| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | November 20, 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Windsor, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Windsor Stars | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Windsor FC Nationals | |||
| 2001 | University of North Carolina | ||
| 2002–2003 | Cleveland State Vikings | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004–2005 | Trelleborgs FF | 30 | (11) |
| 2005–2007 | Tromsø IL | 42 | (7) |
| 2008 | Løv-Ham | 23 | (12) |
| 2008–2011 | FK Ekranas | 48 | (13) |
| 2011- | Windsor Stars | 7 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004 | Canada U-23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | Canada | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 19, 2008. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Stephen Ademolu (born November 20, 1982 in Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian soccer player, who is currently playing as a Striker for Windsor Stars.
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Stephen played college soccer with University of North Carolina at Pembroke during his freshman year and Cleveland State University during his sophomore and junior.
At The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, he became the school's Top Scorer with 12 Goals and 6 Assists and was also named 2001 School's Top Male Athlete and Peachbelt Player of the Year for the 1st time in the School's history.
At The University of Cleveland State during both his Sophomore year he was named Newcomer of the Year, 1st team All-Horizon League,1st team NSCAA All-Ohio and 3rd team All-Great Lakes Region, and was Top Scorer with 11 Goals and 6 Assists) In his Junior year he was named (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 and 6 Assists and Tied a School record with 8 points on 3 goals and 2 assists against UIC in 1 game).
During his youth ages, Ademolu also played in the Windsor FC Nationals scoring a total of 120 goals the OYSL, also winning Top Goal Scorer of the Year and MVP in 1996-1997 in Canada. The team also won the Ontario Cup twice.
In 2008 Ademolu played for the Norwegian team Løv-Ham in the Norwegian First Division, having joined them from Tromsø IL where had played for 2½ seasons. Before that he spent 1½ seasons at Swedish side Trelleborgs FF with whom he relegated from the Allsvenskan after the 2004 season. He joined FK Ekranas in 2009. With Ademolu as a key performer for the club, FK Ekranas won the league in 2009 in his first year with the team. In 2010 he helped his team win the League Cup, SuperCup and another A Lyga Championship. With successful seasons in 2005 and 2009, Ademolu has earned his right to play in the Champions League in 2010 for the 3rd time.
During his junior years, he was called up to the Canadian Olympic Qualifying team.
He made his senior debut for Canada in a November 2005 friendly match against Luxembourg. In January 2010 he was called for a friendly match against Jamaica in which he started. Ademolu was called to play against Argentina May 24, 2010 before playing Venezuela a few days later.
He is of Nigerian on his father's side who also played for his country in his soccer days and Jamaican on his mother's. He has six brothers and one sister. His twin brother O'Nicholas also played on the CSU Vikings roster. His cousin Micheal "Primetime" Carter plays football for the BC Lions and his brother OJ Atogwe plays for the Washington Redskins.