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Oladapo Olufemi Personal information Full name Oladapu Olufemi Oluyi Date of birth November 5, 1988 Place of birth Nigeria Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Playing position Central or defensive midfielder Club information Current club IK Start Number 5 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2006–2007 RSC Anderlecht 1 (0) 2007–2008 Boavista F.C. 4 (0) 2009– IK Start 34 (1) National team‡ 2007 Nigeria U-20 5 (0) 2008– Nigeria 1 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 October 2008Oladapo Olufemi Oluyi (born November 5, 1988) is a Nigerian footballer. He currently plays for IK Start in Norway, as a central or defensive midfielder.
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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]
Career statistics
Club Season Division League Cup Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 2009 Start Tippeligaen 9 0 0 0 9 0 2010 Tippeligaen 18 0 3 0 21 0 2011 Tippeligaen 7 1 2 0 9 1 Career Total 34 1 5 0 39 1 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.[4]
He earned his first cap for Nigeria in a friendly match against Sudan on 9 January 2008.
References
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/6938813.stm
- ^ http://fotball.fvn.no/eliteserien/article144215.ece
- ^ http://www.ikstart.no/default.aspx?m=3&amid=489503
- ^ Oladapo Olufemi – FIFA competition record
Nigeria squad – 2008 Summer Olympics silver medalists 
IK Start – current squad 1 Lund Hansen · 2 Nouri · 3 Miličević · 4 Madsen · 5 Oladapo · 6 Søgård · 8 Hoff · 9 Asante · 10 Owello · 11 Tuelo Johannesen · 13 Kristiansen · 14 Børufsen · 15 Bruer Hanssen · 16 Gausdal · 17 Follerås · 18 Stokkelien · 19 Werner · 20 Borgersen · 21 Guðmundsson · 22 Pepa · 24 Høie · 25 Årst · 26 Mathisen · 28 Vikstøl · 29 Knudsen · 30 Kleiven · Manager: Mjelde
Categories:- Living people
- 1988 births
- Nigerian footballers
- Nigeria international footballers
- R.S.C. Anderlecht players
- Boavista F.C. players
- Nigerian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Nigerian expatriates in Norway
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Nigeria
- Olympic silver medalists for Nigeria
- Nigerian expatriates in Portugal
- Norwegian Premier League players
- Primeira Liga players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Olympic medalists in football
- Nigerian Olympic medalist stubs
- Nigerian football biography stubs
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