Dolapo Olaoye (born 17 October 1982) is a Nigerian former
footballer
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. He played in the
Football League
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for
Port Vale
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, and also played
Conference
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Conferences can be used as a form of group decision-making, although discussion, not always decisions, are the main p ...
football for
Stafford Rangers
Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division.
The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts. Stafford Rangers' rivals include T ...
.
Career
Olaoye joined
Port Vale
Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley o ...
in August 2000, making his debut on 19 August as a late
substitute for
Tony Naylor
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He moved to Dario Gradi's Crewe from non-league Droylsden in 1990, turning professional ...
in Vale's 3–0 win at home to
Oxford United
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. However, this was his only appearance in the Vale first-team before being released.
He subsequently moved to the
United States
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where he attended
Mercer University
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and played for
Michigan Bucks
Flint City Bucks is an American association football, soccer team based in Flint, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1995, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid.
The club was founded in 1995 as the Mi ...
.
He scored 31 goals in four years with the Bucks, being named as Freshman of the Year in 2002, on the First Team All-Conference in 2002 and 2004, on the Second Team All-Conference in 2003 and 2005, and the All-Tournament Team in 2005. He returned to Port Vale as a triallist in July 2005, scoring in their 4–1
friendly win against
Northwich Victoria
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, country ...
.
He joined
Stafford Rangers
Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division.
The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts. Stafford Rangers' rivals include T ...
in August 2006,
but struggled with injuries and was released at the end of the 2007–08 season after Stafford's
relegation
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to the
Conference North
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.
He joined
Redditch United
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Trico Stadium. They are managed by former Captain and Assistant Manager Matt Clarke.
...
, but was
loan
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ed to
Rugby Town before the start of the 2008–09 season, returning to Redditch in August 2008.
Career statistics
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References
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1982 births
Living people
Yoruba sportspeople
Men's association football forwards
Footballers from Lagos
Nigerian men's footballers
Port Vale F.C. players
Mercer Bears men's soccer players
Flint City Bucks players
Stafford Rangers F.C. players
Redditch United F.C. players
Rugby Town F.C. players
English Football League players
USL League Two players
Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Nigerian emigrants to the United Kingdom