John Akinde

John Akinde

Akinde playing for Bristol City
Personal information
Full name	John Job Ayo Akinde[1]
Date of birth	8 July 1989
Place of birth	Camberwell, England[2]
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	Barnet
Number	9
Youth career
000?–2006	Gravesend & Northfleet
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2006–2007	Gravesend & Northfleet	5	(2)
2007–2008	Ebbsfleet United	23	(8)
2007	→ Margate (loan)	7	(0)
2008–2011	Bristol City	16	(1)
2009	→ Wycombe Wanderers (loan)	11	(7)
2009–2010	→ Wycombe Wanderers (loan)	6	(1)
2010	→ Brentford (loan)	2	(0)
2010–2011	→ Bristol Rovers (loan)	14	(0)
2011	→ Dagenham & Redbridge (loan)	9	(2)
2011–2013	Crawley Town	31	(1)
2012	→ Dagenham & Redbridge (loan)	5	(0)
2013	Portsmouth	11	(0)
2013–2014	Alfreton Town	42	(18)
2014–	Barnet	87	(52)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:51, 30 April 2016 (UTC). † Appearances (goals)

John Job Ayo Akinde (born 8 July 1989) is an English footballer who plays for Barnet as a striker.

Career

John started his youth career at Tottenham but failed to make the grade. Akinde signed for Bristol City following the first ever transfer decided by a fans poll, in this case by the members of MyFootballClub.^[3] Prior to playing for Bristol City, Akinde played for Ebbsfleet United where he was a graduate of the club's academy under their previous name, Gravesend and Northfleet. In 28 league appearances for Gravesend/Ebbsfleet, Akinde scored 10 goals, he also won the FA Trophy with Ebbsfleet in the season before joining Bristol City.

He scored on his debut for Bristol City in a 2–2 draw against Plymouth Argyle.^[4] Later in the season, Akinde signed for an initial month on loan to Wycombe Wanderers, on 11 March 2009. He also scored on his Wycombe debut, netting twice against Brentford in a 3–3 draw. Further goals against Barnet and Darlington led to the loan deal being extended until the end of the season.

On 13 November 2009, he returned to Wycombe Wanderers on a month's loan, this later being extended to two months, but he was recalled early by Bristol City on 7 January 2010. On 1 February 2010, Akinde joined Brentford on a month's loan, making two league appearances, one of which against former loan club Wycombe Wanderers.

He went out on loan for a fourth time in August 2010 when he joined Bristol Rovers in a deal scheduled to last until 5 January.^[5] In January 2011 Akinde joined Dagenham & Redbridge on loan until the end of the season.^[6]

On 27 May 2011, newly promoted Crawley Town beat off higher league competition to sign Akinde for the 2011–12 season.^[7] He scored his first league goal for Crawley Town away to Shrewsbury Town at the New Meadow on 27 February 2012.^[8] On 17 March 2012, Akinde joined fellow League Two side Dagenham & Redbridge on loan for the remainder of the season, along with Charlie Wassmer.^[9] However, on 12 April 2012, Crawley recalled Akinde and fellow loanee Charlie Wassmer, to their push for promotion from League Two.

On 31 January 2013, Akinde was released by Crawley.^[10] On 8 February, he joined Portsmouth in a month-to-month contract.^[11] He made his debut a day later, against Bournemouth.^[12]

Akinde was released by Portsmouth at the end of the season, after failing to score in his 11 appearances for Pompey. He signed for Alfreton Town in August 2013 on a one-year contract.^[13] He made his debut against Kidderminster Harriers before scoring a hat-trick in his second game as Alfreton beat Salisbury City 3–2.^[14] After 18 goals in 42 league games in 2013–14, Akinde joined Barnet on a two-year deal on 24 May 2014.^[15] In his first season for the club he scored 31 league goals and Barnet won the Conference Premier.

Honours

Barnet

• Conference Premier
  • Champions: 2014–15

Career statistics

As of match played 19 April 2016.^[16][17][18]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Gravesend & Northfleet	2006–07	Conference National	5	2	0	0	—	—	0	0	5	2
Ebbsfleet United[note 1]	2007–08	Conference Premier	18	6	0	0	—	—	4[lower-alpha 1]	0	22	6
	2008–09		5	2	0	0	—	—	0	0	5	2
	Total		28	10	0	0	0	0	4	0	32	10
Margate (loan)	2007–08	Isthmian Premier	7	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	7	0
Bristol City	2008–09	Championship	7	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	7	1
	2009–10		7	0	2	0	2	0	—	—	11	0
	2010–11		2	0	0	0	1	0	—	—	3	0
	Total		16	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	21	1
Wycombe Wanderers (loan)	2008–09	League Two	11	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	7
	2009–10	League One	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
	Total		17	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	8
Brentford (loan)	2009–10	League One	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Bristol Rovers (loan)	2010–11		14	0	1	0	0	0	3[lower-alpha 2]	0	18	0
Dagenham & Redbridge (loan)	2010–11		9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	2
Crawley Town	2011–12	League Two	25	1	2	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	29	1
	2012–13	League One	6	0	3	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	11	0
	Total		31	1	5	0	2	0	2	0	40	1
Dagenham & Redbridge (loan)	2011–12	League Two	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Portsmouth	2012–13	League One	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
Alfreton Town	2013–14	Conference Premier	42	18	1	0	—	—	1[lower-alpha 1]	1	44	19
Barnet	2014–15	Conference Premier	45	31	3	2	—	—	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	49	33
	2015–16	League Two	42	21	2	0	2	1	1	0	47	22
	Total		87	52	5	2	2	1	2	0	96	55
Career total			269	88	14	2	7	1	12	1	302	93

1. Appearances in the FA Trophy
2. Appearance(s) in the Football League Trophy

Notes

1. Gravesend & Northfleet changed their name to Ebbsfleet United prior to the 2007–08 season.^[19]

References

1. "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/08/2010 and 31/08/2010" (PDF). The Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2010.
2. Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 458. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
3. Sinnott, John (29 August 2008). "Supporters approve sale of player". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
4. Dulin, David (1 October 2008). "Bristol City 2–2 Plymouth: John Akinde sparks Robins revival on debut". The Daily Mirror. Retrieved 16 October 2008.
5. "Akinde joins on loan". Bristol Rovers F.C. 27 August 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
6. "John Akinde makes Dagenham & Redbridge loan switch". BBC Sport. 17 January 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
8. "Shrewsbury v Crawley". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
9. "Dagenham & Redbridge sign John Akinde & Charlie Wassmer". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
10. Striker Akinde released by Crawley; Crawley Observer, 31 January 2013
11. Therry Racon, Patrick Agyemang, John Akinde join Portsmouth; BBC Sport, 8 February 2013
12. Bournemouth 2–0 Portsmouth; BBC Sport, 9 February 2013
13. "Alfreton Town bring in striker Akinde". Alfreton Town F.C. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
14. "Alfreton 3–2 Salisbury". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
15. Barnet sign John Akinde
16. "John Akinde career statistics". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
17. "Job Ayo Akinde career statistics". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
18. "John Akinde". Margate FC History. Archived from the original on 2015-04-17. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
19. "Gravesend announce change of name". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 September 2013.

External links

• John Akinde profile at Alfreton Town F.C.
• John Akinde career statistics at Soccerbase
• Job Ayo Akinde career statistics at Soccerbase