Gbolahan Salami
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fuad Gbolahan Salami[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 April 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria[2] | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | KuPS | ||
| Number | 39 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sunshine Stars | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Sunshine Stars | 4 | (0) |
| 2010–2014 | Shooting Stars | 11 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Warri Wolves | 34 | (17) |
| 2015 | → Red Star Belgrade (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2016– | KuPS | 31 | (14) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008–2011 | Nigeria U-20 | 4 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Nigeria U-23 | 3 | (0) |
| 2014– | Nigeria | 13 | (3) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 June 2015 | |||
Fuad Gbolahan Salami (born 15 April 1991) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as forward for Finnish team KuPS.
Club career
He started with Sunshine Stars F.C. before moving to Ibadan-based Shooting Stars F.C. in 2010. In 2010, he was suspended by the league for using threatening language after scoring in a league game against his old team.[3] He joined Warri Wolves ahead of the 2014 season, and with ten games left was second in scoring with 13 league goals.
Red Star Belgrade
In January 2015, Salami transferred to Serbian side Red Star Belgrade by signing a loan deal for remainder of the season, with an option for permanent deal.[4] He returned to Warri less than two months later when Red Star was having financial problems.[5] He was very close of joining English Premier League club Aston Vila he also went on a trial with Villa back in April 2015. He later was offered in the summer transfer window a contract. Warri Wolves failed to sell Gbolahan to Aston Villa due to work visa issues. He was transferred to kups Finland premier division and he scored his league debut on the 14 April 2016, scoring the first goal in their home loss.
International career
Salami was part of the Nigeria national under-20 football team aat the 2009 African Youth Championship. Then, he was part of the Nigeria national under-23 football team during their failed attempt to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics. In January 2014, coach Stephen Keshi, invited him to be a part of the Nigeria national football team squad for the 2014 African Nations Championship.[6] He scored the only goal for the Home-based Eagles in their opening 2-1 loss to Mali.
He was called into the squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [7] and scored a late goal as a substitute against Congo, but Nigeria lost 3-2 at home. His form earned him a start in the next game away to South Africa.
International goals
- Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first.[8]
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 11 January 2014 | Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa |  Mali | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2014 African Nations Championship |
| 2. | 6 September 2014 | U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar, Nigeria |  Congo | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 3. | 17 October 2015 | Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt, Nigeria |  Burkina Faso | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2016 African Nations Championship qualification |
Honours
Club
- Warri Wolves: Nigerian Premier Football League: runners-up 2014/2015
Individual
- Nigerian Premier League Top Scorer(1): 2014-2015[9]
- Warri Wolves Top scorer: 2014-2015
References
- ↑ "GBOLAHAN SALAMI". WEST AFRICAN FOOTBALL. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ↑ http://forum.cybereagles.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=138009&view=previous
- ↑ "Naija Football 247: NPL suspends Shooting Stars striker, Gbolahan Salami". Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ↑ Preokret - Salami potpisao za Zvezdu! at Večernje novosti, 17-1-2015 (in Serbian)
- ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/4111/nigeria-premier-league/2015/03/04/9502232/broke-red-star-belgrade-ensures-gbolahan-salamis-return-to-warri- Broke Red Star ensures Salami return to Warri (goal.com)
- ↑ "Nigeria announce 23-man CHAN squad -(goal.com)". Goal.com. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ↑ "Salami Attributes Eagles’ Call Up To Hard Work". Newspot Nigeria. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ↑ "Salami, Gbolahan". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ↑ http://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/football/193238-gbolahan-salami-emerges-top-scorer-in-nigerian-premier-league.html
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