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 | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | KFUM Oslo | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2010 | Holmlia | ||
2011–2012 | Vålerenga | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2013 | Vålerenga | 3 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Drøbak-Frogn | 7 | (0) |
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) |
2022 | Grorud | 17 | (0) |
2023– | KFUM Oslo | 38 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 September 2024 |
Akinsola Ihayere Azeez Akinyemi (born 12 July 1993) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays for KFUM Oslo as a defender.[2]
Career
[edit]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.[3] He played for Drøbak-Frogn IL later that season,[4] 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[5] and Israel. On the summer deadline day of 2021 he signed for Raufoss IL.[6]
Akinsola Akinyemi should not be confused with Akinbola Akinyemi, who has also played in the Oslo area, among others for Kjelsås and Follo.
Personal life
[edit]Born in Norway, Akinyemi is of Nigerian descent.[7]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Vålerenga | 2012 | Eliteserien | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
2013 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
Drøbak-Frogn | 2013 | 2. divisjon | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
Grorud | 2014 | 2. divisjon | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 24 | 4 | |
2015 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 21 | 2 | |||
Total | 41 | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | 45 | 6 | |||
Fredrikstad | 2016 | 1. divisjon | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | |
2017 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 25 | 3 | ||
Total | 45 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 3 | ||
Sandnes Ulf | 2018 | 1. divisjon | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 30 | 1 | |
2019 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 24 | 2 | |||
Total | 49 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | 54 | 3 | |||
Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2019-20 | Bulgarian First League | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |
Total | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |||
Maccabi Netanya | 2020-21 | Israeli Premier League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |
Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |||
Raufoss | 2021 | 1. divisjon | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |
Total | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |||
Grorud | 2022 | 1. divisjon | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |
Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||
KFUM Oslo | 2023 | 1. divisjon | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 28 | 2 | |
2024 | Eliteserien | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
Total | 38 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 43 | 2 | |||
Career total | 231 | 13 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 256 | 14 |
- ^ Including Norwegian Football Cup, and Bulgarian Cup
- ^ Appearances in 1. divisjon relegaton play-offs
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Lokomotiv Plovdiv
References
[edit]- ^ a b Akinsola Akinyemi at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ^ a b c Akinsola Akinyemi at Soccerway
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Official : Norwegian-Nigerian Defender Joins Bulgarian Club Lokomotiv Plovdiv | All Nigeria Soccer". www.allnigeriasoccer.com.
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Norwegian men's footballers
- Footballers from Oslo
- Norwegian people of Nigerian descent
- Holmlia SK players
- Vålerenga Fotball players
- Drøbak-Frogn IL players
- Grorud IL players
- Fredrikstad FK players
- Sandnes Ulf players
- PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players
- Maccabi Netanya F.C. players
- Raufoss IL players
- KFUM-Kameratene Oslo players
- Eliteserien players
- Norwegian Second Division players
- Norwegian First Division players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Norwegian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
- Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- Men's association football defenders