Olubayo Adefemi

Olubayo Adefemi

Personal information
Full name	Olubayo Adefemi
Date of birth	(1985-08-13)13 August 1985
Place of birth	Lagos, Nigeria
Date of death	18 April 2011(2011-04-18) (aged 25)
Place of death	Kavala, Greece
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
0000–2000	Bendel Insurance
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2002	Bendel Insurance
2002–2004	Delta Force
2004–2005	Hapoel Jerusalem	23	(0)
2005–2006	Hapoel Tel Aviv	10	(0)
2006–2007	Hakoah Ramat Gan	0	(0)
2007–2008	Hapoel Bnei Lod	30	(2)
2008	Rapid București	9	(0)
2009	SC Rheindorf Altach	0	(0)
2009–2010	Boulogne	13	(1)
2010–2011	Skoda Xanthi	24	(2[1])
International career
2005	Nigeria U20	5	(1)
2008	Nigeria U23	5	(1)
2009–2011	Nigeria	5	(0)
Medal record Representing  Nigeria Men's football 2008 Beijing Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Olubayo Adefemi (13 August 1985 – 18 April 2011) was a Nigerian professional footballer who last played for Skoda Xanthi. He also played for the Nigeria National Football Team^[2]

International career

Adefemi represented his country at the 2008 Olympic Games, playing all the games and scoring a goal in a semifinal match against Belgium. He was a member of the Nigerian Under 20 team that came second behind a Lionel Messi-led Argentina at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands. Adefemi played 5 out of Nigeria's six matches, scoring 1 goal against Morocco in the semi-final.^[3]

Adefemi made his Senior National Team debut against Ireland on 29 May 2009. Adefemi played his second senior game against France in a game that Nigeria won.^[4]

Statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Israel			League		Israel State Cup		Toto Cup		Europe		Total
2006–07	Hakoah Ramat Gan	Liga Al	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2007–08	Hapoel Bnei Lod	Liga Leumit	31	2	1	0	8	1	0	0	41	3
Career total			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3

Death

On 18 April 2011 Olubayo died in a car crash while driving on the A2 motorway (Egnatia Odos), near the city of Kavala, Greece.^[5][6] He was on his way to Nigeria in order to finalise details of his wedding.^[7]

Titles

• Vice World Champion 2005 U-20
• Israeli F.A cup winner with Hapoel Tel Aviv 2006
• Silver Medal 2008 Olympics

References

1. "Nigeria's Adefemi dies in Greece". BBC News. 18 April 2011.
2. "Ex-Altach-Kicker Adefemi bei Unfall gestorben". krone.at (in German). 18 April 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
3. Olubayo Adefemi at National-Football-Teams.com
4. realnet.co.uk. "John Utaka gets Nigeria World Cup recall". Kick Off. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
5. "Grief for Adefemi (in Greek)". 18 April 2011.
6. "Grief in Xanthi, Adefemi got killed (in Greek)". 18 April 2011. Archived from the original on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
7. "Nigeria's Olubayo Adefemi dies in Greece car accident". BBC News. 19 April 2011.

External links

• Official website