Adebayo Akinfenwa
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| Adebayo Akinfenwa | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Saheed Adebayo Akinfenwa | |
| Date of birth | 10 May 1982 | |
| Place of birth | London, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Swansea City | |
| Number | 9 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1998-2001 | Watford | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2001-2003 2003 2003 2003 2003-2004 2004 2004-2005 2005- |
FK Atlantas Barry Town Boston United Leyton Orient Rushden & Diamonds Doncaster Rovers Torquay United Swansea City |
n/a 9 (6) 3 (0) 1 (0) 0 (0) 9 (4) 37 (14) 59 (14) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Saheed Adebayo Akinfenwa (born 10 May 1982) is a professional footballer, currently playing for Swansea City in League One. He is a large and imposing forward with a sometimes physical style.
Akinfenwa was born in London, but, due to his parentage, is eligible to play for either Nigeria or England although he has made no international appearances.
As a teenager, Akinfenwa joined the Lithuanian club FK Atlantas on the advice of his agent, whose Lithuanian wife's brother knew a member of the coaching staff there[1]. He spent two years at the club before returning to the UK early in 2003, where he joined all-conquering Welsh Premier League champions Barry Town. After playing only a handful of games, however, the club collapsed due to financial problems: Akinfenwa and its professionals were released from their contracts.
Akinfenwa quickly found another club and joined Boston United in October 2003. Unable to settle, he moved to Leyton Orient the following month and to Rushden and Diamonds in December. By February 2004, Akinfenwa had joined Doncaster Rovers, his fifth club of the season.
That summer, Akinfenwa changed clubs again, signing for Torquay United in July 2004. He scored 14 League goals during the 2004/05 season but was unable to help the club avoid relegation to League Two.
In July 2005, Akinfenwa moved to Swansea City, with Swansea ordered to pay £100,000 in compensation to Torquay. He scored the winning goal in the 2006 Football League Trophy final, in which Swansea beat Carlisle United 2-1.
Akinfenwa also helped Swansea reach the League One promotion play-off final in his first season. After a 2-2 draw, the match went to a penalty shoot-out but Akinfenwa was one of two Swansea players to miss with their penalties, granting promotion to Barnsley.
To the end of the 2005/06 season, Akinfenwa had played 35 times for Swansea City in all competitions (with a further nine appearances as a substitute) and had scored 15 goals.
[edit] References
- ^ Akinfenwa out to play 'large' role for Swans. icWales.co.uk. Retrieved on July 2, 2007.
[edit] External links
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| Swansea City A.F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Guéret | 2 Amankwaah | 3 Austin | 4 O'Leary | 5 Tate | 6 Iriekpen | 7 Britton | 8 Pratley | 9 Akinfenwa | 10 Trundle | 11 Abbott | 12 Watt | 14 Painter | 15 Williams | 16 Monk | 17 Tudur-Jones | 18 Robinson | 19 Way | 20 MacDonald | 21 Jones | 22 Lawrence | 24 D. Duffy | 26 Oakes | 27 Graves | 28 Butler | 29 Craney | 30 R. Duffy | 34 Howard | Manager: Martínez |
Categories: Cleanup from February 2007 | All pages needing cleanup | 1982 births | Living people | People from London | English footballers | Boston United F.C. players | Leyton Orient F.C. players | Rushden & Diamonds F.C. players | Doncaster Rovers F.C. players | Torquay United F.C. players | Swansea City A.F.C. players | League of Wales players
