Hakeeb Adelakun

Hakeeb Adeola Abiola Ayinde Adelakun (born 11 June 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays for Lincoln City.

Hakeeb Adelakun
Personal information
Full name Hakeeb Adeola Abiola Ayinde Adelakun[1]
Date of birth (1996-06-11) 11 June 1996
Place of birth Hackney, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.90 m)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Lincoln City
Number 21
Youth career
Crystal Palace
West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2018 Scunthorpe United 139 (16)
2018–2021 Bristol City 7 (0)
2020 → Rotherham United (loan) 9 (0)
2020–2021 → Hull City (loan) 14 (3)
2021– Lincoln City 32 (5)
2022–2023 → Gillingham (loan) 21 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:48, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Scunthorpe United

Adelakun played youth football with Crystal Palace and West Ham United,[3] before joining Scunthorpe United. He made his professional debut as a 72nd-minute substitute for Adda Djeziri on 29 December 2012 in a 1–0 defeat against Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park.[4] He became the club's youngest player at the age of 16 years and 201 days.[5] Adelakun's only other appearance of the season was on 27 April 2013 in a 3–1 win over Swindon Town, coming on for Anthony Forde in the match which relegated Scunthorpe to League Two.[6]

He made 28 appearances and scored 2 goals in the 2013–14 season as Scunthorpe won promotion back to League One. On 30 November, he scored his first goal for Scunthorpe in a 3–1 home win over Torquay United, coming on for Reuben Noble-Lazarus in the 55th minute and scoring the last goal five minutes later.[7] He was named EFL League One Player of the Month in December 2017.[3]

Bristol City

In July 2018, following the expiration of his contract at Scunthorpe, Adelakun joined Championship club Bristol City, signing a three-year deal with the option of a further year.[8]

Adelakun signed for Rotherham United until the end of the 2019–20 season on 9 January 2020.[9]

On 24 September 2020, Adelakun signed for Hull City on a season-long loan deal.[10] He would make his debut for Hull City on 26 September 2020 away to Northampton Town in a League One game.[11] He would score his first goal for the club on 3 October 2020, in the 1–0 home win against Plymouth Argyle.[12] On 4 January 2021, Adelakun was recalled by Bristol City, ending his loan deal at Hull.[13]

On 14 May 2021, Adelakun was released from Bristol City following his contract expiring.[14]

Lincoln City

On 26 July 2021. he would join Lincoln City on a long-term contract.[15] He would make his Lincoln City debut on the opening day of the season, coming off the bench against Gillingham.[16] His first goal for the club would come against Bradford City in the EFL Trophy on 31 August 2021.[17]

Gillingham (loan)

On 15 August 2022, he joined Gillingham on loan for the season.[18] He made his debut the following day, in a 2–0 defeat to Harrogate Town.[19]

Personal life

Adelakun is of Nigerian descent.[20] His older brother Hakeem is a non-league player.[3]

Career statistics
As of 24 October 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Scunthorpe United 2012–13[21] League One 2000000020
2013–14[22] League Two 282100000292
2014–15[23] League One 32650102[lower-alpha 1]0406
2015–16[24] League One 21231101[lower-alpha 1]0263
2016–17[25] League One 17200204[lower-alpha 1]2234
2017–18[26] League One 39431205[lower-alpha 2]0495
Total 139151226012216919
Bristol City 2018–19[27] Championship 500000—50
2019–20[28] Championship 000000—00
2020–21[29] Championship 202000—40
Total 702000—80
Rotherham United (loan) 2019–20[28] League One 90———90
Hull City (loan) 2020–21[29] League One 14300003[lower-alpha 1]0173
Lincoln City 2021–22[30] League One 23210103[lower-alpha 1]1303
2022–23[31] League One 2000000020
2023–24[32] League One 7300102[lower-alpha 1]1104
Total 325102052427
Gillingham (loan) 2022–23[31] League Two 21041403[lower-alpha 1]0321
Career total 2222420312023427731
  1. Appearances in the Football League Trophy
  2. Three appearances in the EFL Trophy, two in League One play-offs

References
  1. "EFL: Club retained and released lists published". English Football League. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  2. "Hakeeb Adelakun – Midfielder – First Team – Rotherham United". Rotherham United F.C. Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  3. "Hakeeb Adelakun: Scunthorpe United winger wins EFL Young Player of the Month award". BBC Sport. 20 December 2017.
  4. "Tranmere 1–0 Scunthorpe". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  5. "Scunthorpe United newcomer Hakeeb Adelakun already a record breaker". This is Scunthorpe. Archived from the original on 11 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  6. "Scunthorpe 3–1 Swindon". BBC Sport. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  7. "Scunthorpe 3–1 Torquay". BBC Sport. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  8. "Hakeeb Adelakun: Bristol City sign former Scunthorpe United midfielder". BBC Sport. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  9. "Hakeeb Adelakun: Rotherham United sign winger on loan from Bristol City". BBC Sport. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  10. "Hakeeb Adelakun joins Hull City on season-long loan". Hull City A.F.C. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  11. "Northampton Town v Hull City". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  12. "Hull City v Plymouth Argyle". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  13. "Adelakun Recalled By Bristol City". Hull City A.F.C. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  14. "Bristol City Announce Retained List". Bristol City F.C. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  15. "Creative winger Adelakun signs for Imps". Lincoln City F.C. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  16. "Match report: Gillingham 1 Imps 1". Lincoln City F.C. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  17. "Bradford City 0 Imps 3". Lincoln City F.C. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  18. "Adelakun joins Gillingham on loan". Lincoln City FC. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  19. "Gillingham 0–2 Harrogate Town". BBC Sport. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  20. "Scunthorpe Boss Reacts To Hull, Crystal Palace, Barnsley Interest In Nigerian Winger". All Nigeria Soccer. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  21. "Games played by Hakeeb Adelakun in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
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  27. "Games played by Hakeeb Adelakun in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  28. "Games played by Hakeeb Adelakun in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  29. "Games played by Hakeeb Adelakun in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
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  31. "Games played by Hakeeb Adelakun in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  32. "Games played by Hakeeb Adelakun in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2021.


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