James Akintunde

Oluwaseun Ewerogba "James" Akintunde (born 29 March 1996) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for League of Ireland side Bohemians.

James Akintunde
Personal information
Full name Oluwaseun Ewerogba Akintunde[1]
Date of birth (1996-03-29) 29 March 1996
Place of birth Greenwich, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Bohemians
Number 11
Youth career
Southend United[3]
Cambridge United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Cambridge United 1 (0)
2014 → AFC Sudbury (loan) 24 (2)
2014–2015 → Histon (loan) 11 (3)
2015–2016 → Brackley Town (loan) 6 (1)
2016 → Needham Market (loan) 9 (0)
2016–2018 Chester 56 (11)
2018–2020 Maidenhead United 57 (2)
2020–2022 Derry City 77 (14)
2022– Bohemians 14 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:34, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Career

Akintunde was a Cambridge United youth graduate, and made his first team debut on 30 November 2013, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 FA Trophy away win against Salisbury City. On 29 August 2014 he was loaned to Histon until January.[4]

In January 2015, after scoring six goals for Histon in all competitions, Akintunde returned to the U's. He made his professional debut on 14 February 2015, again from the bench in a 0–2 away loss against Plymouth Argyle.[5] He played no games for Cambridge the following season, but did play out on loan at Brackley Town and Needham Market. Akintunde was released by Cambridge United at the end of the 2015–16 season.[6]

Akintunde joined Chester for the 2016–17 season. He spent two full seasons at the Deva, scoring eleven times in sixty games, before joining Maidenhead United for 2018–19. [7] Akintunde scored twice in 62 games before leaving the Magpies at the end of the 2019–20 season.[8] Akintunde signed for League of Ireland Premier Division team Derry City on 24 July 2020.[9] He scored on his debut against St Patrick's Athletic on 3 August.[10] On 2 December 2022 Akintunde signed for Bohemians.[11]

Career statistics
As of match played 18 September 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cambridge United 2013–14[12] Conference Premier 0000—1[lower-alpha 2]010
2014–15[12] League Two 1000000010
2015–16[12] 0000000000
Total 1000001020
A.F.C. Sudbury (loan) 2013–14[3] IL Division One North 23200—00232
Histon (loan) 2014–15[13] SL Premier Division 11320—3[lower-alpha 3]3166
Brackley Town (loan) 2015–16[14] National League North 6120—0081
Needham Market (loan) 2015–16[15] IL Premier Division 7000—0070
Chester 2016–17[12] National League 16310——173
2017–18[12] 40810—2[lower-alpha 2]0438
Total 561120—206011
Maidenhead United 2018–19[12] National League 30120—1[lower-alpha 4]0331
2019–20[12] 27100—2[lower-alpha 5]0291
Total 57220—30622
Derry City 2020[12] LOI Premier Division 10420—1[lower-alpha 6]0134
2021[12] 34420——364
2022[12] 33642—2[lower-alpha 7]0398
Total 771482—308816
Bohemians 2023[12] LOI Premier Division 14120—2[lower-alpha 8]0181
Career total 252341820014328439
  1. Includes FA Cup & FAI Cup
  2. Appearance in the FA Trophy
  3. Two appearances and two goals in the FA Trophy, one appearance in Southern League Cup
  4. One appearance in FA Trophy, two appearances in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup
  5. One appearance in FA Trophy, one appearance in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup
  6. Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  7. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  8. Appearances in Leinster Senior Cup

References
  1. "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 68. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  2. James Akintunde at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  3. "StackPath".
  4. Sam-Yorke and Bonner depart; Cambridge United FC, 29 August 2014
  5. Plymouth 2–0 Cambridge; BBC Sport, 14 February 2015
  6. "Cambridge United announce retain/release list". Cambridge United FC. 9 May 2016.
  7. Dev broadens attacking options with Akintunde signing
  8. SQUAD UPDATE (04/07/2020)
  9. Barr, Ethan (24 July 2020). "Welcome James Akintunde". Derry City Football Club. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  10. League of Ireland: Derry City beat St Patrick's Athletic 2-0 to move up table
  11. "JAMES AKINTUNDE JOINS ON MULTI-YEAR DEAL". 2 December 2022.
  12. "England - J. Akintunde - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  13. Histon Webmaster. "First Team Player Statistics 2014/15". Histon FC. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  14. "James Akintunde Profile | Aylesbury United FC". www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  15. "Needham Market | Appearances | James Akintunde | 2015-2016 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
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