James Akintunde

Oluwaseun Ewerogba "James" Akintunde (born 29 March 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Veikkausliiga club Haka.

James Akintunde

Personal information
Full name	Oluwaseun Ewerogba Akintunde[1]
Date of birth	(1996-03-29) 29 March 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth	Greenwich, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Haka
Youth career
	Southend United[3]
	Cambridge United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2016	Cambridge United	1	(0)
2014	→ AFC Sudbury (loan)	23	(2)
2014–2015	→ Histon (loan)	11	(3)
2015–2016	→ Brackley Town (loan)	6	(1)
2016	→ Needham Market (loan)	9	(0)
2016–2018	Chester	56	(11)
2018–2020	Maidenhead United	57	(2)
2020–2022	Derry City	77	(14)
2023–2024	Bohemians	46	(6)
2025–	Haka	11	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:50, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

Career

Akintunde was a Cambridge United youth graduate, and made his first team debut on 30 November 2013, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 FA Trophy away win against Salisbury City. On 29 August 2014 he was loaned to Histon until January.^[4]

In January 2015, after scoring six goals for Histon in all competitions, Akintunde returned to the U's. He made his professional debut on 14 February 2015, again from the bench in a 0–2 away loss against Plymouth Argyle.^[5] He played no games for Cambridge the following season, but did play out on loan at Brackley Town and Needham Market. Akintunde was released by Cambridge United at the end of the 2015–16 season.^[6]

Akintunde joined Chester for the 2016–17 season. He spent two full seasons at the Deva, scoring eleven times in sixty games, before joining Maidenhead United for 2018–19. ^[7] Akintunde scored twice in 62 games before leaving the Magpies at the end of the 2019–20 season.^[8] Akintunde signed for League of Ireland Premier Division team Derry City on 24 July 2020.^[9] He scored on his debut against St Patrick's Athletic on 3 August 2020.^[10] Akintunde signed a multi year contract with Bohemians ahead of their 2023 season.^[11] On 2 November 2024, it was announced that Akintunde had left Bohemians following the end of his contract.^[12]

On 17 January 2025, Akintunde signed with Finnish Veikkausliiga club Haka.^[13]

Career statistics

As of 7 July 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup[a]		League cup[b]		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cambridge United	2013–14[14]	Conference Premier	0	0	0	0	—		1[c]	0	1	0
	2014–15[14]	League Two	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2015–16[14]	League Two	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
AFC Sudbury (loan)	2013–14[3]	IL Division One North	23	2	0	0	—		0	0	23	2
Histon (loan)	2014–15[15]	SFL Premier Division	11	3	2	0	—		3[d]	3	16	6
Brackley Town (loan)	2015–16[16]	National League North	6	1	2	0	—		0	0	8	1
Needham Market (loan)	2015–16[17]	IL Premier Division	7	0	0	0	—		0	0	7	0
Chester	2016–17[14]	National League	16	3	1	0	—		0	0	17	3
	2017–18[14]	National League	40	8	1	0	—		2[c]	0	43	8
	Total		56	11	2	0	—		2	0	60	11
Maidenhead United	2018–19[14]	National League	30	1	2	0	—		1[c]	0	33	1
	2019–20[14]	National League	27	1	0	0	—		2[c]	0	29	1
	Total		57	2	2	0	—		3	0	62	2
Derry City	2020[14]	LOI Premier Division	10	4	2	0	—		1[e]	0	13	4
	2021[14]	LOI Premier Division	34	4	1	0	—		0	0	35	4
	2022[14]	LOI Premier Division	33	6	3	2	—		2[f]	0	38	8
	Total		77	14	6	2	—		3	0	86	16
Bohemians	2023[14]	LOI Premier Division	19	1	1	0	—		0	0	20	1
	2024[14]	LOI Premier Division	27	5	2	0	—		0	0	29	5
	Total		46	6	3	0	—		0	0	49	6
Haka	2025[14]	Veikkausliiga	11	2	3	2	4	1	–		18	5
Career total			293	40	20	4	4	1	12	3	329	49

1. Includes FA Cup, FAI Cup and Finnish Cup
2. Includes Finnish League Cup
3. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
4. Two appearances and two goals in FA Trophy, one appearance in Southern League Cup
5. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
6. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League