Oladapo Olufemi
Oladapo Olufemi Oluyi (born 5 November 1988) is a Nigerian footballer. He plays as a central or defensive midfielder.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Oladapo Olufemi Oluyi | ||
Date of birth | 5 November 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Ibadan[1] | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
Playing position(s) | Central or defensive midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
–2006 | Plateau United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2007 | Anderlecht | 1 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Boavista | 4 | (0) |
2009–2012 | IK Start | 49 | (1) |
2013 | Shooting Stars | ||
2014 | Bayelsa United | ||
2015 | Kwara United | ||
2016–2018 | Enyimba | ||
National team‡ | |||
2007 | Nigeria U-20 | 5 | (0) |
2008– | Nigeria | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 May 2013 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 October 2013 |
Career
Olufemi played in Europe for R.S.C. Anderlecht. In July 2007 he moved from the Brussels-based club to Portuguese club Boavista F.C.;[2] He later left and was a free agent. During summer 2009 he went on trial;[3] at IK Start, a Norwegian top-division club, where Solomon Owello was plying his trade. He impressed and was signed on a three and a half year contract.[4] He signed with Shooting Stars in May 2013,[5] and in December 2013, moved to league rivals Bayelsa United.[6]
International career
Olufemi represented Nigeria at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada and won a silver medal in the football event at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, however he did not appear in the tournament.[7]
He earned his first cap for Nigeria in a friendly match against Sudan on 9 January 2008.
Career statistics
Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
2009 | Start | Tippeligaen | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
2010 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
2011 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
2012 | Adeccoligaen | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
Career Total | 49 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 57 | 1 |
References
- "Oladapo Olufemi". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- Okeleji, Oluwashina (9 August 2007). "BBC SPORT | Football | African | Nigeria's Oladapo joins Boavista". BBC News. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ørgensen, Pål W. (6 July 2009). ""Ola" vil bli Start-spiller". fvn.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 8 July 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100924131941/http://ikstart.no/default.aspx?m=3. Archived from the original on 24 September 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2009. Missing or empty
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(help) - "Euro pro Olufemi joins 3SC". MTNFootball.com. 2 May 2013. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- "Bayelsa bank on new signings to hit Africa by storm". Goal.com. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- Oladapo Olufemi – FIFA competition record