Mutiu Adepoju
Adepoju playing with Real Madrid veterans
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mutiu Adepoju | ||
| Date of birth | 22 December 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Ibadan, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1987 | Femo Scorpions | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988 | Shooting Stars | ||
| 1989 | Julius Berger | ||
| 1989–1992 | Real Madrid B | 67 | (26) |
| 1992–1996 | Racing Santander | 124 | (25) |
| 1996–2000 | Real Sociedad | 88 | (8) |
| 2000–2001 | Ittihad FC | 10 | (2) |
| 2001–2002 | Salamanca | 14 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Samsunspor | 8 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | AEL Limassol | 5 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Eldense | ||
| 2005–2006 | Cobeña | ||
| National team | |||
| 1990–2002 | Nigeria | 48 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mutiu Adepoju (born 22 December 1970) is a Nigerian retired footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder.
He played most of his career in Spain, amassing La Liga totals of 175 games and 22 goals over the course of seven seasons and mainly representing Racing de Santander and Real Sociedad.
A Nigeria international for 12 years, Adepoju appeared for the country in three World Cups and as many Africa Cup of Nations.
Born in Ibadan, Adepoju (also called by his first name in Spain) left Nigeria in 1989 to join Real Madrid, but never made it past its B-side. His first professional season was impressive as he scored 11 Segunda División goals to help Racing de Santander return to La Liga, and he continued to feature and net regularly for the Cantabrians in the next three years.
Mutiu left for Real Sociedad for 1996–97 but, after a solid first campaign, struggled heavily to hold down a regular place with the Basques. In 2001–02 he represented Saudi Arabia's Ittihad FC, but quickly returned to Spain where he featured rarely for second level club UD Salamanca.
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