Akinsola Akinyemi
Personal information
Full name Akinsola Ihayere Azeez Akinyemi[1]
Date of birth (1993-07-12) 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
Holmlia
Vålerenga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Vålerenga 3 (0)
2013–2014 Drøbak-Frogn
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 18 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 September 2023

Akinsola Ihayere Azeez Akinyemi (born 12 July 1993) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays for KFUM Oslo as a defender.[2]

Career

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.

Honours

Club

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

References

  1. ↑ Akinsola Akinyemi at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  2. ↑ Akinsola Akinyemi at Soccerway
  3. ↑ "Akinsola Akinyemi forlater Vålerenga" (in Norwegian). Vålerenga Fotball. 2 July 2013. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Lidsheim, Ståle (9 September 2013). "- Vi vinner på en halvgod dag". Akershus Amtstidende (in Norwegian). p. 16.
  5. ↑ "Локомотив подписа договор с Акинсола Акиниеми". lokomotivpd.com (in Bulgarian). 11 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Tre nye spillere inn" (in Norwegian). Raufoss IL. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.


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