Akeem Omolade

Akeem Oluwashegun Omolade (4 March 1983 – 13 June 2022) was a Nigerian professional footballer.

Akeem Omolade
Omolade in 2012
Personal information
Full name Akeem Oluwashegun Omolade
Date of birth (1983-03-04)4 March 1983
Place of birth Kaduna,[1] Nigeria
Date of death 13 June 2022(2022-06-13) (aged 39)
Place of death Palermo, Italy
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Treviso
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Treviso 3 (1)
2001–2003 Torino 5 (0)
2003–2004 Novara 18 (4)
2004–2005 Biellese 10 (2)
2005–2006 Reggiana 11 (0)
2006–2008 Gela 34 (2)
2008–2009 Barletta 10 (2)
2009–2010 Vibonese 26 (6)
2011–2012 Mazara ? (6)
2012–2013 Ribera 1954 20 (6)
2013–2014 Mazara 3 (0)
2014–2015 Borgata Terrenove
2016–2017 Altofonte
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Omolade arrived in Italy at the age of 17, joining Treviso, with whom he made his professional debut in the Serie B league. He subsequently joined Torino, with whom he made his Serie A debut.

Following his departure from Torino, he went on to play a career in the lower leagues of Italian football.

In 2011, he moved to Sicily to join Mazara. In 2012, he played for Ribera 1954 in Serie D,[2] before returning to Mazara in 2013.

In 2014, he went down even further, joining Marsala-based Promozione club Borgata Terrenove.[3]

Omolade died on 13 June 2022, at the age of 39.[4][5]

References

  1. "Scheda anagrafica di Akeem Oluwashegun Omolade" (in Italian). AIC.football.it. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  2. "Akeem Omolade" (in Italian). A.S.D.P. Ribera 1954. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  3. "Grande colpo di mercato per il Borgata Terrenove. Tesserato Akeem Omolade". Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  4. "L'ex calciatore del Torino Omolade trovato morto in un'auto nel quartiere di Ballarò a Palermo". lastampa.it. 13 June 2022.
  5. "Tragedia a Palermo, ex calciatore di serie A trovato morto dentro un'auto". Today.


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