Alex Tayo Akande
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Oluwatayo Akande | ||
| Date of birth | 9 February 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Kitchee | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Eastbourne Borough | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007–2008 | Waltham Forest | 16 | (10) |
| 2008 | Advance Tai Chung | 18 | (7) |
| 2009 | Eastern | 15 | (9) |
| 2009–2010 | Kitchee | 9 | (4) |
| 2009–2010 | → Tai Chung (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| 2010–2011 | Tai Chung | 19 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | Biu Chun Rangers | 4 | (2) |
| 2012 | → HK Sapling (loan) | 12 | (9) |
| 2012–2013 | Wofoo Tai Po | 30 | (19) |
| 2013– | Kitchee | 20 | (9) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015– | Hong Kong | 3 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 February 2014. | |||
Alexander Oluwatayo Akande (Chinese: 艾力士; born 9 February 1989), more commonly known as Alex Tayo, is a Nigeria-born Hong Kong footballer who currently plays as a forward in Hong Kong Premier League for Hong Kong club Kitchee.
Club Career
Akande arrived in Hong Kong from England after a year with Waltham Forest[1] at 18. He played for Advance Tai Chung in the Hong Kong second division which piqued the interest of first division side Eastern Hong Kong and they signed Alex in January 2009.[2]
Akande spent two weeks training with Premier League club Blackpool and played in their last pre-season friendly against Hibernian and a weekend with Football League Two club Accrington Stanley.[3]
Kitchee
On 29 July 2013, Akande played against Manchester United in an exhibition match for Kitchee. He scored Kitchee's second goal in the 2–5 defeat on 68 minutes, as he turned Chris Smalling inside out before firing home.[4][5]
Akande scored his first goal for Kitchee in the 2013 AFC Cup on 17 September 2013 in the quarter final match first leg against Al-Faisaly in the Mongkok Stadium.[6]
International career
Akande made his international debut and scored his first goal for Hong Kong against Myanmar on 7 November 2015.
Career statistics
As of 29 July 2013.
| Club | Season | Domestic League |
Domestic Cups |
Continental Competitions1 |
Other Tournaments2 |
Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Advance Tai Chung | 2008–09 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 10 | 10 | ||
| Eastern | 2008–09 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 6 | |
| Tai Chung | 2009–10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 3 | ||
| Kitchee | 2009–10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 5 | ||
| Tai Po FC | 2009–10 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 6 | – | – | 30 | 19 | ||
References
- ↑ Waltham Forest 0 – 1 Redbridge
- ↑ Malaysians easy targets in AFC Cup without foreign firepower
- ↑ "Blackpool 1 Hibernian 2". Daily Record. 9 August 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ↑ http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1719610-kitchee-vs-manchester-united-live-score-highlights-recap
- ↑ "Friendly on fire". The Standard. 30 July 2013.
- ↑ "AFC CUP 2013". AFC. 17 September 2013.
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