Akeem Omolade

Akeem Omolade
	Omolade in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Akeem Oluwashegun Omolade
Date of birth	4 March 1983
Place of birth	Kaduna, Nigeria
Date of death	13 June 2022 (aged 39)
Place of death	Palermo, Italy
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Treviso
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2001	Treviso
2001–2003	Torino
2003–2004	Novara
2004–2005	Biellese
2005–2006	Reggiana
2006–2008	Gela
2008–2009	Barletta
2009–2010	Vibonese
2011–2012	Mazara
2012–2013	Ribera 1954
2013–2014	Mazara
2014–2015	Borgata Terrenove
2016–2017	Altofonte
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Akeem Oluwashegun Omolade (4 March 1983 – 13 June 2022) was a Nigerian professional footballer.

Career

Omolade arrived in Italy at the age of 17, joining Treviso, with whom he made his professional debut in the Serie B league. He subsequently joined Torino, with whom he made his Serie A debut.

Following his departure from Torino, he went on to play a career in the lower leagues of Italian football.

In 2011, he moved to Sicily to join Mazara. In 2012, he played for Ribera 1954 in Serie D,^[2] before returning to Mazara in 2013.

In 2014, he went down even further, joining Marsala-based Promozione club Borgata Terrenove.^[3]

Omolade died on 13 June 2022, at the age of 39.^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Scheda anagrafica di Akeem Oluwashegun Omolade" (in Italian). AIC.football.it. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
^ "Akeem Omolade" (in Italian). A.S.D.P. Ribera 1954. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
^ "Grande colpo di mercato per il Borgata Terrenove. Tesserato Akeem Omolade". Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
^ "L'ex calciatore del Torino Omolade trovato morto in un'auto nel quartiere di Ballarò a Palermo". lastampa.it. 13 June 2022.
^ "Tragedia a Palermo, ex calciatore di serie A trovato morto dentro un'auto". Today.

External links

Akeem Omolade at Soccerbase
Akeem Omolade at ESPN FC

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[aicfootball-1] "Scheda anagrafica di Akeem Oluwashegun Omolade" (in Italian). AIC.football.it. Retrieved 1 October 2011.

[2] "Akeem Omolade" (in Italian). A.S.D.P. Ribera 1954. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2012.

[3] "Grande colpo di mercato per il Borgata Terrenove. Tesserato Akeem Omolade". Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

[4] "L'ex calciatore del Torino Omolade trovato morto in un'auto nel quartiere di Ballarò a Palermo". lastampa.it. 13 June 2022.

[5] "Tragedia a Palermo, ex calciatore di serie A trovato morto dentro un'auto". Today.

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