Seyi Olofinjana
Olofinjana training with Cardiff City in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Seyi George Olofinjana | ||
| Date of birth | 12 June 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | Crown | ||
| 1999–2003 | Kwara United | ||
| 2003–2004 | Brann | 34 | (11) |
| 2004–2008 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 135 | (16) |
| 2008–2009 | Stoke City | 18 | (2) |
| 2009–2013 | Hull City | 34 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | → Cardiff City (loan) | 39 | (6) |
| 2013 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2013 | Sheffield Wednesday | 7 | (0) |
| 2014 | Start | 7 | (0) |
| Total | 280 | (36) | |
| National team | |||
| 2002–2010 | Nigeria | 56 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Seyi George Olofinjana (born 12 June 1980) is a Nigerian former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Olofinjana began his career with local sides Crown and Kwara United before moving to Europe with Norwegian side SK Brann. After two seasons at Brann he moved to English club Wolverhampton Wanderers. He became a regular at Molineux making 213 appearances for the club over four seasons before joining Premier League club Stoke City in August 2008 for a fee of £3 million. He played only the 2008–09 season with the team before joining another top flight side, Hull City, again for a fee of £3 million.
Born in Lagos, he has a degree in chemical engineering.
He made his debut for the Nigeria national team in June 2000, in a 3–2 win over Malawi.
He moved from Nigeria to play club football in Norway for Brann.
In July 2004 he moved to England to sign for Wolverhampton Wanderers for a fee of £1.7 million. After having become a regular player for the club, his second season was curtailed by a back injury that also forced him to miss the 2006 African Cup of Nations. In the 2006–07 season, however, finishing as the club's top league goalscorer as they made the play-offs under Mick McCarthy. He netted Wolves' opening goal of the following campaign in a 2–1 defeat to Watford, but could not repeat his goalscoring level of the previous season, scoring only twice more. He missed part of the season as he competed in the 2008 African Cup of Nations where Nigeria lost in the quarter-finals.
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