Hope Akpan
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Akpan warming up for Reading in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Hope Ini I. Akpan | ||
| Date of birth | 14 August 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Childwall, Liverpool, England | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Blackburn Rovers | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Everton | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2011 | Everton | 0 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Hull City (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Crawley Town | 47 | (5) |
| 2013–2015 | Reading | 58 | (1) |
| 2015– | Blackburn Rovers | 56 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014– | Nigeria | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:01, 11 March 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:49, 30 March 2015 (UTC) |
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Hope Ini I. Akpan (born 14 August 1991) is a professional footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers and the Nigeria national football team as a midfielder.
He came through the youth ranks at Everton, making his first-team debut in 2009. He later played for Hull City (on loan), Crawley Town, Reading and Blackburn Rovers.
Born in England, he represents Nigeria at international level.
Born in Childwall, Liverpool, Akpan made his competitive debut for Everton against BATE on 17 December 2009 in the UEFA Europa League.
On 17 March 2011, Akpan moved on loan to Championship side Hull City for the remainder of the 2010–11 season.
He signed for newly promoted League Two club Crawley Town on a free transfer on 14 June 2011.
Akpan was charged with misconduct by the Football Association in November 2011, after homophobic comments were posted on his Twitter account. Despite insisting that someone else had posted the comments, he admitted the charge after no one came forward to claim responsibility, and he was fined £1,200 by the FA. In October 2012 Akpan was the recipient of online racist abuse.
Akpan signed for Premier League side Reading on a three-and-a-half-year contract on 8 January 2013. He stated his desire to help his new club avoid relegation. He scored his first goal for the club in January 2014.
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