Full name Oladapo Olufemi Oluyi Name Oladapo Olufemi Place of birth Nigeria Role Footballer | Height 1.90 m Years Team Career start 2006 | |
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Date of birth (1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 27) Playing position Current teams Nigeria national football team (Midfielder), Bayelsa United F.C. (Midfielder) |
Oladapo Olufemi Oluyi (born 5 November 1988) is a Nigerian footballer. He is currently plays for Nigeria Premier League team Enyimba FC. He plays as a central or defensive midfielder.
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Career
Olufemi played in Europe for R.S.C. Anderlecht. In July 2007 he moved from the Brussels-based club to Portuguese club Boavista F.C.; He later left and was a free agent. During summer 2009 he went on trial; at IK Start, a Norwegian top-division club, where Solomon Owello is plying his trade. He impressed and was signed on a three and a half year contract. He signed with Shooting Stars in May 2013, and in December 2013, moved to league rivals Bayelsa United.
International career
Olufemi represented Nigeria at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada and won a silver medal in the football event at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, however he did not appear in the tournament.
He earned his first cap for Nigeria in a friendly match against Sudan on 9 January 2008.