Abiola Dauda

Abiola Adedeji Dauda (born 3 February 1988) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Greek club Apollon Smyrnis.[1] After over five years of playing competitive football in Sweden, Dauda gained Swedish citizenship in June 2013.[2]

Abiola Dauda
Dauda training with Kalmar in 2008
Personal information
Full name Abiola Adedeji Dauda
Date of birth (1988-02-03) 3 February 1988
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Apollon Smyrnis
Number 27
Youth career
2005–2006 Grassroot Highlanders
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Sölvesborgs GoIF 25 (23)
2008–2012 Kalmar FF 130 (34)
2013–2014 Red Star Belgrade 31 (15)
2014–2017 Vitesse 28 (9)
2016 → Hearts (loan) 13 (5)
2017–2018 Atromitos 40 (11)
2018–2019 Giresunspor 25 (11)
2019–2020 AEL 12 (2)
2020 Panetolikos 12 (6)
2020– Apollon Smyrnis 15 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2021

Early life

Dauda has vertical scars under each of his eyes which are family markings that were given to him shortly after birth.[3] He has eleven siblings in his family.

Club career

Early career

Dauda was discovered in Nigeria by an agent Victor Mcdonald at age eighteen. He was playing with Grassroot Highlanders.[4] Mcdonald helped him to get signed with Swedish fourth tier club Sölvesborgs GoIF.[5] His time there was very successful and he was named the best forward of the division in 2007 which made several Allsvenskan clubs want to sign him.[6]

Kalmar

In the end he decided to join Kalmar FF the following year. During his time there he very rarely got to play the full 90 minutes in games[7] but he still had a prolific 2012 season where he scored a total of 14 goals. After the season had ended he declared that he was leaving the club to look for a new challenge.[8] During his spell with Kalmar, he won the Swedish championship in 2008 and the Swedish Supercup in 2009, besides having been twice runner-up of the Swedish Cup, in 2008 and 2011.[9]

Red Star Belgrade

On 8 February 2013, which was the last day of the transfer market window in Jelen Super Liga Dauda signed a contract with Red Star Belgrade.[10] The first occasion on which Dauda scored for Red Star came on 3 April 2013, when he scored two goals and provided an assist for teammate Darko Lazović in a 3–0 win at home against Hajduk Kula.[11]

Vitesse

On 21 July 2014, Red Star Belgrade announced they had agreed a €500,000 fee for the transfer of Dauda to Eredivisie club Vitesse Arnhem.

Heart of Midlothian

On 1 February 2016, Scottish Premiership side Heart of Midlothian signed him on a loan deal for the remainder of the season.[12] He scored his first goals for the club when he scored a brace in the league against Ross County on 10 February 2016.[13]

Atromitos

On 9 January 2017, Dauda signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Greek Superleague club Atromitos on a free transfer from Vitesse.[14] His five goals in the 2016–17 Greek Cup made him top scorer for the season.[15]

Dauda scored as Atromitos beat AEK Athens 1–0 to go top of the table on 23 October 2017.[16] His goal on 28 January 2018 secured a 1–0 home win over AEL, and two goals in the last match of the season took his personal total to nine.[17] The 4–0 home win against Kerkyra gave Atromitos a fourth-place finish.[18]

Giresunspor

Dauda spent the 2018–19 season with TFF First League (Turkish second-tier) club Giresunspor, for which he scored 12 goals from 28 league appearances.[19][9]

AEL

Dauda returned to the Greek Superleague with AEL on a three-year contract.[20]

Panetolikos

On 16 January 2020, following his release from AEL, he joined Panetolikos on a six-month contract.[21] In his debut, two days later, he salvaged a point in a home game against Lamia, with a last-minute penalty.[22] On 22 January 2020, Abiola Dauda, who recently moved from Larissa to Panetolikos a few days ago, struck a brace, first in the 28th minute after dribbling past the goalkeeper and slotting the ball into the net, and in the 63rd minute when his left-footed strike gave the visitors a 0–2 lead in a thrilling 2–2 away draw against AEL.[23]

Apollon Smyrnis

On 4 September 2020, he signed with Apollon Smyrnis on a free transfer. [24]

Career statistics
As of 20 July 2020
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sölvesborgs GoIF 2007 Division 2 2523———2523
Kalmar 2008 Allsvenskan 2150053—268
2009 298101010328
2010 2953041—366
2011 26232——294
2012 25141163—3218
Total 13034731671015444
Red Star 2012–13 SuperLiga 114———114
2013–14 20113240—2713
Total 31153240—3817
Vitesse Arnhem 2014–15 Eredivisie 16620——186
2015–16 11300——113
2016–17 1000——10
Total 28920——309
Heart of Midlothian (loan) 2015–16 Scottish Premiership 13520——155
Atromitos 2016–17 Superleague Greece 12235——157
2017–18 28960——349
Total 401195——4916
Giresunspor 2018–19 TFF First League 251131——2812
AEL 2019–20 Superleague Greece 12220——142
Panetolikos 2019–20 12611——137
Career total 315115291220710364134

Honours

Kalmar FF

Red Star

Vitesse Arnhem

References
  1. "Ανακοίνωσε τον επιθετικό Ντάουντα η ΑΕΛ". athleticlarissa.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  2. fotbollskanalen.com (Swedish): Hamrén letar anfallare – nu är Dauda svensk medborgare: "En dröm att få spela för Sverige" – 21 June 2013
  3. "– När jag kom hit blev jag kär i klubben" (in Swedish). Östran. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  4. Abiola Dauda at Srbijafudbal
  5. "Fotbolliblekinge.se möter Abiola Dauda" (in Swedish). fotbolliblekinge.se. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  6. "Abiola Dauda är Sveriges mest jagade spelare" (in Swedish). Kristianstadsbladet. Archived from the original on 14 February 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  7. "Mysterium #4: Den halva spelaren" (in Swedish). Offside. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  8. "Abiola Dauda lämnar Kalmar FF" (in Swedish). Sportal. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  9. Abiola Dauda at Soccerway
  10. Zvezda dovela napadača u minut do 12 at MONDO, 9 February 2013 (in Serbian)
  11. Debitantski gol Daude Archived 8 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine at Blic, 3 April 2013 (in Serbian)
  12. "Hearts sign Abiola Dauda to replace striker Osman Sow". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  13. "Ross County 0-3 Hearts". BBC. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  14. Emmanuel, Ifeanyi (9 January 2017). "Official : Greek Club Atromitos Shake Hands With Abiola Dauda". All Nigeria Soccer. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  15. "Greece: Kypello Elladas 2016/2017: Top Scorer". worldfootball.net. Heim:Spiel. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  16. "Atromitos stun AEK and hit Greek championship top-spot". SDNA. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  17. "Abiola Dauda: Super League 2017/2018". worldfootball.net. Heim:Spiel. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  18. Wood, Graham (5 May 2018). "Atromitos give fans four-star sendoff". AgonaSport. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  19. Olasoji, Tolu (18 July 2018). "Abiola Dauda signs for Turkish outfit Giresunspor". Goal.com. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  20. "Στην ΑΕΛ ο Abiola Dauda" [Abiola Dauda to AEL]. sportsup.gr (in Greek). 10 July 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  21. "Παναιτωλικός: Ανακοίνωσε τον Ντάουντα". 16 January 2020.
  22. "Παναιτωλικός - Λαμία 1-1: Ο νεοαποκτηθείς Ντάουντα "λύτρωσε" στο 95' τους γηπεδούχους". 18 January 2020.
  23. "ΑΕΛ - Παναιτωλικός 2-2: Ο Ουάρντα έσωσε την Λάρισα". sport24.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  24. "Απόλλων Σμύρνης: Ανακοίνωσε τον Ντάουντα". 4 September 2020.
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