Ade Akinbiyi

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Ade Akinbiyi
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Personnel
Surname Adeola Oluwatoyin Akinbiyi
birthday October 10, 1974
place of birth Hackney ,  England
position Center Forward
Juniors
Years station
1989-1993 Norwich City
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1993-1997 Norwich City 49 0(3)
1994 →  Hereford United  (loan) 4 0(2)
1994-1995 →  Brighton & Hove Albion  (loan) 7 0(4)
1997-1998 Gillingham FC 63 (28)
1998-1999 Bristol City 47 (21)
1999-2000 Wolverhampton Wanderers 37 (16)
2000-2002 Leicester City 58 (11)
2002-2003 Crystal Palace 24 0(3)
2003 →  Stoke City  (loan) 4 0(2)
2003-2005 Stoke City 59 (17)
2005-2006 Burnley FC 39 (16)
2006-2007 Sheffield United 18 0(3)
2007-2009 Burnley FC 70 (10)
2009 Houston Dynamo 14 0(0)
2009-2010 Notts County 10 0(0)
2013 Colwyn Bay FC 2 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1999 Nigeria 1 0(0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2013– Colwyn Bay FC (Assistant Coach)
1 Only league games are given.

Adeola Oluwatoyin "Ade" Akinbiyi (born October 10, 1974 in Hackney ) is an England- born Nigerian former football player and current coach. As a physically robust and fast forward striker , he has been under contract with more than a dozen different clubs in the course of his career and has mostly been successful with lower-class professional clubs. His last engagement was for the fourth division club Notts County , which ended with his release after the end of the 2009/10 season. In November 1999 he played a single senior international for Nigeria against Greece .

Career

societies

Norwich City (1993-1997)

Akinbiyi, who was born in East London and is well built, began his footballing career in the youth teams of Norwich City , although he had also received offers from larger clubs such as Arsenal . The professional career began hopefully, especially since Norwich had a capable team in the top English league at the beginning of the 1990s and even played in the UEFA Cup in the 1993/94 season . The young center forward made his debut here in November 1993 in the second round second leg against the top favorites FC Bayern Munich and helped the 1-1 draw that the "Canaries" surprisingly reached the next round. The breakthrough in "everyday sporting life" was denied to him in Norwich, which was mainly due to his inadequate goal rate at the highest level. Good performances were mostly limited to the reserve team and only during the loan periods at the lower class Hereford United (January to May 1994) and Brighton & Hove Albion (November 1994 to May 1995) did he come to a little more match practice in the fourth and third division. The record of only three goals in 49 league appearances by the end of 1996 were not enough for Norwich City and so he moved to third division Gillingham FC , which was then coached by Tony Pulis , for £ 250,000 .

Sporting breakthrough (1997-2000)

As the new "bearer of hope" in Kent , the left foot hit the ground right away. Akinbiyi scored the first goal on his home debut against Plymouth Argyle and in the 1997/98 season the new acquisition advanced to become a top scorer. In October 1997, he scored in five consecutive games; in addition , there were two goals for the 2-0 win against Fulham FC for the "Gills" in March 1998 , who suddenly found themselves in the extended circle of aspirants for promotion - previously, a million offer from Fulham coach Ray Wilkins had been reported. Both teams finally missed promotion and so the ambitious Akinbiyi moved to the second division Bristol City after 21 goals this season in the summer of 1998 . The transfer fee was 1.2 million pounds, with 95,000 pounds due to a resale clause to be paid to the ex-Norwich club.

The transition to the second division succeeded Akinbiyi without any problems. He scored 19 goals in 44 league games, which was especially noteworthy because on the one hand, he was often in the service of the team with a high willingness to run and on the other hand, the club, being bottom of the table, scored a total of only 57 hits in 46 games. Fears arose that Akinbiyi would leave the club after a year, especially since numerous interested parties held out the prospect of a high transfer fee. The bid went to Wolverhampton Wanderers in September 1999 , who reinvested £ 3.5 million from the proceeds from the sale of Robbie Keane - who in turn had moved to Coventry City for £ 5.5 million - and with him as a new "striker" the promotion in targeting the Premier League .

Akinbiyi initially struggled with the Wolves, but then started a series of four goals with his first goal in the fourth game and scored all three goals in November for a 3-0 win over Grimsby Town . In February 2000, he received a three-game ban and a fine after he headbutted Tony Vaughan of Nottingham Forest . The time in Wolverhampton came to an early end for other reasons. The club had missed promotion and financial difficulties suggested reselling Akinbiyi. Leicester City emerged as the winner of the bidding competition , with the "Füchse" increasing the initial offer of 4.5 million pounds in July 2000 to five million pounds.

Career dip in Leicester, turning point in Stoke (2000–2005)

The high transfer fee was a heavy burden for Akinbiyi from the start and he never lived up to expectations of being able to replace Emile Heskey, who had migrated to Liverpool FC , under the former English national coach Peter Taylor . Only two goals in the first 17 competitive games were recorded as well as the early exit in the UEFA Cup against Red Star Belgrade . The own audience was dissatisfied and the expressions of displeasure about the poor team performance, which at the end of the 2001/02 season found their low point with the relegation to the second division, hit Akinbiyi in particular. At the beginning of 2002, the decision was made to end the mutual misunderstanding. As early as September 2001, the Wolverhampton Wanderers had made an attempt to take the ex-player back, taking into account a discount for only 3.2 million pounds, which Taylor had in turn rejected as offensive. Taylor's successor Dave Bassett then expressed his willingness to sell, after which the Wolves were only ready for a loan deal. At the beginning of 2002, Crystal Palace emerged as the main interested party and Akinbiyi returned to London for 2.2 million pounds.

Akinbiyi also had a difficult time at Crystal Palace and after completing 14 league games for Palace in the 2001/02 season, a serious injury caused a long break. It was not until Boxing Day in 2002 that he ran for the first time in the 2002/03 season for the second division and coach Trevor Francis announced in March 2003 that he was thinking of loaning Akinbiyi. Less than a month later, an interested club was found in Stoke City, where Tony Pulis was meanwhile acting as coach. After four games and two goals - both of which led to narrow victories - he returned to Crystal Palace, where, however, the new coach Steve Kember demoted him to the reserve team and later officially put him up for sale via the transfer list after the transfer of Dean Holdsworth and Neil Shipperley . The problem with changing clubs was initially the high wage demands - Akinbiyi was only partially prepared to end his lucrative contract with Crystal Palace and play elsewhere for significantly less money. In September 2003, however, the free transfer to Stoke City came about.

Under his ex-coach Pulis Akinbiyi found back to his old strength - mostly as the sole striker - together with Gifton Noel-Williams was the most accurate shooter of his team with ten league goals and won the club's internal award for best player of the past season. At the beginning of the 2004/05 season, Akinbiyi was again the “top scorer” of the “Potters”, before rumors of change at the beginning of 2005 increased. It seemed that agreement had already been reached in January 2005 on a transfer to Sheffield United , before the end of February 2005 the transfer for 600,000 pounds to Burnley FC and the signing of a contract for 3½ years was announced.

Burnley & Sheffield (2005-2009)

His debut on March 4, 2005 against Sunderland AFC (0-2) was spectacular. Just three minutes after being substituted on shortly before the end, he was sent off after being assaulted and then suspended for three games. After his return he played himself in good shape in the new 2005/06 season, especially his three goals for the 3-2 win against Luton Town attracted more attention, especially since his team was outnumbered over 50 minutes and with a field player in the had acted own goal. He was suddenly back in the focus of financially strong clubs and so coach Neil Warnock secured himself from second division competitor and promotion candidate Sheffield United for 1.75 million Akinbiyis services.

Sheffield managed direct promotion to the Premier League in 2006. There Akinbiyi's chances were limited; Warnock preferred Rob Hulse and Danny Webber to the forward positions. After only three first division appearances in the first half of the 2006/07 season, he returned to Burnley FC. He signed a new contact for 2½ years and the transfer fee was only £ 750,000. As the crowd's favorite, Akinbiyi continued to play here, but continuously slipped backwards in the "pecking order". This was expressed in the fact that he was part of the starting line-up only 30 times in a league game until March 2009 - plus 40 championship games as a "joker". Especially in the 2008/09 promotion season, his prospects were very limited and so he dared the leap into the North American Major League Soccer at Houston Dynamo . Shortly before, he had turned down short- term loan contracts from Blackpool FC and the Doncaster Rovers .

Last career stations (2009-2010)

After signing his contract in April 2009 Akinbiyi ran in 14 league games for Houston before he left the club again in August 2009. He made room for the Mexican striker Luis Ángel Landín as part of the Salaray Cap regulations .

In October 2009, the English fourth division club Notts County signed him . With the help of Arab owners, new money was made there and they went on a shopping spree with ex-national trainer Sven-Göran Eriksson as technical director. Akinbiyi was working again with Steve Cotterill - as he had done in Burnley - but it quickly became apparent that this did not guarantee a regular seat. The 2009/10 season ended with just one appearance in the starting line-up and his release.

On July 25, 2013, he announced his comeback and signed as a playing assistant coach at the Welsh club Colwyn Bay FC .

National team

After good performances for Wolverhampton Wanderers Akinbiyi - whose parents were both from Nigeria - made his debut on November 13, 1999 for the Nigerian national team against Greece . The game ended in a 2-0 defeat. Subsequent simulation games for participation in the Africa Cup of Nations in winter 2000 failed, as did two years later . Akinbiyi showed great interest in relation to the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea , in which Nigeria was drawn into a preliminary group with England . But even this endeavor was in vain and coach Adegboye Onigbinde renounced him in the cadre nomination . The international match from 1999 was his only one for the “Super Eagles”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Notts County release eight out-of-contract players" (BBC Sport)
  2. ↑ "1999 MATCHES" (RSSSF)
  3. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1995-96 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1995, ISBN 0-09-180854-5 , pp. 10 .
  4. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1996-97 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1996, ISBN 1-85291-571-4 , pp. 11 .
  5. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1997-98 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1997, ISBN 1-85291-581-1 , pp. 11 .
  6. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1998-99 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1998, ISBN 1-85291-588-9 , pp. 10 f .
  7. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1999-2000 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1999, ISBN 1-85291-607-9 , pp. 11 .
  8. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2000-2001 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2000, ISBN 1-85291-626-5 , pp. 11 .
  9. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2003, ISBN 1-85291-651-6 , pp. 19 .
  10. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2004/2005 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2004, ISBN 1-85291-660-5 , pp. 15 .
  11. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005/2006 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2005, ISBN 1-85291-662-1 , pp. 15th f .
  12. ↑ "Ade Akinbiyi - Burnley FC" (Clarets MAD)
  13. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who . Mainstream Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0 , pp. 16 f .
  14. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who . Mainstream Publishing, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0 , pp. 16 .
  15. ↑ [1]
  16. ↑ Summer Signings
  17. ↑ "Football: GOODBIYI TO OUR WORLD CUP HOPES !; Akinbiyi has Sven quaking in his boots as he spells out his Nigeria dream. " (The Free Library)
personal data
SURNAME Akinbiyi, goodbye
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Akinbiyi, Adeola Oluwatoyin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Hackney