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Abiola Adedeji Dauda footballer who plays as a forward for Gamma Ethniki club Aris Petroupoli.
(born on 3 February 1988) is a Nigerian professional
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Abiola Adedeji Dauda | ||
Date of birth | 3 February 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Aris Petroupoli | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2006 | Grassroot Highlanders | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2007 | Sölvesborgs GoIF | 25 | (23) |
2008–2012 | Kalmar | 129 | (33) |
2013–2014 | Red Star Belgrade | 31 | (15) |
2014–2017 | Vitesse | 28 | (9) |
2016 | → Hearts (loan) | 13 | (5) |
2017–2018 | Atromitos | 40 | (11) |
2018–2019 | Giresunspor | 25 | (11) |
2019–2020 | AEL | 12 | (2) |
2020 | Panetolikos | 12 | (6) |
2020–2022 | Apollon Smyrnis | 52 | (9) |
2022–2023 | Mohammedan | 19 | (9) |
2023–2024 | Ionikos | 29 | (12) |
2024– | Aris Petroupoli | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 February 2024 |
Dauda has vertical scars under each of his eyes which are family markings that were given to him shortly after birth.[1] He has eleven siblings in his family.
Dauda was discovered in Nigeria by an agent Victor Mcdonald at age eighteen. He was playing with Grassroot Highlanders.[2] Mcdonald helped him to get signed with Swedish fourth tier club Sölvesborgs GoIF.[3] His time there was very successful and he was named the best forward of the division in 2007 which made several Allsvenskan clubs want to sign him.[4]
In the end he decided to join Kalmar FF the following year. During his time there he very rarely got to play the full 90 minutes in games[5] but he still had a prolific 2012 season where he scored a total of 14 goals. After the season had ended he declared that he was leaving the club to look for a new challenge.[6] During his spell with Kalmar, he won the Swedish championship in 2008 and the Swedish Supercup in 2009, besides having been twice runner-up of the Swedish Cup, in 2008 and 2011.[7]
On 8 February 2013, which was the last day of the transfer market window in Jelen Super Liga Dauda signed a contract with Red Star Belgrade.[8] The first occasion on which Dauda scored for Red Star came on 3 April 2013, when he scored two goals and provided an assist for teammate Darko Lazović in a 3–0 win at home against Hajduk Kula.[9]
On 21 July 2014, Red Star Belgrade announced they had agreed a €500,000 fee for the transfer of Dauda to Eredivisie club Vitesse Arnhem.
On 1 February 2016, Scottish Premiership side Heart of Midlothian signed him on a loan deal for the remainder of the season.[10] He scored his first goals for the club when he scored a brace in the league against Ross County on 10 February 2016.[11]
On 9 January 2017, Dauda signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Greek Superleague club Atromitos on a free transfer from Vitesse.[12] His five goals in the 2016–17 Greek Cup made him top scorer for the season.[13]
Dauda scored as Atromitos beat AEK Athens 1–0 to go top of the table on 23 October 2017.[14] His goal on 28 January 2018 secured a 1–0 home win over AEL, and two goals in the last match of the season took his personal total to nine.[15] The 4–0 home win against Kerkyra gave Atromitos a fourth-place finish.[16]
Dauda spent the 2018–19 season with TFF First League (Turkish second-tier) club Giresunspor, for which he scored 12 goals from 28 league appearances.[17][7]
Dauda returned to the Greek Superleague with AEL on a three-year contract.[18]
On 16 January 2020, following his release from AEL, he joined Panetolikos on a six-month contract.[19] In his debut, two days later, he salvaged a point in a home game against Lamia, with a last-minute penalty.[20] On 22 January 2020, Abiola Dauda, who recently moved from Larissa to Panetolikos a few days ago, struck a brace, first in the 28th minute after dribbling past the goalkeeper and slotting the ball into the net, and in the 63rd minute when his left-footed strike gave the visitors a 0–2 lead in a thrilling 2–2 away draw against AEL.[21]
On 4 September 2020, he signed with Apollon Smyrnis on a free transfer.[22]
Kalmar FF
Red Star
Vitesse Arnhem
Mohammedan Sporting
Individual
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