Tolu Arokodare

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Tolu Arokodare
Personal information
Full name Toluwalase Emmanuel Arokodare
Date of birth (2000-11-23) 23 November 2000 (age 20)
Place of birth Festac Town, Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Centre-forward
Club information
Current team
 Amiens
(on loan from Valmiera)
Number 9
Youth career
Kash Academy
International Sports Academy
Flying Sports Academy
Box2Box FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Valmiera 32 (22)
2021 → 1. FC Köln (loan) 10 (0)
2021– → Amiens (loan) 3 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:52, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

Toluwalase "Tolu" Emmanuel Arokodare (born 23 November 2000) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Amiens on loan from Valmiera.[1]

Career[]

During his youth in Nigeria, Arokodare played for Kash Academy and Flying Sports Academy in Festac, as well as the Segun Odegbami International College and Sports Academy. He later joined the Box2Box FC academy in Surulere, Lagos, and had trials with European clubs SC Freiburg and Toulouse. He then joined Latvian club Valmiera in June 2019.[2] In September 2020, Arokodare was loaned to German club 1. FC Köln for the 2020–21 season.[3] He made his professional debut for Köln in the Bundesliga on 26 September 2020, coming on as a substitute in the 76th minute for Sebastian Andersson in the away match against Arminia Bielefeld, which finished as a 1–0 loss.[4] On 28 June 2021, Arokodare joined Ligue 2 club Amiens on a two-year loan deal with an option to buy.[5]

Personal life[]

Arokodare was born in Festac Town in Lagos, Nigeria.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Tolu Arokodare at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Babatunde, Ojora (23 July 2020). "The first word I said was goal – Toluwalase Arokodare". OJB Sport. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. ^ "FC verpflichtet Tolu Arokodare" [FC signs Tolu Arokodare]. FC.de (in German). 1. FC Köln. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Germany » Bundesliga 2020/2021 » 2. Round » Arminia Bielefeld – 1. FC Köln 1:0". WorldFootball.net. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  5. ^ "TOLUWALASE AROKODARE EST AMIÉNOIS!" (in French). Amiens SC. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

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