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Babajide David
Personal information
Full name Babajide David Akintola
Date of birth (1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Oyo, Nigeria
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team Çaykur Rizespor
Number 28
Youth career
0000–2014 FC Ebedei
2014–2015 Midtjylland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2021 Midtjylland 1 (0)
2015–2016 → Thisted (loan) 3 (5)
2017 → Jerv (loan) 25 (8)
2018 → Haugesund (loan) 30 (9)
2019 → Rosenborg (loan) 21 (5)
2020 → Omonia (loan) 6 (0)
2020–2021 → Hatayspor (loan) 35 (6)
2021–2024 Adana Demirspor 67 (10)
2024– Çaykur Rizespor 27 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 February 2024

Babajide David Akintola (born 13 January 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Turkish Süper Lig club Çaykur Rizespor.

Club career

Youth

David is a product of FC Ebedei.

Has played in the Torneo Bellinzona Under-18, making one assist, and is viewed as one of Nigeria's most anticipated young talents.

David transferred to FC Midtjylland in November 2014 from his new clubs cooperative club, FC Ebedei. He played for Midtjylland U19 in the 2014–2015 season, where they won the league. He helped the team, scoring 9 goals.

Midtjylland

Before being loaned to Thisted FC, David was promoted to the Midtjylland senior team prior to the new season.

David was loaned out to Norwegian First Division-side FK Jerv on 11 March 2017 for the rest of the season. On 16 February 2018, he was loaned out again, this time to FK Haugesund.

In February 2019, David was once again sent out on loan, this time to Rosenborg with the option to make the move permanent after the 2019 season.

In January 2020, David signed a six-month loan contract with Omonia Nicosia.

On 28 September 2020, David joined newly promoted Turkish Süper Lig club Hatayspor on a one-year loan.

Adana Demirspor

On 27 July 2021, David transferred to Adana Demirspor on an undisclosed fee.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 August 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Midtjylland 2015–16 Danish Superliga 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
2016–17 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Thisted (loan) 2015–16 Danish 2nd Division 3 5 0 0 — — 3 5
Jerv (loan) 2017 Norwegian 1st Division 25 8 3 1 — — 28 9
Haugesund (loan) 2018 Eliteserien 30 9 4 0 — — 34 9
Rosenborg (loan) 2019 21 5 4 2 11 2 — 36 9
Omonia (loan) 2019–20 Cypriot First Division 6 0 1 0 — — 7 0
Hatayspor (loan) 2020–21 Süper Lig 35 6 2 1 — — 37 7
Adana Demirspor 2021–22 26 2 3 1 — — 29 3
2022–23 29 6 1 1 — — 30 7
2023–24 12 2 1 0 5 1 — 18 3
Total 67 10 5 2 5 1 — 77 13
Career total 188 43 19 6 16 3 0 0 223 52

References

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  2. "Five Nigerian Talents Tipped to Break into the First Team of European Clubs:: All Nigeria Soccer - the Complete Nigerian Football Portal".
  3. FCM skriver kontrakt med ung kantspiller‚ bold.dk, 1 November 2014
  4. "Babajide David Promoted To FC Midtjylland First Team:: All Nigeria Soccer - The Complete Nigerian Football Portal". All Nigeria Soccer. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  5. FCM udlejer nigeriansk kantspiller‚ bold.dk, 11 March 2017
  6. AKINTOLA KLAR FOR FK HAUGESUND‚ fkh.no, 15 February 2018
  7. "Rosenborg låner Akintola".
  8. "Atakaş Hatayspor'umuza Hoş Geldin Babajide David". Hatayspor (in Turkish). 28 September 2020.
  9. "David Akintola". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  10. Babajide David at Soccerway
Çaykur Rizespor – current squad


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