Akinsola Akinyemi
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Akinsola Ihayere Azeez Akinyemi[1] | ||
Date of birth | 12 July 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Norway | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Center back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Raufoss | ||
Youth career | |||
Holmlia | |||
Vålerenga | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2013 | Vålerenga | 3 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Drøbak-Frogn | ||
2014–2015 | Grorud | 41 | (5) |
2016–2017 | Fredrikstad | 45 | (3) |
2018–2019 | Sandnes Ulf | 49 | (3) |
2020 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 9 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Maccabi Netanya | 9 | (0) |
2021 | Raufoss | 13 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 January 2020 |
Akinsola Ihayere Azeez Akinyemi (born 12 July 1993) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays for Raufoss IL as a defender.
Career[]
Starting his career in Holmlia SK, Akinyemi went to Vålerenga as a youth player. He made his Norwegian Premier League debut in August 2012 against Odd, and made a total of three appearances that season.
Akinyemi was released in the summer of 2013.[2] He played for Drøbak-Frogn IL later that season,[3] before joining Grorud IL. Ahead of the 2016 season he stepped up to the second-tier when signing for Fredrikstad FK.
He played abroad in Bulgaria[4] and Israel. On the summer deadline day of 2021 he signed for Raufoss IL.[5]
Akinsola Akinyemi should not be confused with Akinbola Akinyemi, who has also played in the Oslo area, among others for Kjelsås and Follo.
Honours[]
Club[]
- Lokomotiv Plovdiv
References[]
- ^ Akinsola Akinyemi at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ^ "Akinsola Akinyemi forlater Vålerenga" (in Norwegian). Vålerenga Fotball. 2 July 2013. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ Lidsheim, Ståle (9 September 2013). "- Vi vinner på en halvgod dag". Akershus Amtstidende (in Norwegian). p. 16.
- ^ "Локомотив подписа договор с Акинсола Акиниеми". lokomotivpd.com (in Bulgarian). 11 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Tre nye spillere inn" (in Norwegian). Raufoss IL. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
External links[]
- Akinsola Akinyemi at Soccerway
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Norwegian footballers
- Holmlia SK players
- Vålerenga Fotball players
- Eliteserien players
- Drøbak-Frogn IL players
- Fredrikstad FK players
- Sandnes Ulf players
- PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players
- Maccabi Netanya F.C. players
- Raufoss IL players
- Norwegian First Division players
- Norwegian Second Division players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria
- Expatriate footballers in Israel
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- Association football defenders
- Footballers from Oslo
- Norwegian people of Nigerian descent
- Norwegian football defender stubs