Place of birth Hackney, England Name Hakeeb Adelakun Date joined 2012 Years Team Weight 75 kg | Number 16 Height 1.90 m Playing position Role Footballer | |
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Full name Hakeeb Adeola Abiola Ayinde Adelakun Date of birth (1996-06-11) 11 June 1996 (age 19) Current team Scunthorpe United F.C. (#16 / Midfielder, Forward) Similar People Michael Boateng, Gary McSheffrey, Niall Canavan, Luke Daniels, Scott Wiseman | ||
Hakeeb adelakun signs his first professional deal
Hakeeb Adeola Jerome Abiola Ayinde Adelakun (born 11 June 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays for Scunthorpe United, as a forward.
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Club career
Adelakun began his career with Crystal Palace F.C. and then went to West Ham United before joining Scunthorpe United and made his professional debut as a 72nd-minute substitute for Adda Djeziri on 29 December 2012 in a 1–0 defeat against Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park. He became the club's youngest player at the age of 16 years and 201 days. Adelakun's only other appearance of the season was on 27 April 2013 in a 3–1 win over Swindon Town, coming on for Anthony Forde in the match which relegated Scunthorpe to League Two.
He made 28 appearances and scored 2 goals in the 2013–14 season as Scunthorpe won promotion back to League One. On 30 November, he scored his first goal for Scunthorpe in a 3–1 home win over Torquay United, coming on for Reuben Noble-Lazarus in the 55th minute and scoring the last goal five minutes later. He scored his second goal on 14 February 2014 in an away win over Accrington Stanley after replacing Christian Ribeiro at half time.
