Saheed Adebayo Akinfenwa (born 10 May 1982) is a professional footballer. He is a large and imposing forward with a sometimes physical style. Akinfenwa was born in London, but, due to his parentage, is eligible to play for either Nigeria or England although he has made no international appearances. is the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... First international  Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Biggest win  Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882) Biggest defeat  Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First in...

As a teenager, Akinfenwa joined the Lithuanian club FK Atlantas on the advice of his agent, whose Lithuanian wife's brother knew a member of the coaching staff there.^[1] He spent two years at the club before returning to the UK early in 2003, where he joined all-conquering Welsh Premier League champions Barry Town.^[2] After playing only a handful of games, however, the club collapsed due to financial problems: Akinfenwa and its other professionals were released from their contracts. Akinfenwa quickly found another club and joined Boston United in October 2003.^[3] Unable to settle, he moved to Leyton Orient the following month, but was released after one month^[4] and moved to Rushden and Diamonds in December. In February 2004, Akinfenwa had joined Doncaster Rovers, his fifth club of the season.^[5] FK Atlantas is a Lithuanian football team from the port city of KlaipÄ—da. ... League of Wales logo The League of Wales (also known as the Vauxhall Masterfit Retailers Welsh Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the national football league for Wales and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. ... Barry Town F.C. are a football team based in Barry. ... Boston United Football Club are a football club based in Boston , England. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Leyton Orient F.C. are an English football team promoted at the end of the 2005/6 season to League One of the Football League. ... Rushden and Diamonds were formed in 1992 by Max Griggs, the owner of the Dr Martens shoe company who bought two non-league clubs (Rushden Town and Irthlingborough Diamonds) and merged them to form a team which would compete in the Southern (Beazer Homes) League Division One and play its... Doncaster Rovers Football Club (or Donny as they are more commonly known) are an English professional football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in the town of Doncaster, South Yorkshire. ...

That summer, Akinfenwa changed clubs again, signing for Torquay United in July 2004.^[6] He scored 14 League goals during the 2004/05 season but was unable to help the club avoid relegation to League Two. He refused to sign a new contract with Torquay at the end of the season.^[7] In July 2005, Akinfenwa moved to Swansea City, with Swansea ordered to pay £85,000 in compensation to Torquay.^[8] He scored the winning goal in the 2006 Football League Trophy final, in which Swansea beat Carlisle United 2-1. Akinfenwa also helped Swansea reach the League One promotion play-off final in his first season. After a 2-2 draw, the match went to a penalty shoot-out but Akinfenwa was one of two Swansea players to miss with their penalties, granting promotion to Barnsley. He was a regular the following season, until a broken right leg in the 2-0 defeat at home to Scunthorpe United ended his season.^[9] This followed a fractured left shin the previous October.^[10] Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the seaside resort town of Torquay, Devon. ... The Football League is an organisation representing 72 professional football clubs in England and Wales, and runs the oldest professional football league competition in the world. ... Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Coca-Cola Football League 2 for sponsorship reasons) is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Football League Trophy is the generic name of an English football competition for clubs in the two lower divisions of The Football League and, in some seasons, the leading sides in the Conference National. ... Carlisle United F.C. are an English football team based in Carlisle, Cumbria, play in the Football League One this season, after gaining promotion from the Football League Two at the end of the 2005-06 season. ... Football League One (often referred to as League One for short or Coca-Cola Football League 1 for sponsorship reasons) is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system. ... Barnsley Football Club are an English football league team, based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire and nicknamed the Tykes (a Tyke is a traditional Yorkshire character rugged, hardworking and with great pride in their roots). ... Scunthorpe United F.C. are an English football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England. ...

At the end of the 2006/2007 season, he rejected a new contract with Swansea^[11] and agreed to sign for Swindon Town on 29th June 2007.^[12] However he failed a medical and wont be ready for first team football until November.

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External links

• Adebayo Akinfenwa's career stats at Soccerbase