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,[2] before returning to Mazara in 2013.
In 2014, he went down even further, joining Marsala-based Promozione club Borgata Terrenove.[3]
Omolade died on 13 June 2022, at the age of 39.[4][5]
References
- ^ "Scheda anagrafica di Akeem Oluwashegun Omolade" (in Italian). AIC.football.it. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
- ^ "Akeem Omolade" (in Italian). A.S.D.P. Ribera 1954. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ^ "Grande colpo di mercato per il Borgata Terrenove. Tesserato Akeem Omolade". Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ "L'ex calciatore del Torino Omolade trovato morto in un'auto nel quartiere di Ballarò a Palermo". lastampa.it. 13 June 2022.
- ^ "Tragedia a Palermo, ex calciatore di serie A trovato morto dentro un'auto". Today.
External links
- Akeem Omolade at Soccerbase
- Akeem Omolade at ESPN FC
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