Oladapo Olufemi
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Oladapo Olufemi Oluyi | ||
Date of birth | 5 November 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Playing position | Central or defensive midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Bayelsa United | ||
Youth career | |||
–2006 | Plateau United F.C. | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
2006–2007 | RSC Anderlecht | 1 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Boavista F.C. | 4 | (0) |
2009–2012 | IK Start | 49 | (1) |
2013 | Shooting Stars | ||
2013– | Bayelsa United | ||
National team‡ | |||
2007 | Nigeria U-20 | 5 | (0) |
2008– | Nigeria | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 May 2013 (UTC). |
Oladapo Olufemi Oluyi (born 5 November 1988) is a Nigerian footballer. He is currently plays for Nigeria Premier League team Bayelsa United. He plays as a central or defensive midfielder.
Career
Olufemi played in Europe for R.S.C. Anderlecht. In July 2007 he moved from the Brussels-based club to Portuguese club Boavista F.C.;[1] He later left and was a free agent. During summer 2009 he went on trial;[2] at IK Start, a Norwegian top-division club, where Solomon Owello is plying his trade. He impressed and was signed on a three and a half year contract.[3] He signed with Shooting Stars in May of 2013,[4] and in December 2013, moved to league rivals Bayelsa United.[5]
International career
Olufemi represented Nigeria at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada and won a silver medal in the football event at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, however he didn't appear in the tournament.[6]
He earned his first cap for Nigeria in a friendly match against Sudan on 9 January 2008.
Career statistics
Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
2009 | Start | Tippeligaen | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
2010 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
2011 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
2012 | Adeccoligaen | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
Career Total | 49 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 57 | 1 |