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Adigun Arnaud
Adigun is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Adebayo Adigun (born 1990), Nigerian footballer * Seun Adigun (born 1987), Nigerian hurdler * Adigun Salami Adigun Taofeek Salami (born 6 May 1988) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career Salami was born in Lagos, Nigeria. Adigun came to FC Midtjylland from their Nigerian football academy FC Eb ... (born 1988), Nigerian footballer References {{given name, type=both Yoruba-language surnames Yoruba given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adebayo Adigun
Adebayo Adigun (born 15 November 1990) is a Nigerian former football player. Adigun began his career with Shooting Stars F.C. and signed on 6 December 2009 a three years contract with the J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol is a Japanese professional football club based in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadiu .... Adebayo Adigun retired from football in 2017. Personal life He is the son of the former international Bunmi Adigun. References External links * 1990 births Living people Nigerian footballers Nigerian expatriate footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate footballers in Japan J1 League players J2 League players Kashiwa Reysol players Sunshine Stars F.C. players Tokyo Verdy players Yoruba sportspeople Association football defenders Sportspeople from Ibadan {{Nigeria-footy-d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seun Adigun
Moriam Seun Adigun (born 3 January 1987, Chicago, Illinois) is a Nigerian–American bobsledder, and track and field runner who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but did not qualify from her heat. In 2016, Seun Adigun founded the Nigerian bobsled team. She represented Nigeria at the 2018 Winter Olympics in two-women bobsled, becoming part of the first-ever Winter Olympians from the country. Seun Adigun was the first ever African athlete who participated both in Summer and Winter Olympics. Personal life Adigun is a first cousin once removed of basketball Hall of Famer A hall, wall, or walk of fame is a list of individuals, achievements, or other entities, usually chosen by a group of electors, to mark their excellence or fame in their field. In some cases, these halls of fame consist of actual halls or muse ... Hakeem Olajuwon. International competitions References External links * * * * * 1987 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adigun Salami
Adigun Taofeek Salami (born 6 May 1988) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career Salami was born in Lagos, Nigeria. Adigun came to FC Midtjylland from their Nigerian football academy FC Ebedei. In the winter 2006–07 and in January 2008 he went on trials at English club Chelsea. However, on 30 October 2008 he signed a new contract running to 30 June 2012. He joined SønderjyskE on a free transfer on 1 June 2012. Throughout his time there, he struggled with knee problems. In 2016, Salami joined Middelfart in the Danish 2nd Division The 2nd Division ( da, Danmarksturneringens 2. division or Herre-DM 2. division) is a semi-professional association football league for men and the third division in Denmark. It is organised by the Divisionsforeningen on behalf of the Danish Footb .... He left the club in June 2018, and subsequently retired from football due to persistent injuries. International career On 19 October 2008, Sal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoruba-language Surnames
Yoruba (, ; Yor. '; Ajami: ) is a language spoken in West Africa, primarily in Southwestern and Central Nigeria. It is spoken by the ethnic Yoruba people. The number of Yoruba speakers is roughly 50 million, plus about 2 million second-language speakers. As a pluricentric language, it is primarily spoken in a dialectal area spanning Nigeria and Benin with smaller migrated communities in Côte d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. Yoruba vocabulary is also used in the Afro-Brazilian religion known as Candomblé, in the Caribbean religion of Santería in the form of the liturgical Lucumí language and various Afro-American religions of North America. Practitioners of these religions in the Americas no longer speak or understand the Yorùbá language, rather they use remnants of Yorùbá language for singing songs that for them are shrouded in mystery. Usage of a lexicon of Yorùbá words and short phrases during ritual is also common, but they have gone through changes due to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
