Adebayo Akinfenwa

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Adebayo Akinfenwa
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Adebayo Akinfenwa (2015)
Personnel
Surname Saheed Adebayo Akinfenwa
birthday May 10, 1982
place of birth Islington ,  England
size 180 cm
position Storm
Juniors
Years station
1998-2000 Watford FC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2001-2002 FK Atlantas 22 0(5)
2003 Barry Town 9 0(6)
2003 Boston United 3 0(0)
2003 Leyton Orient 1 0(0)
2003-2004 Rushden & Diamonds 0 0(0)
2004 Doncaster Rovers 9 0(4)
2004-2005 Torquay United 37 (14)
2005-2007 Swansea City 59 (14)
2007-2008 Millwall FC 7 0(0)
2008-2010 Northampton Town 88 (37)
2010-2011 Gillingham FC 44 (11)
2011-2013 Northampton Town 80 (34)
2013-2014 Gillingham FC 34 (10)
2014-2016 AFC Wimbledon 83 (19)
2016– Wycombe Wanderers 152 (46)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of season 2017/18

Saheed Adebayo Akinfenwa (born May 10, 1982 in Islington ) is an English - Nigerian football player . The striker has been under contract with Wycombe Wanderers since July 2016 . With a body weight of over 100 kg, the hobby bodybuilder is considered the "strongest professional footballer in the world".

Career

Akinfenwa played almost his entire career in the third or fourth division in England, u. a. for Swansea City , Northampton Town and Millwall FC . He also came to two appearances in the Europa League qualification for the Lithuanian club Atlantas Klaipėda in the 2001/02 season and in the 2003/04 season on two appearances in the Champions League qualification with Barry Town .

In the 2014/15 season he played for the fourth-rate AFC Wimbledon , with which he made promotion to the third division in the 2015/16 season . He has been playing for the Wycombe Wanderers since the 2016/17 season . With the club he rose at the end of the League One 19/20 season via the play-offs with a 2-1 win over Oxford United in the second-rate EFL Championship .

Others

Akinfenwa is considered a cult player in English football because of his build and humor. When he was stopped by a police officer in 2013, the police officer asked him about his job, which Akinfenwa answered with "footballer". Only after repeated inquiries did the policeman realize that by “football” he didn't mean American football , but soccer . His upper arms are proven to be larger than the thighs of footballer John Terry . Akinfenwa presents “Beast Mode” videos on social networks that show him doing strength training . As a reference to this, his fans in the stadium wear T-shirts with the inscription "Beast Mode".

Immediately after his promotion to AFC Wimbledon , to which he contributed the winning goal, he answered a journalist's question about his whereabouts in the team with “I think I'm unemployed now. Dear coach, if you are looking for a striker, send me a message on WhatsApp ! ”Because his contract with the club expired at the end of the season.

Akinfewa compensates for his lack of movement with powerful shots and goals, which are often spectacular and celebrated frenetically.

When asked if he could imagine playing for the English national team, he said: "You have to serve chicken before every game, then I'll be there."

successes

Barry Town
Swansea City
AFC Wimbledon

Wycombe Wanderes

Individually

Web links

Commons : Adebayo Akinfenwa  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Meet the Beast: Northampton's Akinfenwa is 16 stone and world's strongest footballer. dailymail.co.uk, 2013, accessed July 21, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Ade Akinfenwa: 'My arms are probably the same size as John Terry's legs'. theguardian.com, 2013, accessed July 21, 2014 .
  3. ↑ lfe.lt: Adebayo Akinfenwa (g. 1982 m.) - LFE , accessed on April 18, 2018
  4. ↑ Wycombe signs Adebayo Ankinfewa. In: transfermarkt.de. July 10, 2016, accessed July 12, 2016 .
  5. ↑ SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg Germany: Soccer player Akinfenwa: Beast and fat sack - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Sport. In: SPIEGEL ONLINE. Retrieved December 23, 2016 .
  6. ↑ n-tv news television: First promotion, then resignation: "Beast" Akinfenwa is looking for a club via Whatsapp . In: n-tv.de . ( n-tv.de [accessed December 23, 2016]).
  7. ↑ Home of Football: ADEBAYO AKINFENWA | Wycombe Wanderers | Goals, Assists, Skills | 2014-2016 (HD). September 30, 2016, accessed December 23, 2016 .
  8. ↑ International - Adebayo Akinfenwa: This is the thickest football professional in the world . In: www.ran.de . July 21, 2014 ( ran.de [accessed December 23, 2016]).
personal data
SURNAME Akinfenwa, Adebayo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Akinfenwa, Saheed Adebayo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English-Nigerian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Islington , London , England , United Kingdom