Adewale Dauda Wahab (born 4 October 1984 in Port Harcourt) is a Nigerian

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who plays as a

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. Until end of the season 2010–11 he played for

AC Bellinzona AC Bellinzona is a Swiss football club based in Bellinzona. It was founded in 1904, and won the Swiss Super League in 1948. After being folded in 2013 declaring bankruptcy, the team played the Ticino Group of 2.Liga, the sixth tier of the Swi ...

Career

Roma

Wahab started his European career with Italian club Reggiana, along with

Obafemi Martins Obafemi Akinwunmi Martins (born 28 October 1984) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is known for his speed on the ball. After leaving Nigeria for Italy at age 16, he has since played for a number of top-di ...

and other Nigerian players. Both players were signed by Italian giants

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in July 2001, for 3 billion lire, while

Giuseppe Di Masi Giuseppe Adriano Di Masi (born 16 July 1981) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Career Di Masi started his career at hometown club Foggia where he became the first choice in 1999–2000 Serie C2 season, after Foggia were rele ...

moved in the opposite direction for 2.5 billion lire on a co-ownership deal. Wahab was loaned back to Reggiana in the 2001–02 season. He played for Roma's Primavera team in 2002–-03 season, and was promoted to the first team in the 2003–04 season, playing once in

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and once in the

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, when he substituted

Daniele De Rossi Daniele De Rossi (; born 24 July 1983) is a former Italian professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder and is currently manager of side SPAL. He is mostly known for his time playing with his hometown club Roma in Serie A, as ...

against

FK Vardar FK Vardar Skopje ( mk, ФК Вардар Скопје), or simply Vardar, is a football club based in the capital city of Skopje, North Macedonia, North Macedonia. The club was founded in 1947 and currently competes in the Macedonian Second Foo ...

. Wahab also played for

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

in the 2001 . He then spent three seasons loaned to clubs in the Italian lower divisions. Although he was loaned to other clubs, in 2006 his contract was extended from 2007 to 2009.

Bellinzona

In summer 2007, Wahab was signed by

. In the 2009–10 season, he went to

SE Eivissa-Ibiza Unión Deportiva Ibiza-Eivissa was a Spanish football team based in Ibiza Town, in the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Founded in 1995, it last played in '' Regional de Ibiza'', holding home matches at ''Estadi Municipal de Can Miss ...

and played a few friendlies. However, the transfer collapsed after the club was expelled from the league and re-admitted as the new club

UD Ibiza-Eivissa Unión Deportiva Ibiza-Eivissa was a Spanish football team based in Ibiza Town, in the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Founded in 1995, it last played in '' Regional de Ibiza'', holding home matches at ''Estadi Municipal de Can Miss ...

in the regional league. Wahab then played two league matches for Bellinzona, in October and November. In January 2010, he was dropped from the squad, but was later re-included in the team's official roster for the 2010–11 season.

References

External links

AC Bellinzona profile
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football.ch
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wahab, Adewale 1984 births Living people Nigerian Muslims Nigerian footballers Nigerian expatriate footballers Nigeria international footballers A.C. Reggiana 1919 players A.S. Roma players Ternana Calcio players S.S. Teramo Calcio players U.S. Catanzaro 1929 players AC Bellinzona players Serie A players Serie B players Swiss Super League players Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Association football midfielders Sportspeople from Port Harcourt