Ademola Adeshina (born 4 June 1964) is a former Nigeria international

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midfielder. He is currently the technical advisor of

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team Prime F.C.

Career

Born in

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, Adeshina played club football for local sides

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and

Shooting Stars F.C. Shooting Stars Sports Club (often nicknamed 3SC or ''Oluyole Warriors'') is a Nigerian professional football club based in Ibadan. History The club was one of the founders of the Nigerian Premier League in 1972, when they were called ''WNDC Iba ...

, before a brief spell in Belgium with

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. Adeshina represented Nigeria at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

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. He also made several appearances for the senior Nigeria national football team, including five

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qualifying matches, and he played at the

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

and

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and

1990 African Cup of Nations The 1990 African Cup of Nations was the 17th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Algeria. Just like in 1988, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Algeria won it ...

finals.

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* * * 1964 births Living people Yoruba sportspeople Nigerian men's footballers Nigeria men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Nigeria Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics 1982 African Cup of Nations players 1984 African Cup of Nations players 1988 African Cup of Nations players 1990 African Cup of Nations players Shooting Stars S.C. players K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Men's association football midfielders Abiola Babes F.C. players {{Nigeria-footy-midfielder-stub