Akeem Omolade

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Akeem Omolade

| image = Omolade Ribera.jpg

| caption = Omolade in 2012

| fullname = Akeem Oluwashegun Omolade

| birth_date = {{birth date|1983|3|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kaduna,{{cite web |url=http://aic.football.it/scheda/2181/omolade-akeem-oluwashegun.htm |publisher=AIC.football.it |accessdate=1 October 2011 |title=Scheda anagrafica di Akeem Oluwashegun Omolade |language=Italian}} Nigeria

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|6|13|1983|3|4|df=y}}

| death_place = Palermo, Italy

| height = 1.76 m

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Treviso

| years1 = 2000–2001

| years2 = 2001–2003

| years3 = 2003–2004

| years4 = 2004–2005

| years5 = 2005–2006

| years6 = 2006–2008

| years7 = 2008–2009

| years8 = 2009–2010

| years9 = 2011–2012

| years10 = 2012–2013

| years11 = 2013–2014

| years12 = 2014–2015

| years13 = 2016–2017

| clubs1 = Treviso

| clubs2 = Torino

| clubs3 = Novara

| clubs4 = Biellese

| clubs5 = Reggiana

| clubs6 = Gela

| clubs7 = Barletta

| clubs8 = Vibonese

| clubs9 = Mazara

| clubs10 = Ribera 1954

| clubs11 = Mazara

| clubs12 = Borgata Terrenove

| clubs13 = Altofonte

| caps1 = 3

| caps2 = 5

| caps3 = 18

| caps4 = 10

| caps5 = 11

| caps6 = 34

| caps7 = 10

| caps8 = 26

| caps9 = ?

| caps10 = 20

| caps11 = 3

| goals1 = 1

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 4

| goals4 = 2

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 2

| goals7 = 2

| goals8 = 6

| goals9 = 6

| goals10 = 6

| goals11 = 0

}}

Akeem Oluwashegun Omolade (4 March 1983 – 13 June 2022) was a Nigerian professional footballer.

Career

Omolade arrived in Italy at the age of 17, joining Treviso, with whom he made his professional debut in the Serie B league. He subsequently joined Torino, with whom he made his Serie A debut.

Following his departure from Torino, he went on to play a career in the lower leagues of Italian football.

In 2011, he moved to Sicily to join Mazara. In 2012, he played for Ribera 1954 in Serie D,{{cite news|url=http://www.ribera1954.it/persone2_scheda.php?modulo_attuale=atleti&idpersona=103 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218134711/http://www.ribera1954.it/persone2_scheda.php?modulo_attuale=atleti&idpersona=103 |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 February 2013 |publisher=A.S.D.P. Ribera 1954 |language=Italian |accessdate=28 September 2012 |title=Akeem Omolade }} before returning to Mazara in 2013.

In 2014, he went down even further, joining Marsala-based Promozione club Borgata Terrenove.{{cite web |url=http://www.marsalaoggi.it/sport/2014/09/grande-colpo-di-mercato-per-il-borgata-terrenove-tesserato-akeem-omolade/ |title=Grande colpo di mercato per il Borgata Terrenove. Tesserato Akeem Omolade |accessdate=3 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103190724/http://www.marsalaoggi.it/sport/2014/09/grande-colpo-di-mercato-per-il-borgata-terrenove-tesserato-akeem-omolade/ |archivedate=3 November 2014 }}

Omolade died on 13 June 2022, at the age of 39.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lastampa.it/torino/2022/06/13/news/ex_calciatore_del_torino_trovato_morto_in_un_auto_nel_quartiere_di_ballaro_a_palermo-5393337/|title=L'ex calciatore del Torino Omolade trovato morto in un'auto nel quartiere di Ballarò a Palermo|date=13 June 2022|website=lastampa.it}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.today.it/cronaca/morto-omolade-calciatore.html|title=Tragedia a Palermo, ex calciatore di serie A trovato morto dentro un'auto|website=Today}}