Fanendo Adi

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Fanendo Adi
Fanendo Adi (2018)
Personnel
birthday	October 10, 1990
place of birth	Lagos ,  Nigeria
size	193 centimeters
position	striker
Juniors
Years	station
	Lagos Islanders
	Union Bank FC
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2009-2011	FK AS Trenčín	42 (18)
2011–2012	Tavriya Simferopol	9 (1)
2011	→ Dynamo Kiev (loan)	3 (0)
2011	Metalurh Donetsk	9 (1)
2012-2013	FK AS Trenčín	19 (10)
2013-2014	FC Copenhagen	9 (3)
2014-2018	Portland Timbers	120 (50)
2014	→ Portland Timbers (loan)	6 (4)
2018	→ FC Cincinnati (loan)	9 (3)
2018-2019	Cincinnati FC	12 (1)
2020–	Columbus crew
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National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1 Only league games are given.

Fanendo Adi (born October 10, 1990 in Lagos ) is a Nigerian football player . He has been under contract with Columbus Crew since 2020 .

Career

Europe

In 2009 Fanendo Adi ventured into Europe and signed a contract with the Slovak first division club FK AS Trenčín . Adi scored 18 goals in 42 games.

After his successful time in Slovakia, Adi moved to Metalurh Donetsk in Ukraine in 2011 . His time there was not very successful. After a brief loan to Dynamo Kiev (three games, no goals), he left Donetsk and joined Tavriya Simferopol . There, too, was over after only nine games and one goal.

Adi then moved back to Trenčín . There he was able to build on the performance of bygone days.

With ten goals in nineteen games, Adi recommended himself for a move to FC Copenhagen . Adi scored a goal straight away in his debut against FC Vestsjælland , despite not having a residence permit or work permit.

Due to his good performance, he was invited to a trial training session at the Dutch first division club Ajax Amsterdam at the age of twenty .

Major League Soccer

On May 13, 2014 Adi moved on loan to the Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer . The Timbers had an option to buy at the end of the loan. In his first game from the start, he scored a brace on May 28, 2014 against CD Chivas USA . This he succeeded in the subsequent game against Real Salt Lake City .

The Timbers decided on June 23, 2014 to take the purchase option for Adi and made him the fourth Designated Player in the club's history. On April 8, 2017, Adi became Timbers' all-time top scorer after scoring a penalty against the Philadelphia Union .

On July 30, 2018, Cincinnati FC announced the signing of Adis. Adi Noch USL franchise changed for the equivalent of € 725,000 . With this change, Adi became the first designated player in the history of the FCC, who will play in the MLS from the 2019 season.

International career

Adi has been nominated twice for the Nigerian U23 national team. He was also nominated for the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Egypt , but was not used.

successes

• MLS Cup: 2015
• Western Conference championship (in playoffs): 2015

Web links

• Fanendo Adi in the database of MLSSoccer.com (English)
• Fanendo Adi in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Fanendo Adi in the database of weltfussball.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FCK: Fanendo Adi er overrasket and forvirret. Retrieved April 22, 2020 (da-DK). 
2. ↑ De Boer rozhodol, Ajax opäť skúša Adiho :: AS Trenčín - oficiálna www stránka futbalového klubu. October 5, 2011, accessed April 22, 2020 . 
3. ↑ https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2014/05/13/portland-timbers-add-nigerian-f-fanendo-adi-loan-cut-ties-frederic-piquionne
4. ↑ "Fanendo Adi | Portland Timbers". Portland Timbers , accessed April 22, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Portland Timbers exercise purchase option on striker Fanendo Adi, sign as Designated Player to multiyear contract. Portland Timbers , accessed April 22, 2020 . 
6. ^ Philadelphia Union 1, Portland Timbers 3 | 2017 MLS Match Recap. Major League Soccer , accessed April 22, 2020 . 
7. ↑ -. (No longer available online.) FC Cincinnati , formerly the original ; accessed on April 22, 2020 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
8. ↑ Delighted Fanendo Adi ready to help Super Eagles against Egypt | Goal.com. Retrieved April 22, 2020 .