Femi Orenuga

Kenny Oluwafemi Gbolahan Ademola "Femi" Orenuga (born 18 March 1993) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Femi Orenuga
Personal information
Full name Kenny Oluwafemi Gbolahan Ademola Orenuga[1]
Date of birth (1993-03-18) 18 March 1993[2]
Place of birth Lewisham, England
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder, winger
Youth career
2006–2008 Southend United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Southend United 0 (0)
2009–2012 Everton 0 (0)
2011 → Notts County (loan) 2 (0)
2012–2014 AFC United 8 (1)
2014 Whitehawk 1 (0)
2014 Raufoss 4 (0)
2014 → Raufoss 2 3 (0)
2015 Gloucester City 16 (3)
2015 Enfield Town
2015–2016 Gloucester City 7 (0)
2016 Wealdstone 2 (0)
2016 → Bedford Town (dual registration)
2016 Corby Town
2016 Farnborough 3 (0)
2016–2017 Bedford Town 15 (3)
2018 Peninsula Strikers 5 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 March 2016

Career

Southend United

Born in Lewisham, London,[2] Orenuga joined Southend United in 2006 after he impressed the club following his recommendation by an agent.[3] Not long after joining the club he helped Southend win the Norhalne Cup in Denmark, attracting interest from FC Copenhagen and Brøndby in the process. He became the youngest player to appear for Southend United when he came on as a 93rd-minute substitute in their 3–1 victory over Luton Town in the FA Cup second round on 29 November 2008.[4][5][6]

Everton

In March 2009, Orenuga agreed to sign for Premier League team Everton on 1 July for an undisclosed fee believed to be £30,000, increasing based on first team appearances.[7] He joined on a two-year academy scholarship.[8] He was released from the club on 18 May 2012.[9]

Loan to Notts County

On 21 October 2011, it was confirmed by Notts County that Orenuga had joined on a month-long loan deal.[10]

Sweden

On 9 November 2012 joined to Sweden and signed a two-year contract with AFC United.[11]

Whitehawk

Following an unsuccessful trial with Crewe Alexandra earlier in the summer,[12] Orenuga played for Northern Premier League First Division South side Carlton Town in pre-season as well as for Dagenham & Redbridge before signing for Whitehawk in August 2014.[13] He left the club having appeared just once in September.[14]

Norway

In September 2014, after a trial with the club, he signed for Norwegian second division side Raufoss.[15] He featured for their first team four times, and three times for the reserves.[16]

Back in England

He joined Gloucester City for the first time in January 2015, and played his part in the run-in towards the end of the 2014–15 season. He started the 2015–16 season at Enfield Town, before re-joining Gloucester City in October 2015.[17] On 5 February 2016 he signed for Wealdstone,[18] and on 19 March 2016 he joined Bedford Town on dual registration terms.[19] On 16 May 2016 he signed a one-year deal with Corby Town.[20]

He moved on to Farnborough, signing for them on 24 November 2016,[21] however the spell was short-lived as he re-joined Bedford Town in December 2016.[22]

Prior to the 2018-season of the Victorian State League Division 2 he joined Peninsula Strikers in Australia until the end of the season.[23][24] He scored two goals in five league games[25] before leaving the club in June 2018.[26]

Personal life

His younger brother, Keith, is a student in Arsenal FC's Centre of Excellence.[27] He attended Blackheath Bluecoat Church of England School.

References
  1. "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/03/2010 and 31/03/2010" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  2. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. p. 318. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
  3. "Femi a record breaker". Southend United F.C. 1 December 2008. Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
  4. Femi Orenuga: Southend United’s youngest ever player on his time in Scandinavia and Australia englishplayersabroad.com
  5. "Southend 3-1 Luton". BBC Sport. 29 November 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
  6. "Southend vs Luton Town". Southend United F.C. 29 November 2008. Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
  7. "Everton sign Orenuga". KickOff Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
  8. "Everton sign Orenuga". Everton F.C. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
  9. http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/2012/05/18/six-players-released
  10. http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10426~2488499,00.html
  11. "Primus Cup 2008". KLART: Väsby United värvar förre Evertonspelaren Femi Orenuga. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  12. Robinson, Toby (16 July 2014). "Alex eye former Spurs youngster". Warrington Guardian. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  13. "Hawks Pick-Up Orenuga". Pitchero Non-League. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  14. "Whitehawk sign one and want three more". The Argus. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  15. "Orenuga er klar for Raufoss" (in Norwegian). Raufoss Fotball. 12 September 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  16. "Kenny Oluwafemi Gbolahan Orenuga" (in Norwegian). Norges Fotballforbund. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  17. "Orenuga returns to Tigers". The National League Website. 7 October 2015. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  18. "Femi Orenuga joins Wealdstone". Gloucester Citizen. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  19. "Please welcome Femi Orenuga". Bedford Town FC. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  20. "Wright signs Femi Orenuga". Corby Town FC. 16 May 2016. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  21. "Femi Orenuga Player Profile". Farnborough FC. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  22. "Orenuga Returns to Eagles". Pitch Hero Non League. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  23. "Mornington, Strikers, Skye best hopes". Mornington News. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  24. "Morris-Thomas new Seaford coach". Mornington News. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  25. "Peninsula Strikers 2018 statistics". Peninsula Strikers. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  26. "Frankston Pines too slick for Strikers". Mornington News. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  27. "Primus Cup 2008". Southend United F.C. 22 February 2008. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
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