Adewale Wahab
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adewale Dauda Wahab | ||
| Date of birth | 4 October 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Port Harcourt, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bellinzona | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–2001 | Reggiana | ||
| 2001 | → Bologna (loan) | ||
| 2001–2004 | Roma | ||
| 2001–2002 | → Reggiana (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2001 | Reggiana | 2 | (0) |
| 2001–2007 | Roma | 1 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Ternana (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | → Teramo (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → Catanzaro (loan) | 30 | (1) |
| 2007–2013 | Bellinzona | 53 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004 | Nigeria | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Adewale Dauda Wahab (born 4 October 1984 in Port Harcourt) is a Nigerian footballer. Until end of the season 2010/11 he played for AC Bellinzona.
Biography
Roma
Wahab started his European career at Reggiana along with Obafemi Martins and other Nigerians. Both players were signed by Italian Club giant, which Wahab joined Roma in July 2001[1] for 3 billion lire and Giuseppe Di Masi moved to opposite direction for 2.5 billion lire in co-ownership deal.[2] He was loaned back to Reggiana in 2001–02 season. He played at Primavera team for Roma and first team in 2003–04 season, played once at Serie A and once at 2003–04 UEFA Cup, he substituted Daniele De Rossi against FK Vardar.[3] Wahab also played for Bologna at 2001 Torneo Città di Arco.[4]
He then spent three seasons loaned to Italian lower divisions.[5] Although he was loaned to other clubs, he contract was extended from 2007 to 2009 in 2006.
Bellinzona
In summer 2007, Wahab was signed by AC Bellinzona. In the 2009–10 season, he went to SE Eivissa-Ibiza and played a few friendlies.[6] However, the transfer collapsed after the club was expelled from the league and re-admitted as the new club UD Ibiza-Eivissa at the regional league.
Wahab then played two league matches for Bellinzona, in October and November. In January 2010, he was dropped form the squad and re-included in 2010-11 season.
References
- ↑ "La Roma ha acquistato il centrocampista nigeriano Adewale Dauda Wahab". AS Roma (in Italian). 2001-07-12. Archived from the original on 2002-02-14. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
- ↑ AS Roma SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2002 (Italian)
- ↑ http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/history/season=2003/round=1718/match=73470/index.html
- ↑ http://www.beppeviola-arco.it/squadre01/bologna.html
- ↑ "Chiusura della campagna trasferimenti:operazioni di mercato perfezionate in data odierna" (in Italian). AS Roma. 2005-08-31. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
- ↑ "SIENA-IBIZA 1–0" (in Italian). AC Siena. 2009-08-01. Archived from the original on August 5, 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
External links
- AC Bellinzona profile (Italian)
- Adewale Wahab profile at Soccerway
- Adewale Wahab at National-Football-Teams.com
- http://www.football.ch/sfl/821119/de/Kader.aspx?tId=0&pId=746244
- http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/adewale-wahab/