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Nigerian footballer (1985–2011)

Olubayo Adefemi
Personal information
Full name Olubayo Adefemi
Date of birth (1985-08-13)13 August 1985
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Date of death 18 April 2011(2011-04-18) (aged 25)
Place of death Kavala, Greece
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
0000–2000 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)
International career
2005 Nigeria U20 5 (1)
2008 Nigeria U23 5 (1)
2009–2011 Nigeria 5 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Nigeria
Men's football
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

International career

Adefemi 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.

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.

Statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
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

On 18 April 2011 Olubayo died in a car crash while driving on the A2 motorway (Egnatia Odos), near the city of Kavala, Greece. He was on his way to Nigeria in order to finalise details of his wedding.

Titles

  • Vice World Champion 2005 U-20
  • Israeli F.A cup winner with Hapoel Tel Aviv 2006
  • Silver Medal 2008 Olympics

References

  1. "Nigeria's Adefemi dies in Greece". BBC News. 18 April 2011.
  2. "Ex-Altach-Kicker Adefemi bei Unfall gestorben". krone.at (in German). 18 April 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  3. Olubayo Adefemi at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. realnet.co.uk. "John Utaka gets Nigeria World Cup recall". Kick Off. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  5. "Grief for Adefemi (in Greek)". 18 April 2011.
  6. "Grief in Xanthi, Adefemi got killed (in Greek)". 18 April 2011. Archived from the original on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  7. "Nigeria's Olubayo Adefemi dies in Greece car accident". BBC News. 19 April 2011.

External links

Nigeria men's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – Silver medalists
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