Akeem Latifu

Akeem Latifu
Personal information
Full name Akeem Latifu[1]
Date of birth (1989-11-16) 16 November 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Kano, Nigeria
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender, Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Bussdor 35 (10)
2009 Ocean Boys 12 (1)
2010 Akwa United 15 (5)
2010–2011 Strømsgodset 2 (0)
2011–2014 Hødd 76 (5)
2013 → Aalesund (loan) 11 (0)
2014–2015 Aalesund 58 (2)
2016 Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 6 (0)
2016 Alanyaspor 0 (0)
2017 Zira 11 (1)
2017–2018 Budapest Honvéd 14 (0)
2018 Sogndal 29 (2)
2019–2020 Mjøndalen 18 (0)
2020–2021 Jerv 25 (1)
International career‡
2007 Nigeria U-20 4 (0)
2015 Nigeria 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:15, 18 March 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 August 2017

Akeem Latifu (born 16 November 1989 in Kano) is a retired Nigerian footballer.

Career

Club

Latifu began his career for Bussdor United F.C. and signed a contract for Ocean Boys in January 2009 . After a half-year who earned 17 caps left Ocean Boys F.C.[2] and signed for Nigeria Premier League rival Akwa United F.C. in January 2010.[3] On 9 August 2013 he signed a loan-contract with Aalesund.

On 21 January 2017, Latifu signed a 1.5-year contract with Azerbaijan Premier League side Zira FK.[4]

On 26 July 2017, Latifu signed for Budapest Honvéd.[5] His contract expired in November 2017 and he became a free agent.

On 19 February 2018, Latifu signed a 2-year contract with OBOS-ligaen club Sogndal.[6] He left the club on 18 December 2018 by mutual termination.[7]

In March 2022 it was reported that he had joined English side Hyde United.[8] However, no further confirmations was made.

International

Latifu was part of the Nigeria national under-20 football team at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada and played four games in the tournament.

Latifu was called up to Nigeria national football team on 16 March 2015.

Post-playing career

Settling in Manchester, Latifu became a player agent.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 July 2019[10][11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Strømsgodset 2010 Tippeligaen 2 0 0 0 – – – 2 0
Hødd 2011 First Division 30 1 3 1 – – – 33 2
2012 29 1 7 0 – – – 36 1
2013 17 3 3 0 – 1 0 – 21 3
Total 76 5 13 1 - - 1 0 - - 90 6
Aalesunds (loan) 2013 Tippeligaen 11 0 0 0 – – – 11 0
Aalesunds 2014 Tippeligaen 29 1 4 1 – – – 33 2
2015 29 1 3 0 – – – 32 1
Total 58 2 7 1 - - - - - - 65 1
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League 6 0 1 0 – – – 7 0
Alanyaspor 2016–17 Süper Lig 0 0 0 0 – – – 0 0
Zira 2016–17 Azerbaijan Premier League 11 0 0 0 – – – 11 0
Budapest Honvéd 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 14 0 2 0 – 0 0 – 16 0
Sogndal 2017–18 OBOS-ligaen 26 2 2 0 – 0 0 – 28 2
Career total 204 9 25 2 - - 1 0 - - 230 11

International

Nigeria national team
Year Apps Goals
2015 2 0
Total 2 0

Statistics accurate as of match played 29 March 2015[12]

Honours

Club

Hødd

References

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 5 July 2007. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013.
  2. ^ Silly Season: Spillere på prøvespill | NorskeFans.com | Norsk fotball[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Akwa United FC, Uyo – The Squad". Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Zirə Akim Latifu ilə müqavilə imzaladı". fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  5. ^ "AKEEM LATIFU PIROS-FEKETÉBEN". honvedfc.hu (in Hungarian). Budapest Honvéd. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Nigerian defender moves to Sogndal in Norway". Pulse. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  7. ^ Akeem vil vidare, sogndalfotball.no, 18 December 2018
  8. ^ Hayes, James (19 March 2022). "Weekly Transfer Update – March 19th". Northern Premier League. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Agent Latifu på Fosshaugane" (in Norwegian). Sogndal Fotball. 24 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  10. ^ "A.Latifu". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Akeem Latifu". nifs.no (in Norwegian). nifs. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  12. ^ "Akeem Latifu". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 9 February 2017.


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