Hope Akpan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Hope Akpan
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Aug 14, 1991(1991-08-14)
Age	33
Birthplace	Liverpool
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Leo

Hope Akpan Biography

Hope Akpan is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on August 14, 1991 in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. Hope Ini Ita Akpan, a professional footballer, was born 14 August 1991 and plays as a middlefielder for Bradford City.

After homophobic comments posted to his Twitter account, Akpan was accused of misconduct by the Football Association in Nov 2011. After insisting that the comments were posted by someone else, Akpan admitted to the misconduct charge and was fined PS1,200.

After leaving Everton, Akpan signed for newly promoted League Two club Crawley Town on a free transfer on 14 June 2011.

On 17 March 2011, Akpan moved on loan to Championship side Hull City for the remainder of the 2010–11 season. Akpan made his Hull City debut, where he came on as a substitute for Corry Evans in the early first half substitute, and set up a goal for David Amoo, in a 1–1 draw against Queens Park Rangers on 25 April 2011. He also made another appearance on the last game of the season, in a 3–0 loss against Bristol City. Akpan went on to make no more appearances for Hull City and upon returning to his parent club, he was released by the club.

He started his career at Everton’s youth ranks, and made his debut with the team in 2009. Later, he played for Hull City (on-loan), Crawley Town and Reading. In March 2019, he was appointed captain of Bradford City.

Hope Akpan Net Worth

Hope Akpan is one of the richest Association Football Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Hope Akpan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Born in Liverpool, Merseyside at the age of eight, Akpan started his Everton career and was promoted to the reserve team under coach Andy Holden. In 2008, Akpan was promoted under coach Andy Holden to reserve and signed his first professional contract at the end of 2008.

Akpan, who was an unused substitute for the 2009-10 season in the first team, made his competitive debut against BATE in Everton’s UEFA Europa League match on 17 December 2009.

Akpan scored on his Crawley Town debut but was sent-off in the last minutes for a second bookable offence, in a 3–2 win over AFC Wimbledon in the qualification round of the League Cup. After serving a one match suspension, Akpan returned to the first team and set up a goal for Wes Thomas, in a 2–0 win over Macclesfield Town on 13 August 2011. After being sidelined from the first team for a month, he then scored again on 29 October 2011, in a 1–1 draw against Accrington Stanley. Despite being left out of the squad for the second time this season, Akpan, nevertheless, remained in the first team, forming a midfield partnership with Dannie Bulman However, although the club were promoted to League One, Akpan ended the season when he was sent-off in the sixth minutes for lunging Jason Prior, who had to be substituted, in a 1–1 draw against AFC Wimbledon on 14 April 2012. For this, he was suspended and never played for the remainder of the season. At the end of the 2011–12 season, Akpan went on to make thirty-three appearances and scoring two times in all competitions.

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Akpan signed for Premier League side Reading on a three-and-a-half-year contract on 8 January 2013. He stated his desire to help his new club avoid relegation.

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Hope Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Hope Akpan celebrates birthday on August 14 of every year.

In the 2013–14 season, Akpan found himself out of the first team at the start of the season, as he cited as “lacking fitness.” As a result, Akpan wanted to leave the club on loan to get first team football. However, Manager Nigel Adkins warned Akpan that he would need to work hard to earn himself more playing time. It wasn’t until around January when Akpan regained his first team place following an injury of Danny Guthrie. He scored his first goal for the club, in a 7–1 win over Bolton Wanderers on 18 January 2014. Despite suffering from injury, Akpan remained in the first team throughout the season and went on to make thirty-one appearances and scoring once in all competitions.