Ismahil Akinade

Ismahil Akinade (born 11 February 1994) is a Nigerian-born[2] professional footballer who plays as a forward for Hong Linh Ha Tinh.

Ismahil Akinade
Personal information
Full name Ismahil Akinade
Date of birth (1994-02-11) 11 February 1994
Place of birth Ibadan, Nigeria
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Hong Linh Ha Tinh
Number 24
Youth career
2012 St Patrick's Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Bray Wanderers 64 (8)
2015–2017 Bohemians 52 (19)
2018–2019 Waterford 49 (8)
2019 Ho Chi Minh City 10 (4)
2020 SHB Da Nang 14 (7)
2021– Hong Linh Ha Tinh 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:27, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Career

Bray Wanderers

Akinade started his career at St Patrick's Athletic Under 19's (making the bench for the first team once as an unused substitute) before moving on to Bray Wanderers where he was a huge hit with fans and won the club's Young Player of the Year award for the 2013 season. Akinade parted ways with Bray at the end of the 2014 season after he played a huge part in guaranteeing the Seagulls' safety in the Premier Division.

Bohemians

Midway through the 2015 League of Ireland season, Akinade signed for Bohemians, making his debut in a 2–1 win away to Dundalk on 6 June, setting up the first goal.[3] Akinade was nominated for Young Player Of The Year[2] after scoring 10 goals in 18 matches in his first season with the club. In October 2015, he agreed to a new contract.[4][2] Akinade went on to score 5 goals in 18 appearances for the 2016 season and in the 2017 season injury ruled him out for the first half of the season, when he returned he scored memorable goals against fierce rivals Shamrock Rovers in a 2–1 win in Tallaght[5] and the winner against Dundalk in Oriel Park.[6]

Waterford

Akinade left Bohs to sign for Waterford for the 2018 League of Ireland Premier Division season.[7] Akinade made his debut in a 2–1 win against Derry City on 17 February 2018.[8][9] He departed from the club by mutual agreement on 24 June 2019.[10]

Hồ Chí Minh City

On 28 June 2019, V.League 1 side Hồ Chí Minh City announced the signing of Akinade.[11] He made a scoring debut for the club that same day in a game against Viettel FC in the Vietnamese National Football Cup.[12] He left at the end of the season following 5 goals in 11 games, with the club looking to replace him with former Liverpool striker David N'Gog.[13]

CLB SHB Đà Nẵng

In November 2019, Akinade signed a one-year contract with CLB SHB Đà Nẵng, also of the V.League 1.[14]

Career statistics
As of 24 February 2020[1]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
St Patrick's Athletic 2012 League of Ireland Premier Division 0000000[lower-alpha 1]00[lower-alpha 2]000
Bray Wanderers 2012 League of Ireland Premier Division 500000—0[lower-alpha 2]050
2013 3162011—4[lower-alpha 3]33810
2014 2820020—0[lower-alpha 2]0302
Total 6382031—437312
Bohemians 2015 League of Ireland Premier Division 19101000—1[lower-alpha 2]02110
2016 1851010—2[lower-alpha 2]2227
2017 1541000—0[lower-alpha 2]0164
Total 52193010—325921
Waterford 2018 League of Ireland Premier Division 3253021—0[lower-alpha 4]0376
2019 1730020—0[lower-alpha 4]0193
Total 4983041—00569
Hồ Chí Minh City 2019 V.League 1 10411———115
Career total 174399182007519947
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in Leinster Senior Cup
  3. 2 appearances in League of Ireland Promotion/Relegation Playoff, 2 appearances & 3 goals in Leinster Senior Cup
  4. Appearances in Munster Senior Cup

Sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl

It was reported in October 2014 that Akinade and two other people had received suspended sentences for the 2010 sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl in Kildare.[15][16]

Personal life

He is the cousin of Fuad Sule, who is also a professional footballer.[17]

In 2017, Akinade was absent for half the season due to an illness, in February 2017 he had his spleen removed and returned in June 2018.[18]

In April 2017, Akinade was issued a deportation order. His application to have the deportation stopped was rejected in the High Court in May 2019.[19] He returned to Nigeria voluntarily in June.[20][11]

Honours

Club

Bohemians

References
  1. "Republic of Ireland – I.Akinade". ie.soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  2. "Nigerian striker Ismahil Akinade extends stay at Irish club Bohemians". Goal. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  3. "League Report: Dundalk 1 - 2 Bohemians - ExtraTime.ie". Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  4. Fitzmaurice, Aidan (30 October 2015). "Akinade deal boosts Euro hopefuls Bohs". The Herald (Ireland). Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  5. "SSE Airtricity League". sseairtricityleague.ie. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  6. "League Report: Dundalk 0 - 1 Bohemians - ExtraTime.ie". Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  7. "Blues Swoop for Premier Division Duo - Waterford FC". 17 November 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  8. http://www.waterfordfc.ie/report-waterford-fc-2-derry-city-1-sse-airtricity-league/
  9. "REPORT: Waterford FC 2 Derry City 1 – SSE Airtricity League". Waterford FC. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  10. Dempsey, Andrew (24 June 2019). "Ismahil Akinade departs Waterford by mutual agreement". Extratime.ie. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  11. Brady, Tom (28 June 2019). "Soccer star deported from Ireland joins Vietnamese outfit on lucrative deal". Irish Independent. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  12. Ho Chi Minh City F.C (28 June 2019), HCMC F.C | CLB TP. Hồ Chí Minh bổ sung tiền đạo Ismaheel Akinade, retrieved 28 June 2019
  13. https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2019/1213/1098937-ho-chi-minh-could-replace-izzy-akinade-with-david-ngog/
  14. "Akinade gia nhập SHB Đà Nẵng, Moses Oloya hội ngộ Samson tại Thanh Hóa" [Akinade joined SHB Da Nang, Moses Oloya met Samson in Thanh Hoa]. hpfc.vn (in Vietnamese). 7 November 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  15. "Three men sentenced for sexual abuse of teenage girl". Irish Times. 31 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  16. "Three Kildare men sentenced for sex abuse of teenage girl". Irish Examiner. 31 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2015.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  17. https://www.the42.ie/fuad-sule-bohemians-interview-3408290-May2017/
  18. "Bohemians boss Keith Long admits his side are missing Ismahil Akinade".
  19. "Z.A. -v- The Minister for Justice and Equality". courts.ie. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  20. Ward, Johnny (25 June 2019). "Blow for Waterford as Akinade makes swift exit". RTÉ News. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
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