Dele Adeleye

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Dele Adeleye
Personal information
Full name Ayodele Adeleye
Date of birth (1988-12-25) 25 December 1988 (age 37)
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Shooting Stars
2007–2010 Sparta Rotterdam 72 (3)
2010–2011 Metalurh Donetsk 26 (3)
2011–2013 Tavriya Simferopol 20 (1)
2013 Kuban Krasnodar 0 (0)
2013–2014 Anzhi Makhachkala 9 (0)
2014 Ergotelis 8 (0)
2014–2015 OFI 14 (0)
2015 Aktobe 29 (1)
2018 SKA-Khabarovsk 2 (0)
Total 180 (8)
International career
2005 Nigeria U-20 3 (0)
2007–2008 Nigeria U-23 6 (0)
2009–2011 Nigeria 10 (0)
Medal record
Representing File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Men's Football
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Team Competition
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ayodele "Dele" Adeleye (born 25 December 1988) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Club career

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Adeleye is a defender who was born in Lagos and made his debut in professional football as part of the Shooting Stars FC squad before joining Sparta Rotterdam. Reports had linked him to English Premier League clubs Everton, West Ham United and Blackburn Rovers.[1] After Sparta's relegation Adeleye went to FC Metalurh Donetsk on a free transfer in June 2010. On 2 September 2011: Tavria have officially announced the signing of two Nigerian international players – Dele Adeleye and Sani Kaita- through a statement on their official website, FC Tavria, Dele Adeleye, in the Nigeria squad for two live-wire games against Madagascar on Sunday, comes from Donetsk Metallurg, where he scored three goals in 26 appearances from central defense.[2] In August 2013, Adeleye signed for Anzhi Makhachkala.[3] In January 2014 Adeleye moved to Greek side Ergotelis on a Five-month contract, with the option of another year.[4]

In February 2015, Adeleye signed a two-year-contract with Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Aktobe.[5] Following the conclusion of the 2015 season, Adeleye was transfer listed by Aktobe.[6]

On 20 February 2018, after two years of free agency, he joined Russian club FC SKA-Khabarovsk.[7] He only made two appearances for the club, before leaving again as the club were relegated Russian First League and eventually retired from football.[8]

International career

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A tall central defender, Adeleye caught the eye of Sparta when playing 3 matches for the Nigeria U-20 at the 2005 FIFA Youth World Cup in the Netherlands.[9] He made his first senior cap in a friendly against Ireland on 29 May 2009.

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[10]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sparta Rotterdam 2006–07 Eredivisie 5 1 – – – 5 1
2007–08 22 0 – – – 22 0
2008–09 17 2 – – – 17 2
2009–10 28 1 2 0 – – 3 0 33 1
Total 72 4 2 0 - - - - 3 0 77 4
Metalurh Donetsk 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League 26 3 1 0 – – – 27 3
2011–12 0 0 0 0 – – – 0 0
Total 26 3 1 0 - - - - - - 27 3
Tavriya Simferopol 2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League 18 1 1 0 – – – 19 1
2012–13 2 0 0 0 – – – 2 0
Total 20 1 1 0 - - - - - - 21 1
Kuban Krasnodar 2012–13 Russian Premier League 0 0 0 0 – – – 0 0
Anzhi Makhachkala 2013–14 Russian Premier League 9 0 0 0 – 4 0 – 13 0
Ergotelis 2013–14 Super League 8 0 0 0 – – – 8 0
OFI 2014–15 Super League 14 0 2 0 – – – 16 0
Aktobe 2015 Kazakhstan Premier League 29 1 3 0 – 2 0 – 34 1
SKA-Khabarovsk 2017–18 Russian Premier League 2 0 0 0 – – – 2 0
Career total 180 9 9 0 - - 6 0 3 0 198 9

International

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As of match played 15 November 2011.[11]
National team Year Apps Goals
Nigeria 2009 5 0
2010 2 0
2011 3 0
Total 10 0

References

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  1. ^ Everton, Blackburn want Dele Adeleye[permanent dead link] – Nigerian Tribune
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  9. ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments -FIFA
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  11. ^ Dele Adeleye at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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  • Dele Adeleye at SoccerwayLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Player profile – Sparta Rotterdam
  • Career stats – Voetbal international (in Dutch)
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