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Solomon Oladele

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Solomon Oladele
Personal information
Full name Solomon Gbadegeshin Oladele
Date of birth (1990-05-19) May 19, 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Green mamba
Number 27
Youth career
Robo
Young Stars
2008 Academia Vejle
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Jagodina 1 (1)
2009–2010Sinđelić Niš (loan) 8 (0)
2011–201x Green Mamba
201x–2017 Red Lions
2017– Green Mamba
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 30, 2009

Solomon Oladele (born 19 May 1990) is a Nigerian football striker.

Career

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Early life

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Known as Abula during his emergent days, he grew up in the Ikotun area of Lagos in Nigeria, where he played with FC Robo and Young Stars F.C.[1]

Europe

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Solomon began his career with Vejle Football Academy and moved from Nigeria to Denmark in 2008, when he joined Vejle with two other Nigerians, Joseph Akinola Folahan and Chidi Dauda Omeje.[2] He went on 28 August 2008 to Serbia on trial,[3] later on 2 September signed a profi contract with FK Jagodina.[4] He played his first game for FK Jagodina in the Serbian SuperLiga on 10 December 2008 against FK Javor Ivanjica and scored his first goal. In the 2009-10 season he played on loan with FK Sinđelić Niš in the Serbian League East.[5]

Swaziland

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By September 2013 he was in the highlights while being a prolific goalscorer when playing with the Green Mamba F.C. in Swaziland Premier League.[6]

In June 2015, after an excellent season with Red Lions in the Swazi Premier League, he was declared best striker in the league by The Swazi Observer.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Swaziland Club Honour Gbadegeshin at sportsdayonline.com
  2. ^ Vejle 'infamously' terminate contract with FOLAHAN at allnigeriasoccer.com, 1-12-2010
  3. ^ "Vejle News". Archived from the original on 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2008-09-01. at vejlefootballacademynigeria.com
  4. ^ [1] at mtsmondo.com
  5. ^ Stats for 2009-10 season Archived 2010-06-10 at the Wayback Machine at FSRIS
  6. ^ LEOPARD CLASH WITH ‘BIRDS’ by Chris Dlamini, at times.co.sz, 10-9-2013
  7. ^ PREPARE FOR THE RED LIONS AWARDS 2015! at The Swazi Observer by Sibongiseni Zondi, 18-6-2015

External sources

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