James Akintunde

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James Akintunde
Personal information
Full name Oluwaseun Ewerogba Akintunde[1]
Date of birth (1996-03-29) 29 March 1996 (age 30)
Place of birth Greenwich, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Haka
Number 9
Youth career
Southend United[3]
Cambridge United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Cambridge United 1 (0)
2014 → AFC Sudbury (loan) 23 (2)
2014–2015 → Histon (loan) 11 (3)
2015–2016 → Brackley Town (loan) 6 (1)
2016 → Needham Market (loan) 9 (0)
2016–2018 Chester 56 (11)
2018–2020 Maidenhead United 57 (2)
2020–2022 Derry City 77 (14)
2023–2024 Bohemians 46 (6)
2025– Haka 23 (4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 November 2025

Oluwaseun Ewerogba "James" Akintunde (born 29 March 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Veikkausliiga club Haka.

Career

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Akintunde was a Cambridge United youth graduate, and made his first team debut on 30 November 2013, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 FA Trophy away win against Salisbury City. On 29 August 2014 he was loaned to Histon until January.[4]

In January 2015, after scoring six goals for Histon in all competitions, Akintunde returned to the U's. He made his professional debut on 14 February 2015, again from the bench in a 0–2 away loss against Plymouth Argyle.[5] He played no games for Cambridge the following season, but did play out on loan at Brackley Town and Needham Market. Akintunde was released by Cambridge United at the end of the 2015–16 season.[6]

Akintunde joined Chester for the 2016–17 season. He spent two full seasons at the Deva, scoring eleven times in sixty games, before joining Maidenhead United for 2018–19. [7] Akintunde scored twice in 62 games before leaving the Magpies at the end of the 2019–20 season.[8] Akintunde signed for League of Ireland Premier Division team Derry City on 24 July 2020.[9] He scored on his debut against St Patrick's Athletic on 3 August 2020.[10] Akintunde signed a multi year contract with Bohemians ahead of their 2023 season.[11] On 2 November 2024, it was announced that Akintunde had left Bohemians following the end of his contract.[12]

On 17 January 2025, Akintunde signed with Finnish Veikkausliiga club Haka.[13]

Career statistics

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As of 16 September 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League cup[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cambridge United 2013–14[14] Conference Premier 0 0 0 0 — 1[c] 0 1 0
2014–15[14] League Two 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2015–16[14] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
AFC Sudbury (loan) 2013–14[3] IL Division One North 23 2 0 0 — 0 0 23 2
Histon (loan) 2014–15[15] SFL Premier Division 11 3 2 0 — 3[d] 3 16 6
Brackley Town (loan) 2015–16[16] National League North 6 1 2 0 — 0 0 8 1
Needham Market (loan) 2015–16[17] IL Premier Division 7 0 0 0 — 0 0 7 0
Chester 2016–17[14] National League 16 3 1 0 — 0 0 17 3
2017–18[14] National League 40 8 1 0 — 2[c] 0 43 8
Total 56 11 2 0 — 2 0 60 11
Maidenhead United 2018–19[14] National League 30 1 2 0 — 1[c] 0 33 1
2019–20[14] National League 27 1 0 0 — 2[c] 0 29 1
Total 57 2 2 0 — 3 0 62 2
Derry City 2020[14] LOI Premier Division 10 4 2 0 — 1[e] 0 13 4
2021[14] LOI Premier Division 34 4 1 0 — 0 0 35 4
2022[14] LOI Premier Division 33 6 3 2 — 2[f] 0 38 8
Total 77 14 6 2 — 3 0 86 16
Bohemians 2023[14] LOI Premier Division 19 1 1 0 — 0 0 20 1
2024[14] LOI Premier Division 27 5 2 0 — 0 0 29 5
Total 46 6 3 0 — 0 0 49 6
Haka 2025[14] Veikkausliiga 19 3 3 2 4 1 – 26 6
Career total 301 41 20 4 4 1 12 3 337 50
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup, FAI Cup and Finnish Cup
  2. ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  4. ^ Two appearances and two goals in FA Trophy, one appearance in Southern League Cup
  5. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

References

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  2. ^ James Akintunde at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2020.Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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  4. ^ Sam-Yorke and Bonner depart; Cambridge United FC, 29 August 2014
  5. ^ Plymouth 2–0 Cambridge; BBC Sport, 14 February 2015
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  7. ^ Dev broadens attacking options with Akintunde signing
  8. ^ SQUAD UPDATE (04/07/2020)
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  10. ^ League of Ireland: Derry City beat St Patrick's Athletic 2-0 to move up table
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  13. ^ FC HAKA HANKKI KOKENEEN HYÖKKÄÄJÄN IRLANNIN PÄÄSARJASTA, fchaka.fi, 17 January 2025
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