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'{{Infobox Football biography 2 | playername = Ade Akinbiyi | image = [[Image:14 Ade Akinbiyi.jpg|200px]] | fullname = Adeola Peter Oluwatoyin Akinbiyi | dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1974|10|10|df=y}} | cityofbirth = [[London Borough of Hackney|Hackney]] | countryofbirth = [[England]] | height = {{height|ft=6|in=1}} | position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] | currentclub = [[Notts County]] | clubnumber = 30 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1993–1997 | clubs1 = [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] | caps1 = 49 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 1994 | clubs2 = → [[Hereford United F.C.|Hereford United]] (loan) | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 1994 | clubs3 = → [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] | caps3 = 7 | goals3 = 4 | years4 = 1997–1998 | clubs4 = [[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]] | caps4 = 63 | goals4 = 28 | years5 = 1998–1999 | clubs5 = [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]] | caps5 = 47 | goals5 = 21 | years6 = 1999–2000 | clubs6 = [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] | caps6 = 37 | goals6 = 16 | years7 = 2000–2002 | clubs7 = [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] | caps7 = 58 | goals7 = 11 | years8 = 2002–2003 | clubs8 = [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] | caps8 = 24 | goals8 = 3 | years9 = 2003 | clubs9 = → [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] (loan) | caps9 = 4 | goals9 = 2 | years10 = 2003–2005 | clubs10 = [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] | caps10 = 59 | goals10 = 17 | years11 = 2005–2006 | clubs11 = [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] | caps11 = 39 | goals11 = 16 | years12 = 2006–2007 | clubs12 = [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] | caps12 = 18 | goals12 = 3 | years13 = 2007–2009 | clubs13 = [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] | caps13 = 70 | goals13 = 10 | years14 = 2009 | clubs14 = [[Houston Dynamo]] | caps14 = 14 | goals14 = 0 | years15 = 2009– | clubs15 = [[Notts County]] | caps15 = 9 | goals15 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1999 | nationalteam1 = [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]] | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | medaltemplates = | pcupdate = 16:32, 8 March 2010 (UTC) | ntupdate = 30 March 2009 }} '''Adeola Peter Oluwatoyin "Ade" Akinbiyi''' (born 10 October 1974) is an [[England|English]]-born [[Nigeria]]n professional [[Association football|footballer]] who currently plays for [[Notts County]]. Born in [[England]], Akinbiyi qualifies to play for the [[Nigeria national football team]] through his parents, and earned one [[cap (sport)|cap]] for Nigeria. Akinbiyi is currently [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]]'s record signing (£5.5 million). As of September 2009, he has moved for a total of more than £11.5 million during his career.<ref name="Notts County swoop for Akinbiyi">{{cite news| title = Notts County swoop for Akinbiyi| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/notts_county/8276493.stm| publisher = BBC Sport| date = 2009-09-26| accessdate = 2009-10-13}}</ref> He was voted the sixth worst striker to have played in the [[Premier League]] by the [[Daily Mail]] in October 2009.<ref name="THE LIST: The worst strikers to have played in the Premier League, Nos 10-1">{{cite news| title = THE LIST: The worst strikers to have played in the Premier League, Nos 10–1| url = http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1219047/THE-LIST-The-worst-strikers-played-Premier-League-Nos-10-1.html| publisher = dailymail.co.uk| date = 2009-10-09| accessdate = 2009-10-13}}</ref> ==Career== ===Early career=== Akinbiyi has had a much-travelled career with many different clubs with transfer fees totalling almost £16 million. He began his career as a trainee at [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]], where he worked his way up into the first team in 1992. He made his début on 3 November 1993 as a substitute against German giants [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] in the [[UEFA Cup 1993-94|UEFA Cup]]. [[Bayern Munich v Norwich City|The match]] ended 1–1, meaning that Norwich won the second round tie 3–2 on aggregate and went on to face [[Inter Milan]], who eliminated them.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[Daily Telegraph]]|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2001/11/02/sfnwin03.xml|title=On the Spot: Ade Akinbiyi|date=2 November 2001 | location=London | first=Henry | last=Winter | accessdate=23 April 2010}}</ref> He was loaned to [[Hereford United F.C.|Hereford United]] and [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] before completing a [[Pound sterling|£]]250,000 move to [[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]] in 1997. He scored 29 goals in 67 league and cup games for the Gills and was quickly transferred to newly-promoted [[Football League First Division|Division One]] side [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]] for £1.2m. ===Big money moves=== Stiker's stock continued to rise and after scoring 21 goals for Bristol City in the [[1998-99 in English football|1998–99 season]], [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] paid a club record £3.5million for him in September 1999 in an attempt to replace [[Robbie Keane]]. He played only one season at [[Molineux Stadium|Molineux]], finishing as the club's top goalscorer with 16 goals but Wolves just missed out on a playoff place. Ten months after arriving at Wolves, he departed to [[Premier League]] club [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] for £5.5 million,<ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/4624182.stm|title=Akinbiyi swaps Wolves for Foxes|date=25 July 2000}}</ref> a decision he would later regret.<ref name="Akinbiyi reveals Leicester regret">{{cite news | title = Akinbiyi reveals Leicester regret | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/burnley/4448704.stm | publisher = [[bbc.co.uk]] | date = 18 November 2005 | accessdate = 2008-06-01}}</ref> Brought in as a replacement for [[Emile Heskey]] (who left for [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] for £11 million), he failed to live up to expectations, scoring only 11 goals in 58 league appearances and Leicester were relegated in bottom place at the end of his second season at [[Filbert Street]]. One particularly poor performance against [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] led to ''[[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]'' newspaper headlining its sports section with a picture of him described as "The League's Worst Striker". Some Leicester fans called him 'Ade Akinbadbuyi'.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} His was subsequenttly transferred to [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] £2.2m in February 2002. On arrival he took the surprisingly high number 55 shirt, adding a very small plus sign between the numbers to signify his preferred shirt number, 10, which was already taken. Having scored just one goal in 14 league and cup appearances, he was loaned out to [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] in 2003. He scored twice – the second goal coming in the last game of the [[2002-03 in English football|2002–03]] season, when ''the Potters'' beat [[Reading F.C.|Reading]] 1–0 to retain their second tier status. He later joined on a permanent basis, on a free transfer. ===Burnley and Sheffield United=== Akinbiyi completed a £600,000 move to [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] in February 2005, but marked his debut by getting sent off within two minutes for head butting [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] player [[George McCartney]]. After netting 16 times for ''the Clarets'', he moved to [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] for a then club record £1.75 million in January 2006.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/4624182.stm|title=Akinbiyi and Dyer move to Blades|date=26 January 2006}}</ref> He scored on his debut for ''the Blades'' against [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]], and endeared himself to fans by scoring in his first [[Steel City derby]] at [[Hillsborough Stadium|Hillsborough]]. After winning promotion, Akinbiyi made only five appearances for ''the Blades'' in the Premier League in 2006. It was also reported that he was involved in a training ground bust-up with team-mate [[Claude Davis]] in October 2006 following a 2–0 defeat against [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] in which Davis had been sent off.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/6090316.stm|title=Akinbiyi and Davis resolve feud |date=27 October 2006}}</ref> === Return to Burnley === Akinbiyi was soon resold to Burnley in January 2007 for a fee of £650,000 with a further £100,000 to be paid in the summer of 2007.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/burnley/6222637.stm|title=Burnley re-sign Blades' Akinbiyi|date=1 January 2007}}</ref> His second debut for the Clarets was more successful, scoring a goal against top flight [[Reading F.C.|Reading]] in the [[FA Cup]]. During the rest of the [[2006-07 in English football|2006–07]] season, Akinbiyi was not as successful as during his first spell at [[Turf Moor]], scoring three goals. This was attributed by [[Steve Cotterill]] to Akinbiyi having spent too much time in the weights room at Sheffield United and as a result being too bulky.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk]]|url=http://archive.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/2007/1/30/965540.html|title=Ade hit with weights ban|date=30 January 2007}}</ref> He was given the number nine shirt for the [[2007-08 in English football|2007–08]] season but found himself behind [[Andy Gray (footballer born 1977)|Andy Gray]] and [[Robbie Blake]] as a first choice striker. Since going back to Burnley, Akinbiyi has lacked consistent form, finding goals harder to come by. His hard work and endeavour have made him a firm fans' favourite.<ref name="Ade Akinbiyi - An appreciation">{{cite news|publisher=[[clarets-mad.co.uk]]|url=http://www.clarets-mad.co.uk/news/loadfeat.asp?cid=EDB5&id=440744|title=Ade Akinbiyi – An appreciation|date=2 April 2009}}</ref> During the [[2008-09 in English football|2008–09]] season, his regular position on the bench was taken by youngster [[Jay Rodriguez]], a player who he had been mentoring.<ref name="Ade Akinbiyi - An appreciation"/> However, Akinbiyi regained his place on the bench in the fifth round of the [[Football League Cup|League Cup]] against [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] at [[Stamford Bridge (stadium)|Stamford Bridge]] and in the 69th minute he scored to make the game 1–1 and take it into extra time. Burnley won 5–4 on penalties. While at Burnley, Steve Cotterill, Burnley's then manager, banned him from the gym. "I wasn’t playing at Sheffield so the only thing I was doing was weights. We didn’t even have reserve games and it was something to do. I put on a bit too much muscle and I lost about a yard of pace", he said. "I try to stay away from the weights room now. I’m sort of addicted." ===Houston Dynamo=== On 26 March 2009, Akinbiyi was reported to be in talks about a move to the [[United States]] to join [[Major League Soccer]] club [[Houston Dynamo]].<ref name="Chronicle6342699">{{cite news|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/6342699.html|title=Dynamo close to signing veteran Akinbiyi|last=Fallas|first=Bernardo|date=26 March 2009|publisher=[[Houston Chronicle]]|accessdate=2009-03-27}}</ref> On 30 March, Akinbiyi was officially unveiled as a Houston player.<ref>http://houston.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20090330&content_id=232988&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&team=t200</ref> He made his MLS debut on 3 May, as a late [[Substitute (association football)|substitute]] in a game against [[New England Revolution]].<ref>http://web.mlsnet.com/scoreboard/game.jsp?match=05032009_HOUNE</ref> To make room on the roster for [[Luis Ángel Landín]], the club's first [[Designated Player Rule|Desginated Player]], the Dynamo released Akinbiyi on 20 August 2009.<ref>http://web.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20090820&content_id=6522206&vkey=pr_hou&fext=.jsp&team=t200</ref> BUT AKINBIYI IS TOO SHIT TO MAKE ANY TEAM ===Notts County=== After his release by Houston, Akinbiyi agreed terms with [[League Two]] side [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]].<ref name="Notts County swoop for Akinbiyi"/> He made his debut on 17 October 2009 in a 0–0 draw against [[Rotherham United F.C.|Rotherham United]], coming on as a substitute for [[Lee Hughes]] in the 82nd minute.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rotherham 0 – 0 Notts County|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_3/8295726.stm|work=BBC Sport]]|date=17 October 2009|accessdate=26 October 2009}}</ref> ==International career== Born in [[London Borough of Hackney|Hackney]], [[London]] to [[Nigerian]] parents, Akinbiyi qualified to play internationally for {{nft|Nigeria}}, and through his birthplace for {{nft|England}}. He was called up on three separate occasions for {{nft|Nigeria}}, playing once in 1999 against {{nft|Greece}} in London <ref>http://www.rsssf.com/intldetails/1999ic.html RSSSF 1999 Internationals</ref> ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== *{{soccerbase|62|Ade Akinbiyi}} *[http://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10413~5766,00.html AdeAkinbiyi profile] at burnleyfootballclub.com *[http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/akinbiyi.htm Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk] *[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2093-2534632.html If it's January, it must be time to send for Ade Akinbiyi] {{Notts County F.C. squad}} <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] --> {{Persondata |NAME = Akinbiyi, Adeola Peter Oluwatoyin |ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Akinbiyi, Ade |SHORT DESCRIPTION = Football Striker |DATE OF BIRTH = 10 October 1974 |PLACE OF BIRTH = [[London Borough of Hackney|Hackney]], [[London]] |DATE OF DEATH = |PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Akinbiyi, Ade}} [[Category:1974 births]] [[Category:People from Hackney]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Black British sportspeople]] [[Category:Association football forwards]] [[Category:Nigerian footballers]] [[Category:Nigeria international footballers]] [[Category:English footballers]] [[Category:English people of Nigerian descent]] [[Category:British expatriate sportspeople in the United States]] [[Category:English expatriates in the United States]] [[Category:Expatriate soccer players in the United States]] [[Category:Norwich City F.C. players]] [[Category:Hereford United F.C. players]] [[Category:Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players]] [[Category:Gillingham F.C. players]] [[Category:Bristol City F.C. players]] [[Category:Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players]] [[Category:Leicester City F.C. players]] [[Category:Crystal Palace F.C. players]] [[Category:Stoke City F.C. players]] [[Category:Burnley F.C. players]] [[Category:Sheffield United F.C. players]] [[Category:Houston Dynamo players]] [[Category:Notts County F.C. players]] [[Category:The Football League players]] [[Category:Premier League players]] [[es:Ade Akinbiyi]] [[fr:Ade Akinbiyi]] [[it:Ade Akinbiyi]] [[he:אדה אקיניבי]] [[sl:Ade Akinbiyi]] [[sv:Ade Akinbiyi]] [[zh:艾迪·艾堅比耶]]'