Razaq_Adegbite
Razaq Adegbite
Nigerian footballer (born 1992)
Razaq Akanni Adegbite (born 20 December 1992) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Razaq Akanni Adegbite | ||
| Date of birth | (1992-12-20) 20 December 1992 (age 31) | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2010 | Karamone | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2011 | Gateway United | 27 | (14) |
| 2011–2012 | Enugu Rangers | 43 | (23) |
| 2012–2013 | Enyimba International | 14 | (8) |
| 2013–2014 | Enugu Rangers | 21 | (12) |
| 2015–2016 | Sunshine Stars | 23 | (12) |
| 2016–2017 | Kano Pillars | 19 | (10) |
| 2017 | Doğan Türk Birliği | 13 | (7) |
| 2018–2019 | 1º de Agosto | 11 | (8) |
| 2019 | Desportivo da Huíla | 15 | (4) |
| 2019 | US Tataouine | ||
| 2019 | Sunshine Stars | ||
| 2020 | Doğan Türk Birliği | 8 | (4) |
| 2020–2021 | Happy Valley | 15 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Nigeria U-17 | 6 | (3) | |
| Nigeria U-20 | 7 | (4) | |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 May 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 May 2015 | |||
Adegbite Razaq started his playing career with Karamone youth team later joined Gateway United, before he later joined Enugu Rangers. Razaq has a brother also playing professional football in Nigeria Professional League known as Adegbite Alhameen Adeniyi[1][2][3] who also started his football youth career with Karamone.
In 2012 Enugu Rangers warned Enyimba Internstional off, but Adegbite decided to join Enyimba International,[4][5] Jomo Cosmos (working permit delay)[6][7] and cancellation of deal with Kahramanspor due to disagreement of transfer clauses then returned to Nigeria to extend his contract with Enugu Rangers.[8] He went on to sign a deal with Kano Pillars within 2016 and 2017. He joined Cyprus based club Doğan Türk Birliği in 2017.
In 2018, he signed in for Primeiro de Agosto and in 2018–19, he was loaned to Desportivo da Huíla in Angola's premier league, the Girabola.[9]
Razaq joined Desportivo da Huíla on loan in 2019.[10] In the summer 2019, he joined Tunisian club US Tataouine[11] but left the club a few months later and returned to Nigeria to join Sunshine Stars.[12] In January 2020, he returned to Turkish Cypriot club Doğan Türk Birliği.
On 2 November 2020, it was announced that Razaq had joined Hong Kong Premier League club Happy Valley.[13]
Razaq has earned 6 appearances, scoring 3 goals for the Nigeria U-17. Rasaq has also earned 7 appearances, scoring 4 goals for the Nigeria U-20. In 2014, the striker was invited by the Nigeria national football team in an international friendly match.
He had featured for Enugu Rangers International FC in the 2012–13 CAF Champions League and Enyimba in 2013–14 respectively. He was swapped to Enyimba International F.C. when Enyimba needed him badly and replaced with Ifeanyi Ede to Enugu Rangers.[14]
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- "Alhameen Adeniyi Adegbite (Remo Stars) - Career Stats - Flashscore.com". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- Latestnigeriannews. "Rangers warn Enyimba off Adegbite". Latest Nigerian News.
- "Adegbite joins Jomo Cosmos". Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- "Razaq e Nandinho em dúvidas". jornaldosdesportos.sapo.ao (in Portuguese). 24 November 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- Profile at Girabola, girabola.com
- Un joueur nigérian rejoint l’US Tataouine, mosaiquefm.net, 30 June 2019
- NPFL: Egwuekwe, Akarandut top list of returnees to the league, aclsports.com, 2 October 2019
- 港超聯 齊章！愉園黑「帝」降臨 on.cc 2 November 2020
- Uche George Egbe. "kpaka2score.com". Archived from the original on 2 June 2015.
- Razaq Adegbite Returns - Savid News
- Razaq Adegbite at Soccerway