Yinka Adedeji
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Michael Adeyinka Adedeji | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 24 March 1985||
Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Shooting Stars F.C. [1] | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
Pepsi Football Academy | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005 | GIF Sundsvall | 1 | (0) |
2006–2008 | Shooting Stars F.C. | 37 | |
2008– | Sunshine Stars F.C. | 32 | |
2010 | → Pyunik Yerevan (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2013 | Sharks F.C. (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2016 | Shooting Stars F.C. (loan) | ||
National team | |||
2005 | Nigeria U-20 | 7 | (1) |
2008 | Nigeria U-23 | 5 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Michael Adeyinka Adedeji (born 24 March 1985, in Lagos) is a Nigerian international footballer. He currently plays for Shooting Stars F.C. In 2010, he went on loan to Pyunik F.C. in Yerevan and played in the 2010 Champions League qualifiers against the Serbian champions FK Partizan Belgrade. Presently, Adedeji is an important player in the Shooting Stars F.C. having a great season but only as a loan player.
International career[]
Adedeji was on the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship runners-up.[2][3] He also played for the Nigerian B team in the 2011 WAFU Nations Cup.[4]
References[]
- ^ 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics – Yinka ADEDEJI Profile & Bio
- ^ FIFA Fédération Internationale de Football Association
- ^ Yinka Adedeji – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Ghana Nigeria | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
Categories:
- 1985 births
- Yoruba sportspeople
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Lagos
- Nigerian footballers
- Nigerian expatriate footballers
- Pepsi Football Academy players
- Expatriate footballers in Sweden
- Sunshine Stars F.C. players
- Shooting Stars S.C. players
- FC Pyunik players
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate footballers in Armenia
- Armenian Premier League players
- GIF Sundsvall players
- Allsvenskan players
- Sharks F.C. players
- Nigeria under-20 international footballers
- Association football fullbacks
- Nigerian football defender stubs