Seyi Adeleke (born 17 November 1991) is a Nigerian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
left-back or
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
He signed his first professional contract for
Lazio
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and was loaned to
Pergocrema
Unione Sportiva Pergolettese 1932 is an Italian association football club, based in Crema, province of Cremona, Lombardy. It currently plays in Serie C, the third level of Italian football.
History
From Pergolettese to Pergocrema
The ori ...
,
Salernitana and
FC Biel-Bienne
Fussballclub Biel-Bienne is a Swiss association football club based in Biel/Bienne. The currently play in the 2. Liga Interregional.
Honours
Swiss championship
*Champions: 1946–47
*Runners-up: 1947–48, 1959–60
Swiss Cup
*Runners ...
, before moving to
Western Sydney Wanderers in 2015. He subsequently returned to Italy to play for
Arcella
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.
Early life
Born in
Lagos
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, Nigeria, Adeleke moved to Italy in 2007 as a teenager.
Career
On 22 August 2015, Adeleke joined Australian club
Western Sydney Wanderers. On 7 November 2015, he made his Wanderers debut. He travelled with the club to the
2015 FIFA Club World Cup
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, and missed his kick in the
penalty shoot-out loss to
ES Sétif which saw the Wanders finish sixth. On 13 February 2016, it was announced that Adeleke had left Western Sydney Wanderers.
In May 2016 Adeleke signed with
Arcella
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, based in
Padua
Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...
, Italy, playing in
Prima Categoria
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.
In 2016, however, Adeleke's Italian residency status came under threat. Needing to be a "professional athlete", as the league in which he was playing (
Promozione
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) was an amateur league, Adeleke's permit was not renewed by the
Italian National Olympic Committee
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. Adeleke appealed this on the grounds that he was receiving payment to play.
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See also
* List of foreign A-League players
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#Have played in at least one A-League Men game (including finals). Players who were signed by ...
* List of Western Sydney Wanderers FC players
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References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
Nigerian footballers
Nigerian expatriate footballers
S.S. Lazio players
U.S. Pergolettese 1932 players
U.S. Salernitana 1919 players
FC Biel-Bienne players
Alsancak Yeşilova footballers
Western Sydney Wanderers FC players
Sportspeople from Lagos
Yoruba sportspeople
Association football midfielders
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