Kayode Odejayi

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Kayode Odejayi (born February 21, 1982) is a Nigerian professional footballer currently playing for newly promoted Coca Cola League One club Cheltenham Town.

Date of birth: 21/02/1982 Height: 188 cm (6ft 2") Weight: 12st 2lbs (77kg)

Kayode, a forward, was at Bristol City as a trainee, before moving on to Conference side Forest Green Rovers in 2002. 2002/03 turned out to be Rovers' best ever season since their foundation in 1890, and Odejayi was a key figure, scoring 13 goals as the club finished ninth.

This brought him to the attention of Cheltenham Town, and then-manager Bobby Gould signed him that summer. His first two seasons were a struggle but in his third season (2005-06) he played almost every game as Cheltenham stormed to the play-off final. He came to national attention in January when Cheltenham faced Newcastle United in the FA Cup 3rd round. Odejayi was outstanding, giving French international defender Jean-Alain Boumsong no end of problems during the game. Following the game he was linked with a move to Championship team Plymouth Argyle however the move never materialised and the interest has since dried up.

He is also a cousin to Premiership striker Ade Akinbiyi.

Cheltenham Town F.C. - Current Squad
1 Higgs | 2 Gill | 3 Victory | 4 Duff | 5 Caines | 6 Lowe | 7 Wilson | 8 Finnigan | 9 Guinan | 10 Spencer | 11 McCann | 12 Brown | 14 Bird | 15 Townsend | 16 Connolly | 17 Odejayi | 18 Vincent | 19 Armstrong | 20 Gallinagh | 22 Melligan | 25 Gillespie | 30 Yao | 33 Bell | 34 Puddy | Manager: Ward