Adeleke Akinyemi

Adeleke Akinyemi
Personal information
Full name Adeleke Akinola Akinyemi
Date of birth (1998-08-11) 11 August 1998
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria[1]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Gnistan
Number 17
Youth career
Real Sapphire
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Serdarlı GB 13 (10)
2015–2016 Skënderbeu Korçë 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Trepça'89 (loan) 16 (10)
2017–2018 Ventspils 40 (23)
2018–2021 Start 32 (3)
2020 → HamKam (loan) 8 (0)
2021–2023 KF Laçi 35 (9)
2023–2024 Karviná 46 (10)
2024 Karviná B 3 (1)
2024–2025 Ilves 28 (5)
2026– Gnistan 17 (10)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 July 2026

Adeleke Akinola Akinyemi listenⓘ(born 11 August 1998) is a Nigerian professional footballer playing as a forward for Veikkausliiga club Gnistan.

Club career

Serdarlı GB

On 24 January 2015, Akinyemi signed for KTFF Süper Lig side Serdarlı GB. He played 13 matches in the league, scoring 10 goals. In total, he played 17 matches and scored 11 goals for the Turkish Cypriot side during the 2014–15 season.[2]

Ventspils

In early August 2018, Akinyemi went AWOL, resulting in his club, FK Ventspils filling a missing persons report amid fear the player had been kidnapped.[3][4][5] Akinyemi returned to Ventspils a few days later, 13 August, playing in their win over FK Liepāja on the same day.[6]

Start

On 16 August 2018, IK Start announced the signing of Akinyemi, on a contract until the end of the 2021 season, from FK Ventspils.[7] After scoring 3 goals in Start's 2018 campaign which ended in relegation, in the 2019 1. divisjon season opener he broke his ankle.[8] He was sidelined for a long time and failed to break into Start's first team after that. The former top scorer did not manage any goals during a loan to Hamkam in 2020 either.[9] Following a goalless league run in 2021,[10] Start decided to release him after the end of the 2021 season.[11]

Karviná

On 6 February 2023, Karviná announced the signing of Akinyemi, from KF Laçi.[12]

Ilves

On 27 August 2024, Akinyemi joined Ilves in Finnish Veikkausliiga, signing a deal for the rest of the season with an option for the 2025.[13] On 1 September, Akiyemi scored in his Ilves debut, in a 1–1 away draw against Gnistan in the league. On 18 February 2024, he signed a new 1+1-year deal with Ilves.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of 27 July 2026[9][10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Serdarlı GB 2014–15 KTFF Süper Lig 1310–––1310
Skënderbeu Korçë 2015–16 Kategoria Superiore 000000–00
Trepça'89 (loan) 2015–16 Kosovo Superleague 1610–––1610
Ventspils 2017 Virslīga 23106710–3017
2018 Virslīga 17131047–2220
Total 40237757–5237
Start 2018 Eliteserien 12320––143
2019 1. divisjon 1000–0010
2020 Eliteserien 30–––30
2021 1. divisjon 16034––194
Total 32354––377
HamKam (loan) 2020 1. divisjon 80–––80
KF Laçi 2021–22 Kategoria Superiore 16332––195
2022–23 Kategoria Superiore 1961040–246
Total 3594240–4311
Karviná 2022–23 FNL 146–––146
2023–24 Czech First League 32410––334
Total 461010––4710
Karviná B 2023–24 MSFL 10–––10
2024–25 MSFL 21–––21
Total 31–––31
Ilves 2024 Veikkausliiga 63–––63
2025 Veikkausliiga 222101021263
Total 285101021326
IF Gnistan 2026 Veikkausliiga 17100042002112
Career total 2384118131492127264

Honours

MFK Karviná

Ventspils

Ilves

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 Adeleke Akinyemi at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ "AKINYEMİ ADELEKE AKINOLA". ktff.org. KTFF. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "ОФИЦИАЛЬНОЕ ЗАЯВЛЕНИЕ ФК ВЕНТСПИЛС" (in Russian). FK Ventspils. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "ОФИЦИАЛЬНОЕ ЗАЯВЛЕНИЕ ФК ВЕНТСПИЛС" (in Russian). FK Ventspils. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "ОФИЦИАЛЬНОЕ ЗАЯВЛЕНИЕ ФК ВЕНТСПИЛС" (in Russian). FK Ventspils. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "ОФИЦИАЛЬНОЕ ЗАЯВЛЕНИЕ ФК ВЕНТСПИЛС, ИНТЕРВЬЮ АДЕЛЕКЕ" (in Russian). FK Ventspils. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Akinyemi endelig klar". www.ikstart.no (in Norwegian). IK Start. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "Starts storsignering om den alvorlige skaden: – Det er vanskelig for meg" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  9. 1 2 Adeleke Akinyemi at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  10. 1 2 Adeleke Akinyemi at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  11. ↑ "Martin Ramsland: – Det er stort for meg å ha spilt for Start" (in Norwegian). IK Start. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  12. ↑ "Adeleke Akinyemi přestoupil do Karviné!". mfkkarvina.cz (in Czech). MFK Karviná. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  13. ↑ Adeleke Akinyemi Ilvekseen loppukauden sopimuksella, ilvesfootball.com, 27 August 2024
  14. ↑ ADELEKE AKINYEMI PALAA ILVEKSEEN, ilvesfootball.com, 18 February 2025
  15. ↑ "Fotbalisté Karviné se po roce vracejí do první ligy". Sport.cz (in Czech). Právo. Czech News Agency. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  16. ↑ Ilveksen päävalmentaja hopeasta: ”Voitettu mitali”, Yle, 19 October 2024
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