Adeleke Akinyemi

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

Adeleke Akinyemi

Personal information
Full name	Adeleke Akinola Akinyemi
Date of birth	11 August 1998
Place of birth	Nigeria
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	HamKam (on loan from Start)
Number	99
Youth career
	Real Sapphire
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	16	(3)
2020–	→ HamKam (loan)	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 November 2020

Career

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 4 November 2020[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ventspils	2017	Latvian Higher League	23	10	6	7	1	0	–		30	17
	2018		17	13	1	0	4	7	–		22	20
	Total		40	23	7	7	5	7	–		52	37
Start	2018	Eliteserien	12	3	1	0	–		–		13	3
	2019	1. divisjon	1	0	0	0	–		–		1	0
	2020	Eliteserien	3	0	0	0	–		–		3	0
	Total		16	3	1	0	–		–		17	3
HamKam (loan)	2020	1. divisjon	6	0	0	0	–		–		6	0
	Total		6	0	0	0	–		–		6	0
Career total			62	26	8	7	5	7	0	0	77	40

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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