Hakeem Ayodeji Ayodele Craig Araba (born 12 February 1991) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for Qviding.

Career

Araba started his youth career at the age of 17 with Peterborough United. He then signed his first professional contract at the age of 18 at

Dagenham & Redbridge Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club is a professional association football club based in Dagenham, Greater London, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Often known simply as Dag ...

. While playing at Dagenham, he went on loan to Thurrock and Redbridge. After leaving Dagenham he played 7 games with

Bishop's Stortford Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town in Hertfordshire, England, just west of the M11 motorway on the county boundary with Essex, north-east of central London, and by rail from Liverpool Street station. Stortford had an estimated po ...

, before moving to

Billericay Town Billericay Town Football Club is a football club based in Billericay, Essex, England. The club are currently members of and play at New Lodge. They are the second most successful club in FA Vase history, having won the competition on three o ...

. In 2013, Araba then headed southwards to Cyprus and

AEK Kouklia AE Kouklion ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Κουκλιων) was a Cypriot football team based in Kouklia of Paphos District. It was founded on 20 October 1968 and was dissolved on 9 June 2014, in order to be merged with AEP Paphos and creat ...

before a short stint with Ermis Aradippou in July 2014, appearing in a

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qualifier against Young Boys. he moved to Greek

Panthrakikos Panthrakikos Football Club ( el, Α.Π.Σ. Πανθρακικός) is a Greek football club based in Komotini, Thrace in North Eastern Greece founded in 1963. The club competed in Super League Greece during the 2008–09 season for the first time. ...

. From Greece Araba moved to Sweden, he signed a contract with Falkenbergs FF where he was known as "Superman" by the fans. Araba finished the season of 2015 as the top goal scorer for his club. In February 2017 Araba signed for Danish team, Næstved. Six months later, he moved to Örgryte in Sweden. In January 2019, Araba joined Oberliga side

Koblenz Koblenz (; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman mili ...

. On 23 August 2019, Araba returned to Cyprus to join Cypriot Second Division side

Akritas Chlorakas Akritas Chlorakas ( el, Ακρίτας Χλώρακας) is a Cypriot football club based in Chloraka, Paphos. The club was founded in 1971, and currently plays in the Cypriot First Division. Akritas' colours are green and white, and they play ...

. On 11 September 2020, Araba headed back to Sweden after more than two years to join

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side Qviding.

Personal life

Araba was born in England and is of Nigerian descent.

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* * 1991 births Living people English footballers English people of Nigerian descent Association football forwards People from the London Borough of Waltham Forest Peterborough United F.C. players Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. players Thurrock F.C. players Redbridge F.C. players Bishop's Stortford F.C. players Billericay Town F.C. players East Thurrock United F.C. players Bromley F.C. players Whitehawk F.C. players Lowestoft Town F.C. players AEK Kouklia F.C. players Ermis Aradippou FC players Panthrakikos F.C. players Falkenbergs FF players Örgryte IS players TuS Koblenz players Akritas Chlorakas players National League (English football) players Isthmian League players Super League Greece players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players Allsvenskan players Black British sportsmen English expatriate footballers English expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus English expatriate sportspeople in Greece English expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in Sweden English expatriate sportspeople in Finland Kemi City F.C. players English expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Ettan Fotboll players Qviding FIF players {{England-footy-forward-1990s-stub