Akande Ajide

Akande Ajide
Personal information
Full name	Olasunkanmi Akande Ajide
Date of birth	(1985-12-24) 24 December 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Lagos, Nigeria
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Reggiana
2002	→ Milan (loan)
2002–2004	A.S. Roma
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2005	A.S. Roma
2004–2005	→ Venezia (loan)
2005	→ Fidelis Andria (loan)
2005–2007	Bellinzona
2007–2009	Locarno
2011–2012	FC Mendrisio
2013–2016	US Versio
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nigerian footballer (born 1985)

Olasunkanmi Akande Ajide (born 24 December 1985) is a Nigerian football midfielder. He spent the majority of his career playing in Italy and Switzerland, where he ended his career with US Versio.

Career

Italy

He started his European career at Reggiana, along with Isah Eliakwu, Obafemi Martins and Adewale Wahab. He was loaned to A.C. Milan Allievi Nazionali team for the 2001–02 season and won 2002 Torneo Città di Arco.^[1] He then joined A.S. Roma along with Wahab in summer 2002, signed a 3-year contract. He spent his first two seasons with youth team and Primavera Team, then spent on loan to Italian lower division, for Venezia and Fidelis Andria. He contract was then extended to 2007.

Switzerland

In summer 2005, he left for Swiss side AC Bellinzona on free transfer,^[2] located in Italian speaking region Ticino. He scored 6 goals in 1st season. In October 2007, he joined FC Locarno, also at Swiss Challenge League and Ticino.

References

^ "Milan squad". Torneo Città di Arco official site (in Italian). Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
^ "Chiusura della campagna trasferimenti:operazioni di mercato perfezionate in data odierna" (in Italian). AS Roma. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 22 January 2010.

External links

football.ch profile (in German)
FC Locarno profile (in Italian)

[1] "Milan squad". Torneo Città di Arco official site (in Italian). Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2010.

[2] "Chiusura della campagna trasferimenti:operazioni di mercato perfezionate in data odierna" (in Italian). AS Roma. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 22 January 2010.