James Akintunde

Oluwaseun Ewerogba "James" Akintunde (born 29 March 1996) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for League of Ireland Premier Division team Derry City.

James Akintunde

Personal information
Full name	Oluwaseun Ewerogba Akintunde[1]
Date of birth	29 March 1996
Place of birth	Greenwich, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Derry City
Number	11
Youth career
	Southend United[3]
	Cambridge United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2016	Cambridge United	1	(0)
2014	→ AFC Sudbury (loan)	24	(2)
2014–2015	→ Histon (loan)	11	(3)
2015–2016	→ Brackley Town (loan)	6	(1)
2016	→ Needham Market (loan)	9	(0)
2016–2018	Chester	56	(11)
2018–2020	Maidenhead United	57	(2)
2020–	Derry City	10	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:12, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Career

Akintunde was a Cambridge United youth graduate, and made his first team debut on 30 November 2013, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 FA Trophy away win against Salisbury City. On 29 August 2014 he was loaned to Histon until January.[4]

In January 2015, after scoring six goals for Histon in all competitions, Akintunde returned to the U's. He made his professional debut on 14 February 2015, again from the bench in a 0–2 away loss against Plymouth Argyle.[5] He played no games for Cambridge the following season, but did play out on loan at Brackley Town and Needham Market. Akintunde was released by Cambridge United at the end of the 2015–16 season.[6]

Akintunde joined Chester for the 2016–17 season. He spent two full seasons at the Deva, scoring eleven times in sixty games, before joining Maidenhead United for 2018–19. [7] Akintunde scored twice in 62 games before leaving the Magpies at the end of the 2019–20 season.[8] Akintunde signed for League of Ireland Premier Division team Derry City on the 24th of July 2020.[9] He scored on his debut against St Patrick's Athletic on 3 August.[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 25 November 2020

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup[lower-alpha 1]		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cambridge United	2013–14[11]	Conference Premier	0	0	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	1	0
	2014–15[11]	League Two	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2015–16[11]	League Two	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Cambridge total		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
A.F.C. Sudbury (loan)	2013–14[3]	Isthmian League Division One North	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	2
Histon (loan)	2014–15[12]	Southern League Premier Division	11	3	2	0	0	0	3[lower-alpha 3]	3	16	6
Brackley Town (loan)	2015–16[13]	National League North	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
Needham Market (loan)	2015–16[14]	Isthmian League Premier Division	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Chester	2016–17[11]	National League	16	3	1	0	0	0	—		17	3
	2017–18[11]	National League	40	8	1	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	43	8
	Chester total		56	11	2	0	0	0	2	0	60	11
Maidenhead United	2018–19[11]	National League	30	1	2	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	33	1
	2019–20[11]	National League	27	1	0	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	29	1
	Maidenhead total		57	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	62	2
Derry City	2020[11]	League of Ireland Premier Division	10	4	2	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 4]	0	13	4
Career total			170	23	10	0	0	0	10	3	190	26

1. Includes FA Cup, FAI Cup
2. Appearance in the FA Trophy
3. Two appearances and two goals in the FA Trophy, one appearance in Southern League Cup
4. Appearance in UEFA Europa League

References

1. "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 68. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
2. James Akintunde at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
4. Sam-Yorke and Bonner depart; Cambridge United FC, 29 August 2014
5. Plymouth 2–0 Cambridge; BBC Sport, 14 February 2015
6. "Cambridge United announce retain/release list". Cambridge United FC. 9 May 2016.
7. Dev broadens attacking options with Akintunde signing
8. SQUAD UPDATE (04/07/2020)
9. Barr, Ethan (24 July 2020). "Welcome James Akintunde". Derry City Football Club. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
10. League of Ireland: Derry City beat St Patrick's Athletic 2-0 to move up table
11. "England - J. Akintunde - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
12. Histon Webmaster. "First Team Player Statistics 2014/15". Histon FC. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
13. "James Akintunde Profile | Aylesbury United FC". www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
14. "Needham Market | Appearances | James Akintunde | 2015-2016 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

External links

• Cambridge United official profile
• James Akintunde at Soccerbase
• James Akintunde at Soccerway
• James Akintunde at Aylesbury United