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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ade Akinbiyi
| image = 14 Ade Akinbiyi.jpg
| caption = Akinbiyi in 2009
| fullname = Adeola Oluwatoyin Akinbiyi<ref name="Hugman">{{Hugman|135|access-date=24 December 2021}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|10|10|df=y}}<ref name="Hugman"/>
| birth_place = [[Hackney Central|Hackney]], England
| height = 6 ft 1 in<ref>{{cite book |editor-first=Barry J. |editor-last=Hugman |title=The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11 |year=2010 |publisher=Mainstream Publishing |location=Edinburgh |isbn=978-1-84596-601-0 |page=16}}</ref>
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = [[Senrab F.C.|Senrab]]
| youthyears2 = 1991–1993
| youthclubs2 = [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]]
| years1 = 1993–1997
| clubs1 = [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]]
| caps1 = 49
| goals1 = 3
| 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]] (loan)
| 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 FC|Houston Dynamo]]
| caps14 = 14
| goals14 = 0
| years15 = 2009–2010
| clubs15 = [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]]
| caps15 = 10
| goals15 = 0
| years16 = 2013–2015
| clubs16 = [[Colwyn Bay F.C.|Colwyn Bay]]
| caps16 = 2
| goals16 = 0
| totalcaps = 505
| totalgoals = 136
| nationalyears1 = 1999
| nationalteam1 = [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
'''Adeola Oluwatoyin Akinbiyi''' (born 10 October 1974) is a football coach and former professional [[association football|footballer]].
As a player he was a [[forward (association football)|forward]] who notably played in the [[Premier League]] for [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]], [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] and [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]], as well as in [[Major League Soccer]] with [[Houston Dynamo FC|Houston Dynamo]]. He has had a much-travelled career with many different clubs with transfer fees totalling more than £11.5 million during his career, including being Leicester City's record signing (at £5.3 million) at the time.<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=26 September 2009 |access-date=13 October 2009}}</ref> He also played in the [[Football League]] with [[Hereford United F.C.|Hereford United]], [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]], [[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]], [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]], [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]], [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]], [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]], [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] and [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]]. Born in England, Akinbiyi qualified to play for the [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria national team]] through his parents, and earned one [[cap (sport)|cap]] for Nigeria in 1999.
In 2013 he was appointed as player-coach at non-league side [[Colwyn Bay F.C.|Colwyn Bay]]. He remained with the club for several seasons before taking up a sports consultancy role in Africa.
==Club career==
===Early career===
Akinbiyi 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 club [[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=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2001/11/02/sfnwin03.xml |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911075728/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2001/11/02/sfnwin03.xml |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 September 2012 |title=On the Spot: Ade Akinbiyi |date=2 November 2001 |first=Henry |last=Winter |access-date=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 £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 £1.2 million.<ref name="Soccerbase">{{Soccerbase}}</ref>
===Big money moves===
Akinbiyi'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 £3.5 million 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 Sport |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/850372.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 Sport |date=18 November 2005 |access-date=1 June 2008}}</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.<ref name="Soccerbase" />
His spell at Leicester hit rock bottom in a 4–1 defeat at home to Liverpool. He missed four easy chances, including a miss from six yards in the last minute. He was booed by Leicester fans whose patience with Akinbiyi had run out.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/oct/22/match.leicestercity |title=Fowler returns to finishing school |date=22 October 2001 |access-date=3 January 2014 |publisher=Guardian News and Media|work=The Guardian}}</ref> Soon after, he scored his first league goal of the season in a crucial 1–0 win at home to [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]],<ref name="Soccerbase0102" /> which prompted him to say that "hopefully this will start a flood of goals for me".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/nov/05/match.leicestercity |title=First Ade patches up struggling Foxes |date=5 November 2001 |access-date=3 January 2014 |publisher=Guardian News and Media|work=The Guardian}}</ref>
Leicester transferred Akinbiyi to [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] for £2.2 million in February 2002.<ref>{{cite news |title=Palace clinch Akinbiyi deal |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/1801306.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=5 February 2002 |access-date=3 January 2014}}</ref> 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,<ref name="Soccerbase0102" /><ref name="Soccerbase0203" /> he was loaned out to [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite news |title=Deadline-day transfers |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/2891031.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=27 March 2003 |access-date=3 January 2014}}</ref> He scored twice – the second goal coming in the last game of the [[2002-03 Stoke City F.C. season|2002–03 season]],<ref name="Soccerbase0203" /> when the Potters beat [[Reading F.C.|Reading]] 1–0 to retain their second tier status.<ref>{{cite news |title=Akinbiyi keeps Stoke up|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/2967967.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=4 May 2003 |access-date=13 May 2013}}</ref> He later joined on a permanent basis, on a free transfer in September 2003.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stoke seal Akinbiyi deal |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/3105718.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=13 September 2003 |access-date=13 May 2013}}</ref> He scored ten goals in [[2003–04 Stoke City F.C. season|2003–04]] and won the [[Stoke City F.C. Player of the Year|Player of the Year]] award.<ref name="Soccerbase0304" /><ref name="POTY">{{Cite web |url=https://www.stokecityfc.com/player-awards |title=Player Awards {{!}} Stoke City FC |website=www.stokecityfc.com |access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref> In [[2004–05 Stoke City F.C. season|2004–05]], Akinbiyi scored seven goals in 30 matches and was subject to bids from [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]].<ref name="Soccerbase0405" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Stoke reject Blades' Akinbiyi bid |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/4195209.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=21 January 2005 |access-date=13 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Stoke reject fresh Akinbiyi bid |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/4202621.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=25 January 2005 |access-date=13 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Blades increase bid for Akinbiyi |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/4233157.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=3 February 2005 |access-date=13 May 2013}}</ref> All of Sheffield United's offers were turned down by Stoke but an offer from [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] was accepted.<ref>{{cite news |title=Burnley beat Blades for Akinbiyi |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/burnley/4273937.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=24 February 2005 |access-date=13 May 2013}}</ref>
===Burnley===
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'',<ref name="Soccerbase" /> 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 Sport |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>
===Sheffield United===
Akinbiyi 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]].<ref name="Soccerbase0506" /> After winning promotion,<ref name="FCHD">{{Fchd|id=SHEFFIEU|name=Sheffield United F.C.}}</ref> Akinbiyi made only five appearances for ''the Blades'' in the Premier League in 2006.<ref name="Soccerbase0607" /> It was also reported that he was involved in a training ground bust-up with teammate [[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 Sport |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 Sport |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]].<ref name="Soccerbase0607" />
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.<ref name="Soccerbase0607" /> 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 name=AkBan>{{cite news|publisher=Lancashire Evening Telegraph |url=http://archive.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/2007/1/30/965540.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070729130122/http://archive.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/2007/1/30/965540.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 July 2007 |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. After going back to Burnley, Akinbiyi lacked consistent form, finding goals harder to come by. His hard work and endeavour made him a firm fans' favourite.<ref name="Ade Akinbiyi — An appreciation">{{cite web |publisher=Digital Sports Media|work=Clarets Mad |url=http://www.clarets-mad.co.uk/feat/edb5/ade_akinbiyi__an_appreciation_440744/index.shtml
|title=Ade Akinbiyi – An appreciation |date=2 April 2009|access-date=10 March 2018}}</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.<ref name="Soccerbase0809" /> Burnley won 5–4 on penalties. While at Burnley, Steve Cotterill, Burnley's then manager, banned him from the gym.<ref name=AkBan/> "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 FC|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]] |access-date=27 March 2009}}</ref> On 30 March, Akinbiyi was officially unveiled as a Houston player.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://houston.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20090330&content_id=232988&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&team=t200 |title=Soccer for Success Day |publisher=Houston Dynamo |date=30 March 2009 |access-date=10 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410025201/http://houston.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20090330&content_id=232988&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&team=t200 |archive-date=10 April 2009 }}</ref> He made his MLS debut on 3 May, as a late [[substitute (association football)|substitute]] in a game against [[New England Revolution]].<ref name="Soccerway">{{Soccerway|id=2610|accessdate=16 June 2019}}</ref>
To make room on the roster for [[Luis Ángel Landín]], the club's first [[Designated Player Rule|Designated 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 Major League Soccer] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100120050902/http://web.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20090820&content_id=6522206&vkey=pr_hou&fext=.jsp&team=t200 |date=20 January 2010 }}</ref>
===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 name="Soccerbase0910" />
On 10 May 2010 ,it was announced that he had been released by Notts County along with seven other players.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/notts_county/8672163.stm |title=Notts County release eight out-of-contract players |date=10 May 2010 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>
===Free agent (2010–2013)===
In January 2011, after eight months without a club, Akinbiyi was on the verge of joining [[Newport County A.F.C.|Newport County]] in the [[Conference National]]. He had been training with Premier League club [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]], and was recommended to Newport by Stoke's Newport-born manager [[Tony Pulis]]; Pulis had been Akinbiyi's manager at Stoke between 2003 and 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/8776176.County_sign_former_Premiership_star__Ade_Akinbiyi/ |title=Akinbiyi joins Newport County |work=South Wales Argus |access-date=13 September 2014}}</ref> However, Newport subsequently pulled out of the deal.
Akinbiyi spent the next two years as a free agent.
===Colwyn Bay===
Having been without a club for three years, he was widely assumed to have retired from football by the time of his signing for [[Conference North]] side [[Colwyn Bay F.C.|Colwyn Bay]], as player-coach on 25 July 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.northwalesweeklynews.co.uk/seagulls/2013/07/ex-premier-league-stars-to-pla.html |title=Football: the latest football news from across North Wales |access-date=13 September 2014 |archive-date=1 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101091955/http://blogs.northwalesweeklynews.co.uk/seagulls/2013/07/ex-premier-league-stars-to-pla.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He left Colwyn in January 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sinclair resigns after 5–0 defeat |url=http://www.colwynbayfc.co.uk/2015/01/sinclair-resigns-after-5-0-defeat/ |website=Colwyn Bay |access-date=11 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613090027/http://www.colwynbayfc.co.uk/2015/01/sinclair-resigns-after-5-0-defeat/ |archive-date=13 June 2015}}</ref>
==International career==
Born in [[Hackney Central|Hackney]], London<ref name="Hugman"/> to Nigerian parents, Akinbiyi qualified to play internationally for [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]], and through his birthplace for [[England national football team|England]]. He was called up on three occasions for [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]], playing once in 1999 against [[Greece national football team|Greece]] in [[Kilkis]], [[Central Macedonia]].<ref name="NFT" />
==Personal life==
Akinbiyi has worked as a sports academy consultant and largely in both Nigeria and Ghana.<ref>https://uk.linkedin.com/in/ade-akinbiyi-345b044b {{Self-published source|date=June 2022}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
===Club===
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!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National cup
!colspan="2"|League cup
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
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!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
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|rowspan="5"|[[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]]
|[[1993–94 Norwich City F.C. season|1993–94]]<ref name="WorldFootball">{{WorldFootball.net|id=ade-akinbiyi}}</ref>
|[[Premier League]]
|2||0||0||0||0||0||1{{efn|name=UC|Appearances in [[UEFA Cup]]}}||0||3||0
|-
|[[1994–95 Norwich City F.C. season|1994–95]]<ref name="WorldFootball" />
|Premier League
|13||0||2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|―||16||0
|-
|[[1995–96 Norwich City F.C. season|1995–96]]<ref name="ENFA">{{citation|title=Akinbiyi, AO (Ade)|publisher=English National Football Archive}}</ref>
|[[Football League First Division|First Division]]
|22||3||0||0||3||2||colspan="2"|―||25||5
|-
|[[1996–97 Norwich City F.C. season|1996–97]]<ref name="Soccerbase9697">{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=1996|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|First Division
|12||0||0||0||2||0||colspan="2"|―||14||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!49!!3!!2!!0!!6!!2!!1!!0!!58!!5
|-
|[[Hereford United F.C.|Hereford United]] (loan)
|[[1993–94 in English football|1993–94]]<ref name="Soccerbase" />
|[[Football League Third Division|Third Division]]
|4||2||colspan="2"|―||colspan="2"|―||colspan="2"|―||4||2
|-
|[[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] (loan)
|[[1994–95 in English football|1994–95]]<ref name="Soccerbase" />
|[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]
|7||4||colspan="2"|―||colspan="2"|―||colspan="2"|―||7||4
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]]
|[[1996–97 in English football|1996–97]]<ref name="Soccerbase9697" />
|Second Division
|19||7||colspan="2"|―||colspan="2"|―||colspan="2"|―||19||7
|-
|[[1997–98 in English football|1997–98]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=1997|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|Second Division
|44||21||2||1||2||0||1{{efn|Appearance in [[Football League Trophy]]}}||0||49||22
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!63!!28!!2!!1!!2!!0!!1!!0!!68!!29
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]]
|[[1998–99 Bristol City F.C. season|1998–99]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=1998|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|First Division
|44||19||1||0||4||4||colspan="2"|–||49||23
|-
|[[1999–2000 Bristol City F.C. season|1999–2000]]<ref name="Soccerbase9900">{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=1999|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|Second Division
|3||2||colspan="2"|–||1||0||colspan="2"|–||4||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!47!!21!!1!!0!!5!!4!!colspan="2"|–!!53!!25
|-
|[[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]
|[[1999–2000 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season|1999–2000]]<ref name="Soccerbase9900" />
|First Division
|37||16||3||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||40||16
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]]
|[[2000–01 Leicester City F.C. season|2000–01]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=2000|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|Premier League
|37||9||4||1||0||0||2{{efn|name=UC}}||0||43||10
|-
|[[2001–02 Leicester City F.C. season|2001–02]]<ref name="Soccerbase0102">{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=2001|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|Premier League
|21||2||2||0||1||1||colspan="2"|–||24||3
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!58!!11!!6!!1!!1!!1!!2!!0!!67!!13
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]
|[[2001–02 Crystal Palace F.C. season|2001–02]]<ref name="Soccerbase0102" />
|First Division
|14||2||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||14||2
|-
|[[2002–03 Crystal Palace F.C. season|2002–03]]<ref name="Soccerbase0203">{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=2002|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|First Division
|10||1||4||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||14||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!24!!3!!4!!0!!0!!0!!colspan="2"|–!!28!!3
|-
|[[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] (loan)
|[[2002–03 Stoke City F.C. season|2002–03]]<ref name="Soccerbase0203" />
|First Division
|4||2||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||4||2
|-
|rowspan="3"|Stoke City
|[[2003–04 Stoke City F.C. season|2003–04]]<ref name="Soccerbase0304">{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=2003|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|First Division
|30||10||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|―||32||10
|-
|[[2004–05 Stoke City F.C. season|2004–05]]<ref name="Soccerbase0405">{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=2004|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|[[Football League Championship|Championship]]
|29||7||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|―||30||7
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!63!!19!!2!!0!!1!!0!!colspan="2"|―!!66!!19
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]]
|[[2004–05 Burnley F.C. season|2004–05]]<ref name="Soccerbase0405" />
|Championship
|10||4||colspan="2"|―||colspan="2"|―||colspan="2"|―||10||4
|-
|[[2005–06 Burnley F.C. season|2005–06]]<ref name="Soccerbase0506">{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=2005|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|Championship
|29||12||1||0||3||2||colspan="2"|―||33||14
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!39!!16!!1!!0!!3!!2!!colspan="2"|―!!43!!18
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]]
|[[2005–06 Sheffield United F.C. season|2005–06]]<ref name="Soccerbase0506" />
|Championship
|15||3||colspan="2"|―||colspan="2"|―||colspan="2"|―||15||3
|-
|[[2006–07 Sheffield United F.C. season|2006–07]]<ref name="Soccerbase0607">{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=2006|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
| Premier League
|3||0||colspan="2"|―||2||1||colspan="2"|―||5||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!18!!3!!0!!0!!2!!1!!colspan="2"|―!!20!!4
|-
|rowspan="4"|Burnley
|[[2006–07 Burnley F.C. season|2006–07]]<ref name="Soccerbase0607" />
|Championship
|20||2||1||1||colspan="2"|―||colspan="2"|―||21||3
|-
|[[2007–08 Burnley F.C. season|2007–08]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=2007|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|Championship
|39||8||1||0||3||1||colspan="2"|―||43||9
|-
|[[2008–09 Burnley F.C. season|2008–09]]<ref name="Soccerbase0809">{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=2008|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|Championship
|11||0||0||0||4||1||colspan="2"|―||15||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!70!!10!!2!!1!!7!!2!!colspan="2"|―!!79!!13
|-
|[[Houston Dynamo FC|Houston Dynamo]]
|[[2009 Houston Dynamo season|2009]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.houstondynamo.com/history/statistics |title=All-Time Statistics {{!}} Houston Dynamo |access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|[[Major League Soccer]]
|14||0||3||1||colspan="2"|―||1{{efn|Appearance in [[CONCACAF Champions League]]}}||0||18||1
|-
|[[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]]
|[[2009–10 Notts County F.C. season|2009–10]]<ref name="Soccerbase0910">{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=2009|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|[[Football League Two|League Two]]
|10||0||1||0||colspan="2"|―||0||0||11||0
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Colwyn Bay F.C.|Colwyn Bay]]
|[[2013-14 in English football|2013–14]]<ref name="Soccerway" />
|rowspan="2"|[[Conference North]]
|2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|―||0||0||2||0
|-
|[[2014–15 Football Conference|2014–15]]<ref name="Soccerway" />
|0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|―||0||0||0||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!2!!0!!0!!0!!colspan="2"|―!!0!!0!!2!!0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!505!!136!!21!!4!!27!!12!!5!!0!!564!!152
|}
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===International===
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|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="NFT">{{NFT player|10333}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]
|1999||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!1!!0
|}
==Honours==
'''Burnley'''
*[[Football League Championship play-offs]]: [[2009 Football League play-offs#Championship|2009]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribalfootball.com/burnley-boss-coyle-made-sure-mahon-akinbiyi-received-winner-medals-534081|title=Burnley boss Coyle made sure Mahon, Akinbiyi received winner medals — Premiership News|work=Tribal Football|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913032542/http://www.tribalfootball.com/burnley-boss-coyle-made-sure-mahon-akinbiyi-received-winner-medals-534081|archive-date=13 September 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=13 September 2014}}</ref>
'''Notts County'''
*[[Football League Two]]: [[2009–10 Football League Two|2009–10]]<ref name="Soccerbase0910" /><ref>{{Fchd|id=NOTTSCO|name=Notts County F.C.}}</ref>
'''Individual'''
*[[Bristol City F.C.#Player of the season|Bristol City Player of the Season]]: 1998–99
*[[Stoke City F.C. Player of the Year|Stoke City Player of the Season]]: [[2003–04 Stoke City F.C. season|2003–04]]<ref name="POTY" />
*[[EFL Championship Player of the Month|Championship Player of the Month]]: August 2004<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 March 2016 |title=ANDYS STATS.CO.UK - Football statistics from England and Scotland |url=http://andysstats.co.uk/pom.asp?division=1&season=200405 |access-date=13 March 2022 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309202111/http://andysstats.co.uk/pom.asp?division=1&season=200405 |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Soccerbase}}
* [http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/akinbiyi.htm Ade Akinbiyi] Flown from the Nest
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2093-2534632.html If it's January, it must be time to send for Ade Akinbiyi]{{dead link|date=March 2018}} Times Online, 7 January 2007
{{Stoke City F.C. Player of the Year}}
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New page wikitext, after the edit (new_wikitext ) | '{{Short description|Footballer (born 1974)}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ade Akinbiyi
| image = 14 Ade Akinbiyi.jpg
| caption = Akinbiyi in 2009
| fullname = Adeola Oluwatoyin Akinbiyi<ref name="Hugman">{{Hugman|135|access-date=24 December 2021}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|10|10|df=y}}<ref name="Hugman"/>
| birth_place = London, England
| height = 6 ft 1 in<ref>{{cite book |editor-first=Barry J. |editor-last=Hugman |title=The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11 |year=2010 |publisher=Mainstream Publishing |location=Edinburgh |isbn=978-1-84596-601-0 |page=16}}</ref>
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = [[Senrab F.C.|Senrab]]
| youthyears2 = 1991–1993
| youthclubs2 = [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]]
| years1 = 1993–1997
| clubs1 = [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]]
| caps1 = 49
| goals1 = 3
| 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]] (loan)
| 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 FC|Houston Dynamo]]
| caps14 = 14
| goals14 = 0
| years15 = 2009–2010
| clubs15 = [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]]
| caps15 = 10
| goals15 = 0
| years16 = 2013–2015
| clubs16 = [[Colwyn Bay F.C.|Colwyn Bay]]
| caps16 = 2
| goals16 = 0
| totalcaps = 505
| totalgoals = 136
| nationalyears1 = 1999
| nationalteam1 = [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
'''Adeola Oluwatoyin Akinbiyi''' (born 10 October 1974) is a football coach and former professional [[association football|footballer]].
As a player he was a [[forward (association football)|forward]] who notably played in the [[Premier League]] for [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]], [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] and [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]], as well as in [[Major League Soccer]] with [[Houston Dynamo FC|Houston Dynamo]]. He has had a much-travelled career with many different clubs with transfer fees totalling more than £11.5 million during his career, including being Leicester City's record signing (at £5.3 million) at the time.<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=26 September 2009 |access-date=13 October 2009}}</ref> He also played in the [[Football League]] with [[Hereford United F.C.|Hereford United]], [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]], [[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]], [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]], [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]], [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]], [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]], [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] and [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]]. Born in England, Akinbiyi qualified to play for the [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria national team]] through his parents, and earned one [[cap (sport)|cap]] for Nigeria in 1999.
In 2013 he was appointed as player-coach at non-league side [[Colwyn Bay F.C.|Colwyn Bay]]. He remained with the club for several seasons before taking up a sports consultancy role in Africa.
==Club career==
===Early career===
Akinbiyi 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 club [[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=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2001/11/02/sfnwin03.xml |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911075728/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2001/11/02/sfnwin03.xml |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 September 2012 |title=On the Spot: Ade Akinbiyi |date=2 November 2001 |first=Henry |last=Winter |access-date=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 £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 £1.2 million.<ref name="Soccerbase">{{Soccerbase}}</ref>
===Big money moves===
Akinbiyi'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 £3.5 million 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 Sport |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/850372.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 Sport |date=18 November 2005 |access-date=1 June 2008}}</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.<ref name="Soccerbase" />
His spell at Leicester hit rock bottom in a 4–1 defeat at home to Liverpool. He missed four easy chances, including a miss from six yards in the last minute. He was booed by Leicester fans whose patience with Akinbiyi had run out.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/oct/22/match.leicestercity |title=Fowler returns to finishing school |date=22 October 2001 |access-date=3 January 2014 |publisher=Guardian News and Media|work=The Guardian}}</ref> Soon after, he scored his first league goal of the season in a crucial 1–0 win at home to [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]],<ref name="Soccerbase0102" /> which prompted him to say that "hopefully this will start a flood of goals for me".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/nov/05/match.leicestercity |title=First Ade patches up struggling Foxes |date=5 November 2001 |access-date=3 January 2014 |publisher=Guardian News and Media|work=The Guardian}}</ref>
Leicester transferred Akinbiyi to [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] for £2.2 million in February 2002.<ref>{{cite news |title=Palace clinch Akinbiyi deal |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/1801306.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=5 February 2002 |access-date=3 January 2014}}</ref> 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,<ref name="Soccerbase0102" /><ref name="Soccerbase0203" /> he was loaned out to [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite news |title=Deadline-day transfers |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/2891031.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=27 March 2003 |access-date=3 January 2014}}</ref> He scored twice – the second goal coming in the last game of the [[2002-03 Stoke City F.C. season|2002–03 season]],<ref name="Soccerbase0203" /> when the Potters beat [[Reading F.C.|Reading]] 1–0 to retain their second tier status.<ref>{{cite news |title=Akinbiyi keeps Stoke up|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/2967967.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=4 May 2003 |access-date=13 May 2013}}</ref> He later joined on a permanent basis, on a free transfer in September 2003.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stoke seal Akinbiyi deal |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/3105718.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=13 September 2003 |access-date=13 May 2013}}</ref> He scored ten goals in [[2003–04 Stoke City F.C. season|2003–04]] and won the [[Stoke City F.C. Player of the Year|Player of the Year]] award.<ref name="Soccerbase0304" /><ref name="POTY">{{Cite web |url=https://www.stokecityfc.com/player-awards |title=Player Awards {{!}} Stoke City FC |website=www.stokecityfc.com |access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref> In [[2004–05 Stoke City F.C. season|2004–05]], Akinbiyi scored seven goals in 30 matches and was subject to bids from [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]].<ref name="Soccerbase0405" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Stoke reject Blades' Akinbiyi bid |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/4195209.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=21 January 2005 |access-date=13 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Stoke reject fresh Akinbiyi bid |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/4202621.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=25 January 2005 |access-date=13 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Blades increase bid for Akinbiyi |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/4233157.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=3 February 2005 |access-date=13 May 2013}}</ref> All of Sheffield United's offers were turned down by Stoke but an offer from [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] was accepted.<ref>{{cite news |title=Burnley beat Blades for Akinbiyi |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/burnley/4273937.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=24 February 2005 |access-date=13 May 2013}}</ref>
===Burnley===
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'',<ref name="Soccerbase" /> 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 Sport |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>
===Sheffield United===
Akinbiyi 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]].<ref name="Soccerbase0506" /> After winning promotion,<ref name="FCHD">{{Fchd|id=SHEFFIEU|name=Sheffield United F.C.}}</ref> Akinbiyi made only five appearances for ''the Blades'' in the Premier League in 2006.<ref name="Soccerbase0607" /> It was also reported that he was involved in a training ground bust-up with teammate [[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 Sport |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 Sport |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]].<ref name="Soccerbase0607" />
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.<ref name="Soccerbase0607" /> 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 name=AkBan>{{cite news|publisher=Lancashire Evening Telegraph |url=http://archive.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/2007/1/30/965540.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070729130122/http://archive.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/2007/1/30/965540.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 July 2007 |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. After going back to Burnley, Akinbiyi lacked consistent form, finding goals harder to come by. His hard work and endeavour made him a firm fans' favourite.<ref name="Ade Akinbiyi — An appreciation">{{cite web |publisher=Digital Sports Media|work=Clarets Mad |url=http://www.clarets-mad.co.uk/feat/edb5/ade_akinbiyi__an_appreciation_440744/index.shtml
|title=Ade Akinbiyi – An appreciation |date=2 April 2009|access-date=10 March 2018}}</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.<ref name="Soccerbase0809" /> Burnley won 5–4 on penalties. While at Burnley, Steve Cotterill, Burnley's then manager, banned him from the gym.<ref name=AkBan/> "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 FC|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]] |access-date=27 March 2009}}</ref> On 30 March, Akinbiyi was officially unveiled as a Houston player.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://houston.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20090330&content_id=232988&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&team=t200 |title=Soccer for Success Day |publisher=Houston Dynamo |date=30 March 2009 |access-date=10 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410025201/http://houston.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20090330&content_id=232988&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&team=t200 |archive-date=10 April 2009 }}</ref> He made his MLS debut on 3 May, as a late [[substitute (association football)|substitute]] in a game against [[New England Revolution]].<ref name="Soccerway">{{Soccerway|id=2610|accessdate=16 June 2019}}</ref>
To make room on the roster for [[Luis Ángel Landín]], the club's first [[Designated Player Rule|Designated 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 Major League Soccer] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100120050902/http://web.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20090820&content_id=6522206&vkey=pr_hou&fext=.jsp&team=t200 |date=20 January 2010 }}</ref>
===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 name="Soccerbase0910" />
On 10 May 2010 ,it was announced that he had been released by Notts County along with seven other players.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/notts_county/8672163.stm |title=Notts County release eight out-of-contract players |date=10 May 2010 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>
===Free agent (2010–2013)===
In January 2011, after eight months without a club, Akinbiyi was on the verge of joining [[Newport County A.F.C.|Newport County]] in the [[Conference National]]. He had been training with Premier League club [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]], and was recommended to Newport by Stoke's Newport-born manager [[Tony Pulis]]; Pulis had been Akinbiyi's manager at Stoke between 2003 and 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/8776176.County_sign_former_Premiership_star__Ade_Akinbiyi/ |title=Akinbiyi joins Newport County |work=South Wales Argus |access-date=13 September 2014}}</ref> However, Newport subsequently pulled out of the deal.
Akinbiyi spent the next two years as a free agent.
===Colwyn Bay===
Having been without a club for three years, he was widely assumed to have retired from football by the time of his signing for [[Conference North]] side [[Colwyn Bay F.C.|Colwyn Bay]], as player-coach on 25 July 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.northwalesweeklynews.co.uk/seagulls/2013/07/ex-premier-league-stars-to-pla.html |title=Football: the latest football news from across North Wales |access-date=13 September 2014 |archive-date=1 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101091955/http://blogs.northwalesweeklynews.co.uk/seagulls/2013/07/ex-premier-league-stars-to-pla.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He left Colwyn in January 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sinclair resigns after 5–0 defeat |url=http://www.colwynbayfc.co.uk/2015/01/sinclair-resigns-after-5-0-defeat/ |website=Colwyn Bay |access-date=11 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613090027/http://www.colwynbayfc.co.uk/2015/01/sinclair-resigns-after-5-0-defeat/ |archive-date=13 June 2015}}</ref>
==International career==
Born in [[Hackney Central|Hackney]], London<ref name="Hugman"/> to Nigerian parents, Akinbiyi qualified to play internationally for [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]], and through his birthplace for [[England national football team|England]]. He was called up on three occasions for [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]], playing once in 1999 against [[Greece national football team|Greece]] in [[Kilkis]], [[Central Macedonia]].<ref name="NFT" />
==Personal life==
Akinbiyi has worked as a sports academy consultant and largely in both Nigeria and Ghana.<ref>https://uk.linkedin.com/in/ade-akinbiyi-345b044b {{Self-published source|date=June 2022}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
===Club===
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!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National cup
!colspan="2"|League cup
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
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!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]]
|[[1993–94 Norwich City F.C. season|1993–94]]<ref name="WorldFootball">{{WorldFootball.net|id=ade-akinbiyi}}</ref>
|[[Premier League]]
|2||0||0||0||0||0||1{{efn|name=UC|Appearances in [[UEFA Cup]]}}||0||3||0
|-
|[[1994–95 Norwich City F.C. season|1994–95]]<ref name="WorldFootball" />
|Premier League
|13||0||2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|―||16||0
|-
|[[1995–96 Norwich City F.C. season|1995–96]]<ref name="ENFA">{{citation|title=Akinbiyi, AO (Ade)|publisher=English National Football Archive}}</ref>
|[[Football League First Division|First Division]]
|22||3||0||0||3||2||colspan="2"|―||25||5
|-
|[[1996–97 Norwich City F.C. season|1996–97]]<ref name="Soccerbase9697">{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=1996|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|First Division
|12||0||0||0||2||0||colspan="2"|―||14||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!49!!3!!2!!0!!6!!2!!1!!0!!58!!5
|-
|[[Hereford United F.C.|Hereford United]] (loan)
|[[1993–94 in English football|1993–94]]<ref name="Soccerbase" />
|[[Football League Third Division|Third Division]]
|4||2||colspan="2"|―||colspan="2"|―||colspan="2"|―||4||2
|-
|[[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] (loan)
|[[1994–95 in English football|1994–95]]<ref name="Soccerbase" />
|[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]
|7||4||colspan="2"|―||colspan="2"|―||colspan="2"|―||7||4
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]]
|[[1996–97 in English football|1996–97]]<ref name="Soccerbase9697" />
|Second Division
|19||7||colspan="2"|―||colspan="2"|―||colspan="2"|―||19||7
|-
|[[1997–98 in English football|1997–98]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=1997|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|Second Division
|44||21||2||1||2||0||1{{efn|Appearance in [[Football League Trophy]]}}||0||49||22
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!63!!28!!2!!1!!2!!0!!1!!0!!68!!29
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]]
|[[1998–99 Bristol City F.C. season|1998–99]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=1998|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|First Division
|44||19||1||0||4||4||colspan="2"|–||49||23
|-
|[[1999–2000 Bristol City F.C. season|1999–2000]]<ref name="Soccerbase9900">{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=1999|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|Second Division
|3||2||colspan="2"|–||1||0||colspan="2"|–||4||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!47!!21!!1!!0!!5!!4!!colspan="2"|–!!53!!25
|-
|[[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]
|[[1999–2000 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season|1999–2000]]<ref name="Soccerbase9900" />
|First Division
|37||16||3||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||40||16
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]]
|[[2000–01 Leicester City F.C. season|2000–01]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=2000|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|Premier League
|37||9||4||1||0||0||2{{efn|name=UC}}||0||43||10
|-
|[[2001–02 Leicester City F.C. season|2001–02]]<ref name="Soccerbase0102">{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=2001|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|Premier League
|21||2||2||0||1||1||colspan="2"|–||24||3
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!58!!11!!6!!1!!1!!1!!2!!0!!67!!13
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]
|[[2001–02 Crystal Palace F.C. season|2001–02]]<ref name="Soccerbase0102" />
|First Division
|14||2||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||14||2
|-
|[[2002–03 Crystal Palace F.C. season|2002–03]]<ref name="Soccerbase0203">{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=2002|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|First Division
|10||1||4||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||14||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!24!!3!!4!!0!!0!!0!!colspan="2"|–!!28!!3
|-
|[[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] (loan)
|[[2002–03 Stoke City F.C. season|2002–03]]<ref name="Soccerbase0203" />
|First Division
|4||2||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||4||2
|-
|rowspan="3"|Stoke City
|[[2003–04 Stoke City F.C. season|2003–04]]<ref name="Soccerbase0304">{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=2003|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|First Division
|30||10||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|―||32||10
|-
|[[2004–05 Stoke City F.C. season|2004–05]]<ref name="Soccerbase0405">{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=2004|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|[[Football League Championship|Championship]]
|29||7||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|―||30||7
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!63!!19!!2!!0!!1!!0!!colspan="2"|―!!66!!19
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]]
|[[2004–05 Burnley F.C. season|2004–05]]<ref name="Soccerbase0405" />
|Championship
|10||4||colspan="2"|―||colspan="2"|―||colspan="2"|―||10||4
|-
|[[2005–06 Burnley F.C. season|2005–06]]<ref name="Soccerbase0506">{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=2005|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|Championship
|29||12||1||0||3||2||colspan="2"|―||33||14
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!39!!16!!1!!0!!3!!2!!colspan="2"|―!!43!!18
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]]
|[[2005–06 Sheffield United F.C. season|2005–06]]<ref name="Soccerbase0506" />
|Championship
|15||3||colspan="2"|―||colspan="2"|―||colspan="2"|―||15||3
|-
|[[2006–07 Sheffield United F.C. season|2006–07]]<ref name="Soccerbase0607">{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=2006|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
| Premier League
|3||0||colspan="2"|―||2||1||colspan="2"|―||5||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!18!!3!!0!!0!!2!!1!!colspan="2"|―!!20!!4
|-
|rowspan="4"|Burnley
|[[2006–07 Burnley F.C. season|2006–07]]<ref name="Soccerbase0607" />
|Championship
|20||2||1||1||colspan="2"|―||colspan="2"|―||21||3
|-
|[[2007–08 Burnley F.C. season|2007–08]]<ref>{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=2007|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|Championship
|39||8||1||0||3||1||colspan="2"|―||43||9
|-
|[[2008–09 Burnley F.C. season|2008–09]]<ref name="Soccerbase0809">{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=2008|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|Championship
|11||0||0||0||4||1||colspan="2"|―||15||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!70!!10!!2!!1!!7!!2!!colspan="2"|―!!79!!13
|-
|[[Houston Dynamo FC|Houston Dynamo]]
|[[2009 Houston Dynamo season|2009]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.houstondynamo.com/history/statistics |title=All-Time Statistics {{!}} Houston Dynamo |access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|[[Major League Soccer]]
|14||0||3||1||colspan="2"|―||1{{efn|Appearance in [[CONCACAF Champions League]]}}||0||18||1
|-
|[[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]]
|[[2009–10 Notts County F.C. season|2009–10]]<ref name="Soccerbase0910">{{Soccerbase season|id=62|season=2009|access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
|[[Football League Two|League Two]]
|10||0||1||0||colspan="2"|―||0||0||11||0
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Colwyn Bay F.C.|Colwyn Bay]]
|[[2013-14 in English football|2013–14]]<ref name="Soccerway" />
|rowspan="2"|[[Conference North]]
|2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|―||0||0||2||0
|-
|[[2014–15 Football Conference|2014–15]]<ref name="Soccerway" />
|0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|―||0||0||0||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!2!!0!!0!!0!!colspan="2"|―!!0!!0!!2!!0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!505!!136!!21!!4!!27!!12!!5!!0!!564!!152
|}
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===International===
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|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="NFT">{{NFT player|10333}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]
|1999||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!1!!0
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==Honours==
'''Burnley'''
*[[Football League Championship play-offs]]: [[2009 Football League play-offs#Championship|2009]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribalfootball.com/burnley-boss-coyle-made-sure-mahon-akinbiyi-received-winner-medals-534081|title=Burnley boss Coyle made sure Mahon, Akinbiyi received winner medals — Premiership News|work=Tribal Football|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913032542/http://www.tribalfootball.com/burnley-boss-coyle-made-sure-mahon-akinbiyi-received-winner-medals-534081|archive-date=13 September 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=13 September 2014}}</ref>
'''Notts County'''
*[[Football League Two]]: [[2009–10 Football League Two|2009–10]]<ref name="Soccerbase0910" /><ref>{{Fchd|id=NOTTSCO|name=Notts County F.C.}}</ref>
'''Individual'''
*[[Bristol City F.C.#Player of the season|Bristol City Player of the Season]]: 1998–99
*[[Stoke City F.C. Player of the Year|Stoke City Player of the Season]]: [[2003–04 Stoke City F.C. season|2003–04]]<ref name="POTY" />
*[[EFL Championship Player of the Month|Championship Player of the Month]]: August 2004<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 March 2016 |title=ANDYS STATS.CO.UK - Football statistics from England and Scotland |url=http://andysstats.co.uk/pom.asp?division=1&season=200405 |access-date=13 March 2022 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309202111/http://andysstats.co.uk/pom.asp?division=1&season=200405 |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Soccerbase}}
* [http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/akinbiyi.htm Ade Akinbiyi] Flown from the Nest
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2093-2534632.html If it's January, it must be time to send for Ade Akinbiyi]{{dead link|date=March 2018}} Times Online, 7 January 2007
{{Stoke City F.C. Player of the Year}}
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