Yemi Odubade
- January 4, 2024
- Soccer Player
Quick Facts
Full Name | Yemi Odubade |
Occupation | Soccer Player |
Date Of Birth | Jul 4, 1984(1984-07-04) |
Age | 40 |
Birthplace | Lagos |
Country | Nigeria |
Birth City | Lagos State |
Horoscope | Cancer |
Yemi Odubade Biography
Name | Yemi Odubade |
Birthday | Jul 4 |
Birth Year | 1984 |
Place Of Birth | Lagos |
Home Town | Lagos State |
Birth Country | Nigeria |
Birth Sign | Cancer |
Yemi Odubade is one of the most popular and richest Soccer Player who was born on July 4, 1984 in Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria. Nigerian striker, best known for his time at Oxford United and Stevenage. In 2010, Stevenage won the Conference Premier title.
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Odubade began his football career in England, playing in the Sussex County League for Eastbourne Town in 2002, where he scored over 70 times in two seasons at the East Sussex club in all competitions. This attracted the interest of Yeovil Town, and he later signed for the club in July 2004. At Yeovil, Odubade found first-team opportunities sparse and left the club in February 2005 in order to sign for Eastbourne Borough. The following season, Odubade impressed Oxford United manager Brian Talbot in two FA Cup ties, and he joined the League Two club two months later for a fee of £25,000. He spent three and a half years at Oxford, playing 149 games for the club.
Odubade began his football career in England, playing in the Sussex County League for Eastbourne Town in 2002. He scored over 70 times in two seasons at the East Sussex club in all competitions, before attracting the attention of Yeovil Town manager Gary Johnson ahead of the 2004–05 season. He subsequently joined the club on a one-year contract on 29 July 2004 after a successful trial. He made his debut as a substitute for Yeovil in a 4–3 defeat against Torquay United in the Football League Trophy on 28 September 2004. Odubade made his second Yeovil appearance in a 3–1 victory away at Histon in an FA Cup tie on 4 December 2004, scoring his only goal for the club in injury-time. He made a further four appearances for the club, before leaving Yeovil on 9 February 2005 due to personal reasons, and subsequently joined Conference South club Eastbourne Borough two days later. Odubade made his Eastbourne Borough debut in the club’s 2–0 victory against Basingstoke Town three days after signing for the club, playing 45 minutes of the match. In the following game, he scored twice as Eastbourne came from back from a two-goal deficit to draw 2–2 at Cambridge City, scoring both goals within the space of five minutes. Odubade made it five goals in his first three games for Eastbourne, as he scored a hat-trick in the club’s 4–0 home victory against Thurrock on 19 February 2005. Throughout March 2005, Odubade scored in four consecutive games, in matches against Cambridge City, Havant & Waterlooville, Sutton United, and Hayes to take his tally to ten goals for the club. He scored his last goal of the season in Eastbourne’s 3–0 away win against Cambridge City in the play-off semi-finals on 7 May 2005, and was in the team that lost 2–1 to Altrincham in the final. Odubade made 17 appearances for Eastbourne during the second half of the 2004–05 campaign, scoring 13 times.
He was born in East Sussex.
Yemi Odubade Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Soccer Player |
House | Living in own house. |
Yemi Odubade is one of the richest Soccer Player from Nigeria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yemi Odubade 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
In 2001, he made his senior debut at Eastbourne Town.
He was the Oxford United Player of The Season in 2006-07.
Yemi Odubade (born 4 July 1984) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a striker for National League South club Weymouth.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Height | 5 ft 7 in |
Weight | 73 kg |
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Odubade scored his first goal of the 2008–09 season against Kettering Town on 6 September 2008, coming on as a 64th-minute substitute and scoring eight minutes later from close range. He scored in a 3–0 win against Barrow on 14 February 2009, in what turned out to be his final goal for Oxford. Odubade featured mainly off the substitute’s bench during the latter stages of the season, although did start in the final game of the season as Oxford lost 2–1 against Northwich Victoria on 26 April 2009. He scored seven times in 46 appearances, although in 25 games he featured as a substitute. In April 2009, new manager Chris Wilder opted not to renew Odubade’s contract at the Kassam Stadium due to “the financial terms in his contract”, as well as him playing a peripheral role during the 2008–09 season, and the player was told he was allowed to leave the club on a free transfer. During his three and a half-year tenure at Oxford, Odubade made 149 appearances, scoring 33 goals.
Facts & Trivia
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He joined Stevenage on a free transfer in May 2009, and helped Stevenage earn promotion to the Football League for the first time in the club’s history, finishing as the club’s top goalscorer during the successful season. In January 2011, Odubade signed for Newport County on loan, before joining Conference Premier club Gateshead on a free transfer in June 2011. After spending two years at Gateshead, during which he spent a brief spell on loan at Forest Green Rovers, Odubade then joined Eastleigh in May 2013. He spent three years at Eastleigh, helping the club win the Conference South in his first season. In September 2016, Odubade signed for Maidstone United of the National League and spent one year there before making a return to Eastbourne Borough in July 2017. He joined Weymouth on loan in December 2018, with the deal being made permanent a month later, as the club secured the Southern League Premier South title in his first season there.