Simeon Oluwatimelehin Akinola Olaonipekun (born 6 August 1992) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Wealdstone.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Simeon Oluwatimelehin Akinola Olaonipekun[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1992-08-06) 6 August 1992 (age 30)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger / Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Wealdstone | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Alcorcón | |||
| 2009–2010 | Boreham Wood | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2012 | Boreham Wood | 21 | (2) |
| 2011 | → Billericay Town (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Harrow Borough (loan) | 5 | (4) |
| 2012–2014 | Harrow Borough | 75 | (22) |
| 2014–2016 | Braintree Town | 104 | (19) |
| 2017–2020 | Barnet | 93 | (21) |
| 2020–2022 | Southend United | 25 | (2) |
| 2022– | Wealdstone | 1 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:38, 9 October 2022 (UTC) | |||
Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Akinola moved to Madrid aged three. He started playing futsal aged nine before joining Alcorcón after a successful trial,[4][5] later moving to London.[6]
He joined the academy at Boreham Wood, and made his senior debut in January 2011, a season in which he scored 53 goals for the reserve team.[4][7] He was loaned out to Billericay Town in November 2011,[8] and then Harrow Borough in February 2012,[9] before signing for Borough permanently for a fee of £2,400, set by tribunal after Boreham Wood rejected an initial offer of £750.[10]
In August 2014, Akinola joined Braintree Town for an undisclosed fee.[5]
He joined Barnet on 1 January 2017 for a fee of £40,000.[11] He made his debut the following day against Plymouth Argyle[12]
On 31 August 2017 - transfer deadline day - Barnet agreed terms with Lincoln City for the transfer of Akinola, pending verification from the EFL.[13][14] On 5 September it was confirmed that the EFL had refused to ratify the transfer and that Akinola would remain at Barnet.[15] He left the club at the end of the 2019-20 season, having scored 24 goals in 106 games.[16]
On 17 September 2020, Akinola signed for Southend United on a two-year deal with an option for a third.[17] In November 2020 it was reported that Akinola's debut for the Shrimpers was being held up by an embargo on player registrations against the club.[18]
Akinola made his Southend United debut on 12 December 2020, starting in a 1–0 win at Roots Hall over Scunthorpe United.[19]
On 8 October 2022, Akinola signed for National League side Wealdstone.[20] He scored his first goal for the club on the same day, scoring in his first appearance from the bench, in a 2–1 defeat to Boreham Wood.[21]
Akinola is eligible to play for Nigeria and Spain at international level. He was called up by England C in May 2015, but was forced to withdraw.[22]
Akinola has a degree in systems engineering.[23]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Boreham Wood | 2010–11 | Conference South | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2011–12 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | |||
| Boreham Wood total | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | |||
| Billericay Town (loan) | 2011–12 | Isthmian League Premier Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Harrow Borough (loan) | 2011–12 | Isthmian League Premier Division | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Harrow Borough | 2012–13 | Isthmian League Premier Division | 37 | 11 | 1 | 0 | --- | 0 | 0 | 38 | 11 | |
| 2013–14 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 1 | --- | 0 | 0 | 34 | 10 | |||
| 2014–15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||
| Harrow total | 75 | 22 | 3 | 1 | --- | 0 | 0 | 78 | 23 | |||
| Braintree Town | 2014–15[24] | Conference National | 38 | 4 | 3 | 2 | --- | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 45 | 7 | |
| 2015–16[25] | National League | 41 | 10 | 0 | 0 | --- | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 45 | 10 | ||
| 2016–17[26] | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | --- | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 29 | 6 | |||
| Braintree total | 104 | 19 | 6 | 3 | --- | 9 | 1 | 119 | 23 | |||
| Barnet | 2016–17[26] | League Two | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| 2017–18[27] | 29 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 32 | 5 | ||
| 2018–19[28] | National League | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | --- | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20[29] | 31 | 15 | 2 | 0 | --- | 5[lower-alpha 4] | 2 | 38 | 17 | |||
| Barnet total | 93 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 106 | 24 | ||
| Southend United | 2020–21[30] | League Two | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| 2021-22 | National League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Southend total | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | |||
| Wealdstone | 2022–23 | National League | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Career total | 325 | 71 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 356 | 79 | ||
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