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Kevin Aladesanmi

Kevin Aladesanmi
Personal information
Full name Kevin Ademola Aladesanmi Sanchez
Date of birth (1998-11-12) 12 November 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Jönköping, Sweden
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Deportivo Pereira
Number 20
Youth career
2007–2013 Academia Tolimense
2013–2017 Parma de Barranquilla
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Parma de Barranquilla
2017 → Olhanense (loan) 7 (0)
2017 Barranquilla 14 (2)
2018– Atlético Junior 4 (0)
2019 → Leones (loan) 36 (13)
2020– → Atlético Bucaramanga (loan) 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:53, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Aladesanmi and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.

Kevin Ademola Aladesanmi Sanchez (born 12 November 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Deportivo Pereira .[1] Born in Sweden to a Nigerian father and Colombian mother, he holds Colombian nationality.[2]

Career

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Aladesanmi had a spell in the system of Academia Tolimense, prior to later joining Parma de Barranquilla.[3][4] In 2017, Aladesanmi joined LigaPro side Olhanense on loan.[3] He made his professional debut against Sporting B on 2 April 2017, being substituted on for Federico Virga during a 5–1 loss.[1][5] He featured six more times as Olhanense were relegated from the 2016–17 LigaPro.[1] Aladesanmi subsequently agreed to join Colombia's Barranquilla of Categoría Primera B.[1] Four goals in fifteen matches followed, with the midfielder scoring twice in his final appearance versus Cúcuta Deportivo in the play-offs on 12 November.[1]

Categoría Primera A side Atlético Junior signed Aladesanmi at the beginning of the 2018 campaign.[1] After featuring five times that year, Aladesanmi was loaned out in January 2019 to second tier team Leones.[1] For the 2020 season, he was loaned out to Atlético Bucaramanga.[6]

Personal life

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Aladesanmi was born in Sweden to a Nigerian father and a Colombian mother; his father, Felix Ademola, was playing football for Deportes Tolima when they met.[3] Aladesanmi's birth place of Jönköping was where his parents were holidaying at the time.[3] He spent the first years of his life growing up in Norway, while Ademola was playing for Skeid and Haugesund.[3] During which time his parents separated, with Aladesanmi joining his mother in Ibagué, Colombia.[3]

Career statistics

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As of 21 September 2019.[1][3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Olhanense (loan) 2016–17 LigaPro 7 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 7 0
Barranquilla 2017 Categoría Primera B 14 2 0 0 — — 1[a] 2 15 4
Atlético Junior 2018 Categoría Primera A 4 0 1 0 — 0 0 0 0 5 0
2019 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 25 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 27 4
Leones (loan) 2019 Categoría Primera B 25 10 1 0 — — 6[a] 1 32 11
Career total 50 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 59 15
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in the Categoría Primera B play-offs

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Colombia - K. Aladesanmi". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  2. ^ Aguirre Eastman, Sebastián (22 February 2018). "Kevin Aladesanmi Sánchez: el primer futbolista sueco que juega en Colombia sueña con estar en la selección de este país" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 March 2020. Despite being born in Sweden, Aladesanmi has no role that records his nationality in that country
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "El delantero sueco que juega en Barranquilla FC". El Heraldo. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Los jugadores exóticos en la Liga local". El Tiempo. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Ficha Estadistica de KEVIN ALADESANMI". BDFA. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  6. ^ Aladesanmi y Subero, las nuevas incorporaciones del Atlético Bucaramanga, vanguardia.com, 13 December 2019
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