3, 2019). "Lazio sign Nigerian star Bobby Adekanye from Liverpool on a long term deal". www.legit.ng.
  8. "CFR Cluj vs. Lazio - 19 September 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  9. "Correa trascina la Lazio, Cluj sconfitto 1-0: la qualificazione è ancora possibile". gazzetta.it (in Italian). November 28, 2019.
  10. "Bobby Adekanye". Liverpool FC. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.


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