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Dele ADELEYENigeria
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Dele ADELEYE

Dele ADELEYE

NGA
  • Date of Birth: 25 December 1988
  • Height: 189 cm
  • Shirt number: 22
  • Position: Defender
  • Current club: Sparta Rotterdam (NED)
  • International Caps: 6
  • International Goals: 0
  • First international: Republic of Ireland - Nigeria (29 May 2009)

Dele Adeleye is one of the stars of the Nigerian ‘Dream Team’ that reached the final at both the 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup as well as the 2008 Olympic Football Tournament.

Latest News

  • Davids strike sinks AZ

    Davids strike sinks AZ

    A late goal from NEC Nijmegen midfielder Lorenzo Davids condemned Dutch champions AZ Alkmaar to a surprise 1-0 home defeat.

     

  • Nigerian pride in silver lining

    Nigerian pride in silver lining

    FIFA.com caught up with a few of the silver medal-winning Nigerians after their narrow loss to Argentina in Saturday's Beijing final.

    Photos

    • Nigerian defender Ayodele Adeleye sits on the pitch after the Nigeria versus Tunis
    • Tunisian striker Ali Zitouni (R) vies with Nigerian defender Adeleye Ayodele
    • Argentinian forward Sergio Aguero (front) vies with Nigerian defender Dele Adeleye during the men's
    • Dele Adeleye of Nigeria (L) vies for the ball with Ryan Babel of the Netherlands

    Fixtures and Results

    First stage - Group B
    12 June ARG1:0 (1:0)SummaryNGA
    17 June GRE2:1 (1:1)SummaryNGA
    22 June NGA2:2 (1:1)SummaryKOR

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    Squad List

    Nigeria
    • 1 Vincent ENYEAMA
    • 16 Austin EJIDE
    • 23 Dele AIYENUGBA
    • 2 Joseph YOBO
    • 3 Taye TAIWO
    • 5 Rabiu AFOLABI
    • 6 Danny SHITTU
    • 17 Chidi ODIAH
    • 21 Uwa ECHIEJILE
    • 22 Dele ADELEYE
    • 4 Nwankwo KANU
    • 12 Kalu UCHE
    • 13 Yussuf AYILA
    • 14 Sani KAITA
    • 15 Lukman HARUNA
    • 20 Dickson ETUHU
    • 7 John UTAKA
    • 8 Yakubu AYEGBENI
    • 9 Obafemi MARTINS
    • 10 Brown IDEYE
    • 11 Peter ODEMWINGIE
    • 18 Victor OBINNA
    • 19 Chinedu OGBUKE OBASI
    • Lars LAGERBACK