Olubayo Adefemi (13 August 1985 – 18 April 2011) was a Nigerian professional footballer who last played for Skoda Xanthi. He also played for the Nigeria National Football Team[2]
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| Full name | Olubayo Adefemi | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 13 August 1985 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 18 April 2011 (aged 25) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Kavala, Greece | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| –2000 | Bendel Insurance | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Bendel Insurance | |||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Delta Force | |||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 23 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Hakoah Ramat Gan | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 30 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2008 | Rapid București | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2009 | SC Rheindorf Altach | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Boulogne | 13 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Skoda Xanthi | 24 | (2[1]) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Nigeria U20 | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2008 | Nigeria U23 | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Nigeria | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
International career
editAdefemi represented his country at the 2008 Olympic Games, playing all the games and scoring a goal in a semifinal match against Belgium. He was a member of the Nigerian Under 20 team that came second behind a Lionel Messi-led Argentina at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands. Adefemi played 5 out of Nigeria's six matches, scoring 1 goal against Morocco in the semi-final.[3]
Adefemi made his Senior National Team debut against Ireland on 29 May 2009. Adefemi played his second senior game against France in a game that Nigeria won.[4]
Statistics
edit| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Israel | League | Israel State Cup | Toto Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2006–07 | Hakoah Ramat Gan | Liga Al | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007–08 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | Liga Leumit | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 3 |
| Career total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Death
editOn 18 April 2011 Olubayo died in a car crash while driving on the A2 motorway (Egnatia Odos), near the city of Kavala, Greece.[5][6] He was on his way to Nigeria in order to finalise details of his wedding.[7]
Titles
edit- Vice World Champion 2005 U-20
- Israeli F.A cup winner with Hapoel Tel Aviv 2006
- Silver Medal 2008 Olympics
References
edit- ^ "Nigeria's Adefemi dies in Greece". BBC News. 18 April 2011.
- ^ "Ex-Altach-Kicker Adefemi bei Unfall gestorben". krone.at (in German). 18 April 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ Olubayo Adefemi at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ realnet.co.uk. "John Utaka gets Nigeria World Cup recall". Kick Off. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Grief for Adefemi (in Greek)". 18 April 2011.
- ^ "Grief in Xanthi, Adefemi got killed (in Greek)". 18 April 2011. Archived from the original on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- ^ "Nigeria's Olubayo Adefemi dies in Greece car accident". BBC News. 19 April 2011.