Adewale Wahab
Adewale Dauda Wahab (born 4 October 1984 in Port Harcourt) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a midfielder. Until end of the season 2010–11 he played for AC Bellinzona.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Adewale Dauda Wahab | ||
Date of birth | 4 October 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Port Harcourt, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Bellinzona | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
?–2001 | Reggiana | ||
2001 | → Bologna (loan) | ||
2001–2004 | Roma | ||
2001–2002 | → Reggiana (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2001 | Reggiana | 2 | (0) |
2001–2007 | Roma | 1 | (0) |
2004–2005 | → Ternana (loan) | 10 | (1) |
2005–2006 | → Teramo (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2006–2007 | → Catanzaro (loan) | 30 | (1) |
2007–2013 | Bellinzona | 53 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2004 | Nigeria | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 June 2005 |
Career
Roma
Wahab started his European career with Italian club Reggiana, along with Obafemi Martins and other Nigerian players. Both players were signed by Italian giants Roma in July 2001,[1] for 3 billion lire, while Giuseppe Di Masi moved in the opposite direction for 2.5 billion lire on a co-ownership deal.[2] Wahab was loaned back to Reggiana in the 2001–02 season. He played for Roma's Primavera team in 2002–-03 season, and was promoted to the first team in the 2003–04 season, playing once in Serie A and once in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup, when he substituted Daniele De Rossi against FK Vardar.[3] Wahab also played for Bologna in the 2001 Torneo Città di Arco.[4]
He then spent three seasons loaned to clubs in the Italian lower divisions.[5] Although he was loaned to other clubs, in 2006 his contract was extended from 2007 to 2009.
Bellinzona
In summer 2007, Wahab was signed by AC Bellinzona. In the 2009–10 season, he went to SE Eivissa-Ibiza and played a few friendlies.[6] However, the transfer collapsed after the club was expelled from the league and re-admitted as the new club UD Ibiza-Eivissa in the regional league.
Wahab then played two league matches for Bellinzona, in October and November. In January 2010, he was dropped from the squad, but was later re-included in the team's official roster for the 2010–11 season.
References
- "La Roma ha acquistato il centrocampista nigeriano Adewale Dauda Wahab" (Press release) (in Italian). A.S. Roma. 12 July 2001. Archived from the original on 14 February 2002. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- A.S. Roma S.p.A. bilancio al 2002-06-30 (in Italian). Rome: Italian C.C.I.A.A. 2002.
- "Vardar 1 - 1 Roma" (Match report). Skopje: UEFA. 15 October 2003. Archived from the original on 21 January 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Chiusura della campagna trasferimenti:operazioni di mercato perfezionate in data odierna" (Press release) (in Italian). A.S. Roma. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
- "SIENA-IBIZA 1–0" (in Italian). AC Siena. 1 August 2009. Archived from the original on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
External links
- AC Bellinzona profile (in Italian)
- Adewale Wahab at Soccerway
- Adewale Wahab at National-Football-Teams.com
- football.ch
- Adewale Wahab at WorldFootball.net