Akeem Omolade

For Sulaimon Akeem Omolade, see Suleiman Omo.

Akeem Oluwashegun Omolade (4 March 1983 – 13 June 2022) was a Nigerian professional footballer.

Akeem Omolade

Omolade in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Akeem Oluwashegun Omolade
Date of birth	(1983-03-04)4 March 1983
Place of birth	Kaduna,[1] Nigeria
Date of death	13 June 2022(2022-06-13) (aged 39)
Place of death	Palermo, Italy
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Treviso
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2001	Treviso	3	(1)
2001–2003	Torino	5	(0)
2003–2004	Novara	18	(4)
2004–2005	Biellese	10	(2)
2005–2006	Reggiana	11	(0)
2006–2008	Gela	34	(2)
2008–2009	Barletta	10	(2)
2009–2010	Vibonese	26	(6)
2011–2012	Mazara	?	(6)
2012–2013	Ribera 1954	20	(6)
2013–2014	Mazara	3	(0)
2014–2015	Borgata Terrenove
2016–2017	Altofonte
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Omolade arrived in Italy at the age of 17, joining Treviso, with whom he made his professional debut in the Serie B league. He subsequently joined Torino, with whom he made his Serie A debut.

Following his departure from Torino, he went on to play a career in the lower leagues of Italian football.

In 2011, he moved to Sicily to join Mazara. In 2012, he played for Ribera 1954 in Serie D,^[2] before returning to Mazara in 2013.

In 2014, he went down even further, joining Marsala-based Promozione club Borgata Terrenove.^[3]

Omolade died on 13 June 2022, at the age of 39.^[4][5]