Ajibade ''Aji'' Omolade (born 12 June 1984) is a
Nigerian
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footballer
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.
Career
Nigeria
Omolade began his professional career with
El-Kanemi Warriors
El-Kanemi Warriors Football Club is a football team based in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. They play at El-Kanemi Stadium. They ended their 2005, season in the lower half of the Nigeria Premier League.They were relegated to the Nigeria Divisi ...
in Maiduguri
Borno state. He moved to
Enyimba International F.C.
Enyimba Football Club or simply known as Enyimba, is a Nigerian football club based in the city of Aba which plays in the Nigerian Professional Football League. Their name means ''People's Elephant'' in Igbo language and is also the nickname us ...
As the club captain Omolade lead the team to African champions league twice and he won the
CAF Champions League
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in 2003 and 2004. He also won The CAF Super Cup two times with the club.
Germany
He first moved out of Nigeria In July 2007, he was on trial at
1. FC Köln
1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ballspi ...
.
[ ] in Germany, later he returned to Nigeria to join his old club
Enyimba International F.C.
Enyimba Football Club or simply known as Enyimba, is a Nigerian football club based in the city of Aba which plays in the Nigerian Professional Football League. Their name means ''People's Elephant'' in Igbo language and is also the nickname us ...
he played a few matches there and later the club loaned him out to
Gombe United F.C.
Gombe United Football Club is a Nigerian football club based in Gombe. They play in the Nigeria Professional Football League. Their home stadium is the new Pantami Stadium, having moved from Abubakar Umar Memorial Stadium in 2010.
History
Th ...
in the
Nigerian Premier League
The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) is the highest level of the Nigerian football league system, for the Nigerian club-football championships.
The Nigerian league has suffered, like many others, from the financial impact and dwindl ...
.
Sudan
In 2009 he joined the Sudanese club Al Hilal Omdurman on a four-year deal. After one year he returned to Nigeria where he sign one-year deal with
Plateau United
Plateau United Football Club of Jos (usually known as Plateau United) is a Nigerian professional football (soccer) club based in Jos, that competes in the Nigerian Professional Football League. Before 1991, they were known as the JIB Strikers FC ...
in the
Nigerian Premier League
The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) is the highest level of the Nigerian football league system, for the Nigerian club-football championships.
The Nigerian league has suffered, like many others, from the financial impact and dwindl ...
. Later he joined
Enugu Rangers
Rangers International Football Club, commonly known as Enugu Rangers, is a Nigerian professional association football team. They are based in Enugu and play their home games at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium. Enugu Rangers are one of the three olde ...
. In 2013 he joined Niger Tornadoes Football Club
International career
In the year 2000 he represented
Nigeria U20 at the U20 Africa Cup of Nations in Ethiopia.
Honours
Club
* 2003
CAF Champions League
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Cup Winner with
Enyimba International F.C.
Enyimba Football Club or simply known as Enyimba, is a Nigerian football club based in the city of Aba which plays in the Nigerian Professional Football League. Their name means ''People's Elephant'' in Igbo language and is also the nickname us ...
* 2004
CAF Champions League
The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and co ...
Cup winner with
Enyimba International F.C.
Enyimba Football Club or simply known as Enyimba, is a Nigerian football club based in the city of Aba which plays in the Nigerian Professional Football League. Their name means ''People's Elephant'' in Igbo language and is also the nickname us ...
* Four times
Nigeria Premier League Cup winner with
Enyimba International F.C.
Enyimba Football Club or simply known as Enyimba, is a Nigerian football club based in the city of Aba which plays in the Nigerian Professional Football League. Their name means ''People's Elephant'' in Igbo language and is also the nickname us ...
* Nigerian Coca-Cola F.A Cup winner with
Enyimba International F.C.
Enyimba Football Club or simply known as Enyimba, is a Nigerian football club based in the city of Aba which plays in the Nigerian Professional Football League. Their name means ''People's Elephant'' in Igbo language and is also the nickname us ...
* Sudanese F.A Cup winner with
Al-Hilal Omdurman
References
1984 births
Living people
Yoruba sportspeople
Nigerian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Sudan
Enyimba F.C. players
Expatriate men's footballers in Sudan
Gombe United F.C. players
El-Kanemi Warriors F.C. players
Plateau United F.C. players
Al-Hilal Club (Omdurman) players
Place of birth missing (living people)
CAF Champions League-winning players
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