Stephen Makinwa
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Ayodele Makinwa | ||
| Date of birth | 26 July 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ebedei | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | Reggiana | 0 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | → Conegliano (loan) | 8 | (2) |
| 2001–2002 | Como | 0 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Reggiana | 29 | (6) |
| 2003–2005 | Genoa | 18 | (6) |
| 2003–2004 | → Como (loan) | 21 | (6) |
| 2004 | → Modena (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 2005 | Atalanta | 17 | (6) |
| 2005–2006 | Palermo | 23 | (5) |
| 2006–2012 | Lazio | 45 | (3) |
| 2008 | → Reggina (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Chievo (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | → Larissa (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Carrarese | 13 | (6) |
| 2013–2014 | Beijing Baxy | 11 | (4) |
| 2014 | Gorica | 5 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2008 | Nigeria | 18 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 August 2014. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 July 2013 |
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Stephen Ayodele Makinwa (born 26 July 1983 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a retired Nigerian footballer who played as a striker. Makinwa also played for the Nigerian national team. His name, Ayodele, means "Joy has come home".
Discovered in 2000 by Reggiana while playing for Nigerian local side Ebedei alongside his childhood friend and teammate Obafemi Martins, Makinwa started his Italian football experience moving on loan to Serie D team Conegliano.
In 2001, he moved to Serie B team Como squad, as Como bought 50% of the rights to the player, however, Makinwa did not play any games for the team.
In 2002, he was back to Reggiana, in Serie C1, but the following season he was again in Como, but now as a regular.
Como bought the remainder of the 50% ownership rights from Reggiana in June and sold him to Genoa in August 2003. In the first half of the season, he was remained on loan at Como. In January 2004 Makinwa was loaned to Modena and made his debut in Serie A, In 2004–05 season, he returned to Genoa, scored 6 goals in first half of the Serie B season. That season, Genoa also owned effective strikers Diego Milito and Roberto Stellone.
In January 2005 sold to Atalanta in joint-ownership bid, but Atalanta relegated in June 2005, in although the club decided to buy the remain rights on 27 June.
In July 2005, Makinwa joined Palermo in a reported €7.5M. Makinwa only remained at Palermo for a season, however he showed enough promise to suggest that he could develop into a quality Serie A player, scoring 5 goals in 23 league matches as Palermo qualified for Europe and 3 goals in the Uefa cup.
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