Dele Adebola
Adebola pictured in 2008 while at Bristol City
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Bamberdele Olusegun Adebola | ||
| Date of birth | 23 June 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–1992 | Crewe Alexandra | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1998 | Crewe Alexandra | 123 | (39) |
| 1993–1994 | → Bangor City (loan) | 4 | (2) |
| 1994 | → Northwich Victoria (loan) | 16 | (7) |
| 1998–2002 | Birmingham City | 129 | (31) |
| 2002 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Crystal Palace | 39 | (5) |
| 2003–2008 | Coventry City | 163 | (31) |
| 2004 | → Burnley (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2004 | → Bradford City (loan) | 15 | (3) |
| 2008–2009 | Bristol City | 56 | (16) |
| 2009–2011 | Nottingham Forest | 62 | (5) |
| 2011–2012 | Hull City | 10 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Notts County (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Rochdale | 26 | (6) |
| 2013 | → Wrexham (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 2013– | Rushall Olympic | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:21, 21 October 2014 (UTC). |
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Bamberdele Olusegun "Dele" Adebola (born 23 June 1975) is a retired Nigerian footballer. Including loans, he has played for 16 clubs in his career, with his longest spells at Crewe Alexandra, Birmingham City and Coventry City.
Born in Lagos, Lagos State, Adebola was brought up in Liverpool after arriving in England as a baby with his family; as a schoolboy, he played in the same representative sides as Robbie Fowler. When offered a YTS place by Liverpool, the team he supported, he believed that trying to progress as a fellow left-footed striker at the club at the same time as Fowler would not be a good idea. Consequently, he accepted a similar offer from Crewe Alexandra.
He made his first team debut in the 1992–93 season in the Third Division at the age of 17, and in the following season gained experience by playing on loan at Bangor City in the Welsh Premier League and Conference side Northwich Victoria. He made a significant impact for Crewe in 1996–97, his 16 goals proving crucial in the club's promotion to the First Division.
He soon proved himself capable of scoring goals at that level, and attracted interest from several bigger clubs. Disappointed when Crewe rejected an offer for him from West Ham United, he made it clear to the club that he wanted to leave, and reluctantly the club made him available for transfer. In February 1998 Adebola was signed by manager Trevor Francis for fellow First Division club Birmingham City for a fee of £1 million.
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