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Olajuwon Bamidele Adeyemo (born 13 February 1995) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a striker for Peterhead. He started his career with UCD in Ireland before playing in Scotland for Dundee United and, on loan, East Fife. He signed for English Premier League club Watford in 2016 and left them in 2017, subsequently signing for Valdres FK in Norway. He then played non-League football in England for Walton Casuals and Lewes before returning to Ireland with Wexford in 2020. He joined Scottish club Cove Rangers in 2021.

Ola Adeyemo

Adeyemo celebrating a goal scored for Lewes in September 2019
Personal information
Full name	Olajuwon Bamidele Adeyemo
Date of birth	(1995-02-13) 13 February 1995 (age 27)
Place of birth	Nigeria
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Peterhead
Number	9
Youth career
	Stella Maris
2012	St Patrick's Athletic
2012–2013	UCD
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013	UCD	0	(0)
2014–2015	Dundee United	1	(0)
2015	→ East Fife (loan)	11	(0)
2016–2017	Watford	0	(0)
2017–2018	Valdres FK	12	(7)
2019	Walton Casuals	2	(0)
2019	Lewes	21	(4)
2020	Wexford	4	(0)
2021–2022	Cove Rangers	11	(1)
2022–	Peterhead	4	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 September 2022

He was called up to the Nigeria under-23 team in January 2015.

Early life

Born in Nigeria,[2] Adeyemo moved to London, England as a baby and then to Dublin, Republic of Ireland at the age of two.[3] He later went on to play youth football with Stella Maris and St Patrick's Athletic,[4] and was part of the Football Association of Ireland's national youth development programme.[3] His younger brother Jordan Adeyemo is also a footballer, currently with Galwway United in the League of Ireland First Division, having previously played for Drogheda United.[2][5]

Playing career

Club

Adeyemo joined UCD from St Patrick's Athletic, where he went on to make his first senior appearance. He joined Scottish Premiership club Dundee United in June 2014 after a spell on trial with Leyton Orient.[1] After making his debut for Dundee United as a substitute in a Premiership match at Kilmarnock on 3 October 2014,[6] Adeyemo signed a contract extension in December 2014 to keep him at the club for a further eighteen months.[7] In February 2015, he joined East Fife in Scottish League Two on a development loan for the rest of the 2014–15 season.[7] Adeyemo left Dundee United in December 2015 after his contract was cancelled by mutual agreement, having made only two substitute appearances for the first team.[8] Adeyemo signed for English Premier League club Watford on 30 March 2016 until 2017 after a successful trial with the club's Under-21s.[9] He was released by Watford at the end of the 2016–17 season and in July 2017 signed for Norwegian 3. divisjon side Valdres FK.[10][11] Having left Valdres after the 2017 season,[12] Adeyemo had a trial with Scottish Championship club Falkirk in November 2018.[13] He signed for non-league Southern Premier side Walton Casuals in January 2019.[14][15] Adeyemo transferred to Isthmian League Premier Division club Lewes in February 2019.[16][17] On the 30th July 2020, it was announced that Adeyemo has returned to Ireland, signing for League of Ireland First Division side Wexford.[18] Adeyemo signed for Scottish League One side Cove Rangers on September 9, 2021. [19]

International

Adeyemo, who is also qualified to represent England or the Republic of Ireland, received a call-up to a Nigeria under-23 squad training camp in January 2015.[3]

References

External links

• Ola Adeyemo at Soccerbase
• Ola Adeyemo at Soccerway

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