Razaq Adegbite

Razaq Akanni Adegbite (born 20 December 1992) is a Nigerian professional footballer who currently plays as a forward for Hong Kong Premier League club Happy Valley.

Razaq Adeniyi Adegbite
Personal information
Full name Razaq Adeniyi Adegbite
Date of birth (1992-12-20) 20 December 1992
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Happy Valley
Number 14
Youth career
2006–2010 Karamone
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Gateway United 27 (14)
2011–2012 Enugu Rangers 43 (23)
2012–2013 Enyimba International 14 (8)
2013–2014 Enugu Rangers 21 (12)
2015–2016 Sunshine Stars 23 (12)
2016–2017 Kano Pillars 19 (10)
2017 Doğan Türk Birliği 13 (7)
2018–2019 1º de Agosto 11 (8)
2019 Desportivo da Huíla 15 (4)
2019 US Tataouine
2019 Sunshine Stars
2020 Doğan Türk Birliği 8 (4)
2020– Happy Valley 0 (0)
National team‡
Nigeria U-17 6 (3)
Nigeria U-20 7 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 May 2015

Club career

Adegbite started his playing career with Karamone youth team later joined Gateway United, before he later joined Enugu Rangers. In 2012 Enugu Rangers warned Enyimba Internstional off, but Adegbite decided to join Enyimba International,[1][2] Jomo Cosmos (working permit delay)[3][4] and cancellation of deal with Kahramanspor due to disagreement of transfer clauses then returned to Nigeria to extend his contract with Enugu Rangers.[5] He went on to sign a deal with Kano Pillars within 2016 and 2017. He joined Cyprus based club Doğan Türk Birliği in 2017.

In 2018, he signed in for Primeiro de Agosto and in 2018–19, he was loaned to Desportivo da Huíla in Angola's premier league, the Girabola.[6]

Razaq joined Desportivo da Huíla on loan in 2019.[7] In the summer 2019, he joined Tunisian club US Tataouine[8] but left the club a few months later and returned to Nigeria to join Sunshine Stars.[9] In January 2020, he returned to Turkish Cypriot club Doğan Türk Birliği.[10]

On 2 November 2020, it was announced that Razaq had joined Hong Kong Premier League club Happy Valley.[11]

International career

Razaq has earned 6 appearances, scoring 3 goals for the Nigeria U-17. Rasaq has also earned 7 appearances, scoring 4 goals for the Nigeria U-20. In 2014, the Striker was invited by the Nigeria national football team in an international friendly match.

CAF Champions League

He had featured for Enugu Rangers International FC in the 2012–13 CAF Champions League and Enyimba in 2013/14 respectively. He was swapped to Enyimba International F.C. when Enyimba needed him badly and replaced with Ifeanyi Ede to Enugu Rangers.[12]

References
  1. Latestnigeriannews. "Rangers warn Enyimba off Adegbite". Latest Nigerian News.
  2. "Enyimba 2-0 Rangers: Razaq Adegbite and Ugwu Uwadiegwu score to close gap on league leaders".
  3. "Adegbite joins Jomo Cosmos". Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  4. "Adegbite joins Jomo Cosmos".
  5. "Returning Razaq Adegbite trains with Enugu Rangers – Savid News, Sports, Politics".
  6. "Razaq e Nandinho em dúvidas" (in Portuguese). http://jornaldosdesportos.sapo.ao. 24 Nov 2018. Retrieved 22 Dec 2018. External link in |publisher= (help)
  7. Profile at Girabola, girabola.com
  8. Un joueur nigérian rejoint l’US Tataouine, mosaiquefm.net, 30 June 2019
  9. NPFL: Egwuekwe, Akarandut top list of returnees to the league, aclsports.com, 2 October 2019
  10. Profile at KTFF, ktff.net
  11. 港超聯　齊章！愉園黑「帝」降臨 on.cc 2 November 2020
  12. Uche George Egbe. "kpaka2score.com". Archived from the original on 2015-06-02.
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