Oke Akpoveta (born 13 December 1991)[1][2] is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Kokkolan Palloveikot as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1991-12-13) 13 December 1991 (age 30) | ||
| Place of birth | Warri, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Kokkolan Palloveikot | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2011 | Warri Wolves | ||
| 2011–2014 | Brøndby | 20 | (0) |
| 2014 | Ravan Baku | 11 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Brønshøj | 26 | (5) |
| 2015–2016 | Lyngby | 13 | (3) |
| 2016 | → Frej (loan) | 13 | (10) |
| 2016 | Dalkurd | 12 | (0) |
| 2017 | Helsingborg | 23 | (8) |
| 2018 | AFC Eskilstuna | 22 | (3) |
| 2019 | Sabail | 9 | (2) |
| 2019 | Frej | 11 | (3) |
| 2020–2021 | Norrby | 20 | (6) |
| 2021 | Al-Thoqbah | 0 | (0) |
| 2021– | Kokkolan Palloveikot | 13 | (9) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2020 | |||
Akpoveta signed a four-year-long contract with Brøndby in the Danish Superliga on the 9 of August 2011. He made his official debut at the 28 of August against FC Midtjylland. He got injured at the 6 of September in a reserve-match against FC Copenhagen and was out the rest of the season. On 6 January 2014, Akpoveta had his contract with Brøndby cancelled by mutual consent.[3]
In January 2014 Akpoveta moved to Ravan Baku in the Azerbaijan Premier League, signing an 18-month contract.[4] In April 2014, Akpoveta was given permission to return to Denmark for a couple of days, but then failed to return to the club,[5] and left the club permanently at the end of the season.[6]
On 16 July 2014 Akpoveta returned to Denmark signing an 18-month contract with Danish First Division side Brønshøj.[7][8] On 30 June 2015, Akpoveta signed a 12-month contract with Danish First Division side Lyngby.[9]
In the January transfer window Akpoveta was loaned out to Swedish Superettan club IK Frej for the remainder of the 2015–16 season. He impressed, scoring 12 goals in 13 games. As a result, on 13 July 2016, fellow Superettan club Dalkurd revealed that the club had signed Akpoveta on a free transfer after a few weeks speculation.[10] After a trial with the Superettan rival club Helsingborgs IF where he made an assist in a friendly against Odense, Akpoveta signed for Helsingborgs IF on 17 February 2017 for an unknown fee.[1]
On 16 February 2019, Akpoveta signed a six-month contract with Azerbaijan Premier League club Sabail FK.[11]
On 31 July 2019, Akpoveta returned to IK Frej, where he signed a one-and-a-half-year contract.[12] Six months later, in January 2020, Akpoveta signed a two-year contract with Norrby IF.[13]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Denmark | Division | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
| 2011–12 | Brøndby | Danish Superliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |||
| Azerbaijan | Division | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
| 2013–14 | Ravan Baku | Azerbaijan Premier League | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | |
| Denmark | Division | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
| 2014–15 | Brønshøj BK | Danish 1st Division | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 22 | 5 | |
| 2015–16 | Lyngby Boldklub | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 14 | 3 | ||
| Sweden | Division | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
| 2016 | IK Frej (loan) | Superettan | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | — | 16 | 11 | |
| Dalkurd FF | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 12 | 1 | |||
| 2017 | Helsingborgs IF | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — | 25 | 9 | ||
| Total | Denmark | 53 | 7 | 7 | 1 | — | 60 | 8 | ||
| Azerbaijan | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | |||
| Sweden | 46 | 18 | 6 | 3 | — | 53 | 21 | |||
| Career total | 110 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 30 | ||