Oladapo Olufemi

Oladapo Olufemi

Personal information
Full name	Oladapo Olufemi Oluyi
Date of birth	(1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Ibadan[1]
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s)	Central or defensive midfielder
Youth career
0000–2006	Plateau United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2007	Anderlecht	1	(0)
2007–2008	Boavista	4	(0)
2009–2012	IK Start	49	(1)
2013	Shooting Stars
2014	Bayelsa United
2015	Kwara United
2016–2018	Enyimba
Total		54	(1)
International career^‡
2007	Nigeria U-20	5	(0)
2008	Nigeria	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 May 2013 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 October 2013

Oladapo Olufemi Oluyi (born 5 November 1988) is a Nigerian footballer. He plays as a central or defensive midfielder.

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.;^[2] He later left and was a free agent. During summer 2009 he went on trial;^[3] at IK Start, a Norwegian top-division club, where Solomon Owello was plying his trade. He impressed and was signed on a three-and-a-half-year contract.^[4] He signed with Shooting Stars in May 2013,^[5] and in December 2013, moved to league rivals Bayelsa United.^[6]

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 did not appear in the tournament.^[7]

He earned his first cap for Nigeria in a friendly match against Sudan on 9 January 2008.

Career statistics

Club	Season	Division	League		Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2009	Start	Tippeligaen	9	0	0	0	9	0
2010			18	0	3	0	21	0
2011			7	1	2	0	9	1
2012		Adeccoligaen	15	0	3	0	18	0
Career Total			49	1	8	0	57	1

References

1. "Oladapo Olufemi". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
2. Okeleji, Oluwashina (9 August 2007). "BBC SPORT | Football | African | Nigeria's Oladapo joins Boavista". BBC News. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
3. ørgensen, Pål W. (6 July 2009). ""Ola" vil bli Start-spiller". fvn.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 8 July 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
4. "Redaksjonelt - IK Starts offisielle websider". Archived from the original on 24 September 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
5. "Euro pro Olufemi joins 3SC". MTNFootball.com. 2 May 2013. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
6. "Bayelsa bank on new signings to hit Africa by storm". Goal.com. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
7. Oladapo Olufemi – FIFA competition record (archived)