James Akintunde

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James Akintunde
Personal information
Full name Oluwaseun Ewerogba Akintunde[1]
Date of birth (1996-03-29) 29 March 1996 (age 25)
Place of birth Greenwich, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Derry City
Number 11
Youth career
Southend United[3]
Cambridge United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Cambridge United 1 (0)
2014 → AFC Sudbury (loan) 24 (2)
2014–2015 → Histon (loan) 11 (3)
2015–2016 → Brackley Town (loan) 6 (1)
2016 → Needham Market (loan) 9 (0)
2016–2018 Chester 56 (11)
2018–2020 Maidenhead United 57 (2)
2020– Derry City 38 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:28, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

Oluwaseun Ewerogba "James" Akintunde (born 29 March 1996) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for League of Ireland Premier Division team Derry City.

Career[]

Akintunde was a Cambridge United youth graduate, and made his first team debut on 30 November 2013, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 FA Trophy away win against Salisbury City. On 29 August 2014 he was loaned to Histon until January.[4]

In January 2015, after scoring six goals for Histon in all competitions, Akintunde returned to the U's. He made his professional debut on 14 February 2015, again from the bench in a 0–2 away loss against Plymouth Argyle.[5] He played no games for Cambridge the following season, but did play out on loan at Brackley Town and Needham Market. Akintunde was released by Cambridge United at the end of the 2015–16 season.[6]

Akintunde joined Chester for the 2016–17 season. He spent two full seasons at the Deva, scoring eleven times in sixty games, before joining Maidenhead United for 2018–19. [7] Akintunde scored twice in 62 games before leaving the Magpies at the end of the 2019–20 season.[8] Akintunde signed for League of Ireland Premier Division team Derry City on 24 July 2020.[9] He scored on his debut against St Patrick's Athletic on 3 August.[10]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 1 October 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cambridge United 2013–14[11] Conference Premier 0 0 0 0 — 1[b] 0 1 0
2014–15[11] League Two 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2015–16[11] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cambridge total 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
A.F.C. Sudbury (loan) 2013–14[3] Isthmian League Division One North 23 2 0 0 — 0 0 23 2
Histon (loan) 2014–15[12] Southern League Premier Division 11 3 2 0 — 3[c] 3 16 6
Brackley Town (loan) 2015–16[13] National League North 6 1 2 0 — 0 0 8 1
Needham Market (loan) 2015–16[14] Isthmian League Premier Division 7 0 0 0 — 0 0 7 0
Chester 2016–17[11] National League 16 3 1 0 — — 17 3
2017–18[11] National League 40 8 1 0 — 2[b] 0 43 8
Chester total 56 11 2 0 — 2 0 60 11
Maidenhead United 2018–19[11] National League 30 1 2 0 — 1[d] 0 33 1
2019–20[11] National League 27 1 0 0 — 2[e] 0 29 1
Maidenhead total 57 2 2 0 — 3 0 62 2
Derry City 2020[11] League of Ireland Premier Division 10 4 2 0 — 1[f] 0 13 4
2021[11] League of Ireland Premier Division 28 4 2 0 — — 30 4
Derry total 38 8 4 0 — 1 0 43 8
Career total 199 27 12 0 0 0 10 3 221 31
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup, FAI Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearance in the FA Trophy
  3. ^ Two appearances and two goals in the FA Trophy, one appearance in Southern League Cup
  4. ^ One appearance in FA Trophy, two appearances in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup
  5. ^ One appearance in FA Trophy, one appearance in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup
  6. ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa League

References[]

  1. ^ "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 68. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  2. ^ James Akintunde at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b "StackPath".
  4. ^ Sam-Yorke and Bonner depart; Cambridge United FC, 29 August 2014
  5. ^ Plymouth 2–0 Cambridge; BBC Sport, 14 February 2015
  6. ^ "Cambridge United announce retain/release list". Cambridge United FC. 9 May 2016.
  7. ^ Dev broadens attacking options with Akintunde signing
  8. ^ SQUAD UPDATE (04/07/2020)
  9. ^ Barr, Ethan (24 July 2020). "Welcome James Akintunde". Derry City Football Club. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  10. ^ League of Ireland: Derry City beat St Patrick's Athletic 2-0 to move up table
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i "England - J. Akintunde - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  12. ^ Histon Webmaster. "First Team Player Statistics 2014/15". Histon FC. Retrieved 4 October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "James Akintunde Profile | Aylesbury United FC". www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Needham Market | Appearances | James Akintunde | 2015-2016 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

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