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Olubayo ADEFEMI

Olubayo Adefemi - Nigeria - Olympic Games 2008

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 07 August 2008

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    • POSITION
      Defender
    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Tuesday, 13 August 1985
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Lagos, Nigeria. Died 18th. April 2011. Aged 25.
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Nigeria
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Olubayo ADEFEMI - Nigeria - Olympic Games 2008

Olubayo Adefemi is pictured above during the match against the USA at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

He played 5 games for the under 23 team and later 5 for the senior team.

 


On 18 April 2011 Olubayo died in a car accident while driving on Egnatia Odos, near the city of Kavala,

Greece. He was on his way to Nigeria in order to finalise details of his wedding.


 

 

Group B

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NIGERIA 0:0 NETHERLANDS (07.08.08, Tianjin)
1-Ambruse Vanzekin, 2-Chibuzor Okonkwo, 4-Onyekachi Apam, 5-Dele Adeleye, 13-Olubayo Adefemi, 8-Sani Kaita, 10-Promise Isaac (c) (17-Emmanuel Ekpo 88), 12-Ebenezer Ajilore, 11-Solomon Okoronkwo (7-Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi 70), 9-Victor Obinna, 14-Peter Odemwingie (16-Victor Anichebe 80)

NIGERIA 2:1 JAPAN (0:0) Obinna (58), Anichebe (74). (10.08.08, Tianjin)
1-Ambrose Vanzekin, 2-Chibuzor Okonkwo, 4-Onyekachi Apam, 5-Dele Adeleye, 13-Olubayo Adefemi, 8-Sani Kaita, 10-Promise Isaac (c) (7-Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi 73), 12-Ebenezer Ajilore, 11-Solomon Okoronkwo, 9-Victor Obinna (17-Emmanuel Ekpo 77), 14-Peter Odemwingie (16-Victor Anichebe 62)

Quarter-Final
 
NIGERIA 2:0 IVORY COAST (1:0) Odemwingie (44), Obinna pen (82). (16.08.08, Qinhuangdao)
1-Ambruse Vanzekin, 4-Onyekachi Apam, 5-Dele Adeleye, 13-Olubayo Adefemi, 15-Efe Ambrose, 7-Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi (10-Promise Isaac 90), 8-Sani Kaita, 12-Ebenezer Ajilore (17-Emmanuel Ekpo 86), 11-Solomon Okoronkwo (6-Monday James 78), 9-Victor Obinna (c), 14-Peter Odemwingie
 
Semi-Final

NIGERIA 4:1 BELGIUM (1:0) Adefemi (17), Ogbuke Obasi (59, 72), Okonkwo (78). (19.08.08, Shanghai)
1-Ambruse Vanzekin, 2-Chibuzor Okonkwo, 4-Onyekachi Apam, 5-Dele Adeleye, 13-Olubayo Adefemi, 7-Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi (10-Promise Isaac 73), 8-Sani Kaita, 12-Ebenezer Ajilore (17-Emmanuel Ekpo 46), 11-Solomon Okoronkwo (16-Victor Anichebe 57), 9-Victor Obinna (c), 14-Peter Odemwingie
 
Final

NIGERIA 0:1 ARGENTINA (0:0) (23.08.08, Beijing)
1-Ambruse Vanzekin, 2-Chibuzor Okonkwo, 4-Onyekachi Apam, 5-Dele Adeleye, 13-Olubayo Adefemi, 12-Ebenezer Ajilore, 10-Promise Isaac (c) (17-Emmanuel Ekpo 70), 6-Monday James, 11-Solomon Okoronkwo (16-Victor Anichebe 64), 9-Victor Obinna, 14-Peter Odemwingie
 


CLUB CAREER:

 

2001–2002  Bendel Insurance

2002–2004  Delta Force

2004–2005  Hapoel Jerusalem 23 (0)

2005–2006  Hapoel Tel Aviv 10 (0)

2006–2007  Hakoah Ramat Gan 0 (0)

2007–2008  Hapoel Bnei Lod 30 (2)

2008            Rapid Bucureşti 9 (0)

2009            SC Rheindorf Altach 0 (0)

2009–2010  Boulogne 13 (1)

2010–2011  Skoda Xanthi 24 (2)