Oladapo Olufemi

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Oladapo Olufemi

| fullname = Oladapo Olufemi Oluyi

| image = Olufemi Oladapo IMG 6802.jpg

| image_size = 270

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|11|5}}

| birth_place = Ibadan{{cite web |title=Oladapo Olufemi |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/oladapo-olufemi/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=15 February 2019}}

| height = {{height|m=1.90}}

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Central or defensive midfielder

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2006

| youthclubs1 = Plateau United

| years1 = 2006–2007

| clubs1 = Anderlecht

| caps1 = 1

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2007–2008

| clubs2 = Boavista

| caps2 = 4

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2009–2012

| clubs3 = IK Start

| caps3 = 49

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2013

| clubs4 = Shooting Stars

| years5 = 2014

| clubs5 = Bayelsa United

| years6 = 2015

| clubs6 = Kwara United

| years7 = 2016–2018

| clubs7 = Enyimba

| totalcaps = 54

| totalgoals = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2007

| nationalyears2 = 2008

| nationalteam1 = Nigeria U-20

| nationalteam2 = Nigeria

| nationalcaps1 = 5

| nationalcaps2 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| pcupdate = 5 May 2013 (UTC)

| ntupdate = 18 October 2013

}}

Oladapo Olufemi Oluyi (born 5 November 1988) is a Nigerian footballer. He plays as a central or defensive midfielder.

Career

Olufemi played in Europe for R.S.C. Anderlecht. In July 2007 he moved from the Brussels-based club to Portuguese club Boavista F.C.;{{cite news|last=Okeleji |first=Oluwashina |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/6938813.stm |title=BBC SPORT | Football | African | Nigeria's Oladapo joins Boavista |publisher=BBC News |date=9 August 2007 |access-date=22 February 2016}} He later left and was a free agent. During summer 2009 he went on trial;{{cite web |last1=ørgensen |first1=Pål W. |title="Ola" vil bli Start-spiller |url=http://fotball.fvn.no/eliteserien/article144215.ece |website=fvn.no |access-date=7 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708083227/http://fotball.fvn.no/eliteserien/article144215.ece |archive-date=8 July 2009 |language=no |date=6 July 2009}} at IK Start, a Norwegian top-division club, where Solomon Owello was plying his trade. He impressed and was signed on a three-and-a-half-year contract.{{cite web|url=http://www.ikstart.no/default.aspx?m=3&amid=489503 |access-date=4 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924131941/http://ikstart.no/default.aspx?m=3 |archive-date=24 September 2010 |title=Redaksjonelt - IK Starts offisielle websider }} He signed with Shooting Stars in May 2013,{{cite web |title=Euro pro Olufemi joins 3SC |url=http://www.mtnfootball.com/africa/nigeria/premier-league/news/2013/may/02-euro-pro-olufemi-joins-3sc.html |website=MTNFootball.com |access-date=11 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101021038/http://www.mtnfootball.com/africa/nigeria/premier-league/news/2013/may/02-euro-pro-olufemi-joins-3sc.html |archive-date=1 November 2013 |date=2 May 2013}} and in December 2013, moved to league rivals Bayelsa United.{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/4111/nigeria-premier-league/2013/12/19/4489721/bayelsa-bank-on-new-signings-to-hit-africa-by-storm?ICID=SP |title=Bayelsa bank on new signings to hit Africa by storm |website=Goal.com |date=19 December 2013 |access-date=22 February 2016}}

International career

Olufemi represented Nigeria at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada and won a silver medal in the football event at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, however he did not appear in the tournament.{{FIFA player|273297}}

He earned his first cap for Nigeria in a friendly match against Sudan on 9 January 2008.

Career statistics

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !rowspan="2"\|Division !colspan="2"\|League !colspan="2"\|Cup !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2009 \| rowspan="4"\|Start \| rowspan="3"\|Tippeligaen \|9	0	0	0	9	0
2010 \|18	0	3	0	21	0
2011 \|7	1	2	0	9	1
2012 \|Adeccoligaen \|15	0	3	0	18	0
colspan="3"\|Career Total !49	1	8	0	57	1