Adebayo Akinfenwa

Adebayo Akinfenwa
Akinfenwa in training with AFC Wimbledon in 2015
Personal information
Full name Saheed Adebayo Akinfenwa[1]
Date of birth (1982-05-10) 10 May 1982 (age 42)[2]
Place of birth Islington, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
2000–2001 Watford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 FK Atlantas 22 (5)
2002 Laisvė Šilutė 0 (0)
2002 Barry Town 9 (6)
2003 Boston United 3 (0)
2003 Leyton Orient 1 (0)
2003–2004 Rushden & Diamonds 0 (0)
2004 Doncaster Rovers 9 (4)
2004–2005 Torquay United 37 (14)
2005–2007 Swansea City 59 (14)
2007–2008 Millwall 7 (0)
2008–2010 Northampton Town 88 (37)
2010–2011 Gillingham 44 (11)
2011–2013 Northampton Town 80 (34)
2013–2014 Gillingham 34 (10)
2014–2016 AFC Wimbledon 83 (19)
2016–2022 Wycombe Wanderers 219 (52)
2023 Faversham Town 2 (0)
Total 697 (206)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:25, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

Saheed Adebayo Akinfenwa (born 10 May 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Akinfenwa's professional breakthrough came at Doncaster Rovers, having spent time up until then in the lower leagues of English football as well as spells in Lithuania and Wales. Following a short but successful time at Doncaster, Akinfenwa moved to his seventh club, Torquay United. He proved to be a goal threat but left the struggling team the following season to join Swansea City. After spending two seasons with the Welsh club, he joined League One side Millwall and later moved to Northampton Town. Akinfenwa spent six years switching from Northampton to Gillingham, where his goal-scoring ability was still apparent. In June 2014, he signed for League Two side AFC Wimbledon, and two years later Wycombe Wanderers, where he remained until his retirement in 2022. His last professional match was at Wembley Stadium in the League One play-off final against Sunderland on 21 May 2022.

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Wycombe Wanderers" (PDF). English Football League. p. 76. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  2. ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  3. ^ "Adebayo Akinfenwa". Wycombe Wanderers F.C. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.