James Akintunde

Oluwaseun Ewerogba "James" Akintunde (born 29 March 1996) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for League of Ireland Premier Division team Derry City.

James Akintunde
Personal information
Full name Oluwaseun Ewerogba Akintunde[1]
Date of birth (1996-03-29) 29 March 1996
Place of birth Greenwich, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Derry City
Number 11
Youth career
Southend United[3]
Cambridge United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Cambridge United 1 (0)
2014 → AFC Sudbury (loan) 24 (2)
2014–2015 → Histon (loan) 11 (3)
2015–2016 → Brackley Town (loan) 6 (1)
2016 → Needham Market (loan) 9 (0)
2016–2018 Chester 56 (11)
2018–2020 Maidenhead United 57 (2)
2020– Derry City 10 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:12, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Career

Akintunde was a Cambridge United youth graduate, and made his first team debut on 30 November 2013, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 FA Trophy away win against Salisbury City. On 29 August 2014 he was loaned to Histon until January.[4]

In January 2015, after scoring six goals for Histon in all competitions, Akintunde returned to the U's. He made his professional debut on 14 February 2015, again from the bench in a 0–2 away loss against Plymouth Argyle.[5] He played no games for Cambridge the following season, but did play out on loan at Brackley Town and Needham Market. Akintunde was released by Cambridge United at the end of the 2015–16 season.[6]

Akintunde joined Chester for the 2016–17 season. He spent two full seasons at the Deva, scoring eleven times in sixty games, before joining Maidenhead United for 2018–19. [7] Akintunde scored twice in 62 games before leaving the Magpies at the end of the 2019–20 season.[8] Akintunde signed for League of Ireland Premier Division team Derry City on the 24th of July 2020.[9] He scored on his debut against St Patrick's Athletic on 3 August.[10]

Career statistics
As of match played 25 November 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cambridge United 2013–14[11] Conference Premier 0000001[lower-alpha 2]010
2014–15[11] League Two 1000000010
2015–16[11] League Two 0000000000
Cambridge total 1000001020
A.F.C. Sudbury (loan) 2013–14[3] Isthmian League Division One North 232000000232
Histon (loan) 2014–15[12] Southern League Premier Division 11320003[lower-alpha 3]3166
Brackley Town (loan) 2015–16[13] National League North 5120000071
Needham Market (loan) 2015–16[14] Isthmian League Premier Division 7000000070
Chester 2016–17[11] National League 1631000—173
2017–18[11] National League 40810002[lower-alpha 2]0438
Chester total 56112000206011
Maidenhead United 2018–19[11] National League 30120001[lower-alpha 2]0331
2019–20[11] National League 27100002[lower-alpha 2]0291
Maidenhead total 572200030622
Derry City 2020[11] League of Ireland Premier Division 10420001[lower-alpha 4]0134
Career total 170231000010319026
  1. Includes FA Cup, FAI Cup
  2. Appearance in the FA Trophy
  3. Two appearances and two goals in the FA Trophy, one appearance in Southern League Cup
  4. Appearance in UEFA Europa League

References
  1. "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 68. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  2. James Akintunde at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  4. Sam-Yorke and Bonner depart; Cambridge United FC, 29 August 2014
  5. Plymouth 2–0 Cambridge; BBC Sport, 14 February 2015
  6. "Cambridge United announce retain/release list". Cambridge United FC. 9 May 2016.
  7. Dev broadens attacking options with Akintunde signing
  8. SQUAD UPDATE (04/07/2020)
  9. Barr, Ethan (24 July 2020). "Welcome James Akintunde". Derry City Football Club. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  10. League of Ireland: Derry City beat St Patrick's Athletic 2-0 to move up table
  11. "England - J. Akintunde - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  12. Histon Webmaster. "First Team Player Statistics 2014/15". Histon FC. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  13. "James Akintunde Profile | Aylesbury United FC". www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  14. "Needham Market | Appearances | James Akintunde | 2015-2016 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
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