Stephen Ademolu

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Stephen Ademolu
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Personal information
Date of birth November 20, 1982 (1982-11-20) (age 25)
Place of birth    Windsor, Canada
Height 180 cm
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Løv-Ham
Number 22
Youth clubs
 ?
2002
2002-2003		 Windsor FC Nationals
University of North Carolina
Cleveland State University
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2004-2005
2005-2008
2008-		 Trelleborgs FF
Tromsø IL
Løv-Ham		 0? 0(?)
42 0(2)
03 0(1)   
National team2
2004
2005-		 Canada U-23
Canada		 20(0)
20(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of April 19 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of May 7 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Stephen Ademolu (born November 20, 1982 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian football player, playing as a striker. He is of Nigerian and Jamaican descent. Mother from Jamaica and father from Nigeria.

Ademolu currently plays for the Norwegian team Løv-Ham in the Adeccoligaen, he joined Løv-Ham from Tromsø IL in 2008 Before that he spent some time at Trelleborgs FF. He played college soccer with University of North Carolina at Pembroke during his freshman year and Cleveland State University during his sophomore and junior. At Pembroke, he became the school's Top Scorer with 12 goals, and was also named as the School's Top Male Athlete and Peachbelt Player of the Year for the 1st time in the School's history. He was the Top scorer at Cleveland during both his Sophomore (Newcomer of the Year, 1st team All-Horizon League,1st team NSCAA All-Ohio, 3rd team All-Great Lakes Region, 11 Goals) and Junior year (Player of the Year, 3rd-team All-Ohio,16th in the Nation in goals per game,28th in the Country in points per game, Led Team and Horizon League with 12 goals,Tied a School record with 8 points on 3 goals and 2 assists against UIC. ). During his junior year, he was also called up to the Canadian Olympic Qualifying team. He has two matches for Canada.

Ademolu is especially noted for his pace and ability to shot with both legs. Being one of the quickest players in the Tippeligaen now moves to the Adecooligaen where he is destined to dominate. Ademolu is regarded as one of the most best underrated strikers in the world at this moment, most probably fastest too. Teams in Turkey, Spain and Greece have just shown interest in the pacey Canadian but nothing has come out of it.

During his youth ages, Ademolu also played in the Windsor and District Soccer League, WADSL in Canada.

During his formative years, Stephen Ademolu played for the Canadian Windsor FC Nationals scoring a amazing 86 goals; representing the Canadian City of Windsor and the county of Essex in Southwest part of the province Ontario in Canada in soccer leagues spanning Ontario and into Michigan, USA.

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