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词条 Seyi Olofinjana
释义

  1. Career

     Early career  Wolverhampton Wanderers  Stoke City  Hull City  Sheffield Wednesday  Start 

  2. After retirement

  3. Career statistics

  4. References

  5. External links

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| name = Seyi Olofinjana
| fullname = Seyi George Olofinjana[1]
| image = Seyi Olofinjana.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Olofinjana training with Cardiff City in 2011
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|6|30|df=y}}[2]
| birth_place = Lagos, Nigeria
| height = 6 ft 4 in[1]
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| years1 = 1998–1999 | clubs1 = Crown | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2 = 1999–2003 | clubs2 = Kwara United | caps2 = | goals2 =
| years3 = 2003–2004 | clubs3 = Brann | caps3 = 34 | goals3 = 11
| years4 = 2004–2008 | clubs4 = Wolverhampton Wanderers | caps4 = 135 | goals4 = 16
| years5 = 2008–2009 | clubs5 = Stoke City | caps5 = 18 | goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2009–2013 | clubs6 = Hull City | caps6 = 34 | goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2010–2011 | clubs7 = → Cardiff City (loan) | caps7 = 39 | goals7 = 6
| years8 = 2013 | clubs8 = → Sheffield Wednesday (loan)| caps8 = 6 | goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2013 | clubs9 = Sheffield Wednesday | caps9 = 7 | goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2014 | clubs10 = Start | caps10 = 7 | goals10 = 0
| totalcaps = 280 | totalgoals = 36
| nationalteam1 = Nigeria[3]
| nationalyears1 = 2000–2011| nationalcaps1 = 52 | nationalgoals1 = 0
}}

Seyi George Olofinjana (born 30 June 1980) is a Nigerian former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Olofinjana began his career with local sides Crown and Kwara United before moving to Europe with Norwegian side SK Brann. After two seasons at Brann he moved to English club Wolverhampton Wanderers. He became a regular at Molineux making 213 appearances for the club over four seasons before joining Premier League club Stoke City in August 2008 for a fee of £3 million. He played only the 2008–09 season with the team before joining another top flight side, Hull City, again for a fee of £3 million.

Career

Early career

Born in Lagos,[1] he has a degree in chemical engineering.[4]

He made his debut for the Nigeria national team in June 2000, in a 3–2 win over Malawi.[5]

He moved from Nigeria to play club football in Norway for Brann.[5]

Wolverhampton Wanderers

In July 2004 he moved to England to sign for Wolverhampton Wanderers for a fee of £1.7 million.[6] After having become a regular player for the club, his second season was curtailed by a back injury that also forced him to miss the 2006 African Cup of Nations.[5] In the 2006–07 season, however, finishing as the club's top league goalscorer as they made the play-offs under Mick McCarthy. He netted Wolves' opening goal of the following campaign in a 2–1 defeat to Watford, but could not repeat his goalscoring level of the previous season, scoring only twice more. He missed part of the season as he competed in the 2008 African Cup of Nations where Nigeria lost in the quarter-finals.[5]

Stoke City

In June 2008, following Wolves' failure to win promotion, Olofinjana signed for newly promoted Premier League club Stoke City on a four-year deal for £3 million.[7] He scored his first goal for the club in a home game against Everton in September 2008. After making 21 appearances during the season, Stoke accepted a £2.5 million bid in the close season from French side AS Monaco. Negotiations broke down with Monaco, allowing Hull City to sign Olofinjana for £3 million.[8]

Hull City

Olofinjana joined the Tigers with the club competing in the top division of English football for the only their second-ever season. He scored his first goal for Hull City in a 2–1 win against his former club, Stoke City in November 2009.[9] However, the team was relegated back to the Championship at the end of the campaign amid financial worries.[10] The midfielder was one of a number of departures during the close season as he agreed a season-long loan at fellow Championship team Cardiff City.[11]

At the Welsh club, Olofinjana was reunited with Dave Jones, who had originally brought him into English football when manager of Wolves. The midfielder featured regularly as the team reached the promotion play-offs but lost to Reading. After a total of 42 senior appearances for Cardiff, including their two games in the play-offs,[12] it was announced that he would return to Hull following the loan spell.[13]

Back at Hull, a lengthy knee injury meant that Olofinjana made only five appearances during the 2011–12 season.[14] Although he featured more regularly for the club during the following campaign, he was unable to retain a regular place in their team and was instead loaned out to Sheffield Wednesday in March 2013 until the season's conclusion.[15]

At the conclusion of the 2012–13 season Olofinjana's contract with Hull City expired, leaving him a free agent.[16] He left having made 40 appearances during a four-season stay.[17]

Sheffield Wednesday

Following his release from Hull, Olofinjana joined Sheffield Wednesday on 26 October 2013 and played in a 1–1 draw against Barnsley.[18][19]

After making four appearance, Olofinjana had his loan spell with Sheffield Wednesday extended for another month.[20] Olofinjana made seven appearance and made his last appearance for the club as an unused substitute on 26 December 2013, in a match against Blackburn Rovers. On the same day, Olofinjana apparently left the club upon the expiry of his contract.[21]

Start

After spending eight months without a club, Olofinjana joined Start in Tippeligaen until the season, where he will be reunited with Mons Ivar Mjelde, which he know him during his time at Brann.[22][23]

After retirement

In August 2015 Olofinjana started working at Wolverhampton Wanderers's Academy.[24]

Career statistics

{{updated|31 October 2014}}[17]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOther{{ref label|Other|A|Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SK Brann2003[25]Tippeligaen25930289
2004[25]Tippeligaen9220112
Total34114000003811
Wolverhampton Wanderers2004–05[26]Championship4252020465
2005–06[27]Championship1300010140
2006–07[28]Championship4483110215010
2007–08[29]Championship3631000373
Total1351661402114718
Stoke City2008–09Premier League1821020212
Total182102000212
Hull City2009–10Premier League1910000191
2010–11Championship00000000
2011–12Championship30200050
2012–13Championship1203010160
Total341501000401
Cardiff City (loan)2010–11Championship396001020426
Total366001020426
Sheffield Wednesday (loan)2012–13Championship60000060
Sheffield Wednesday2013–14Championship70000070
Total130000000130
Start2014Tippeligaen7000000070
Total7000000070
Career total28036171804130738
{{col-begin}}

{{note|Other|A}} The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Championship play-offs.

{{col-end}}

References

1. ^{{Cite book| editor-first = Barry J.| editor-last = Hugman| title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11| year = 2010| publisher = Mainstream Publishing| isbn = 978-1-84596-601-0| page = 319 }}
2. ^Seyi Olofinjana, Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
3. ^Oluwaseyi George "Seyi" Olofinjana - International Appearances
4. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28950665 |title=Premier League: What happens to footballers after being rejected|last=James Gheerbant|date=5 July 2014 |publisher=BBC |accessdate=17 April 2016}}
5. ^{{Cite web| title = Profiles| url = http://www.hullcityafc.net/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10338~30709,00.html| publisher = Hull City A.F.C| accessdate = 12 June 2013| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120510151138/http://www.hullcityafc.net/page/ProfilesDetail/0%2C%2C10338~30709%2C00.html| archivedate = 10 May 2012| deadurl = yes| df = dmy-all}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Seyi Olofinjana: Hull City FC|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football/hull-city-fc/seyi-olofinjana-10344/2009-10-2010-11_a26134/|work=|publisher=Sporting Heroes Collection Ltd|accessdate=31 March 2012}} {{Dead link|date=April 2016}}
7. ^{{Cite news |url=http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/7526822.stm |title=Stoke sign midfielder Olofinjana |publisher=BBC Sport |date=26 July 2008 |accessdate=24 May 2011}}
8. ^{{Cite news|url=http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/8170306.stm|title=Stoke's Olofinjana set for Monaco|publisher=BBC Sport |date=27 July 2009 |accessdate=24 May 2011}}
9. ^{{Cite news| title = Hull 2–1 Stoke| url = http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8340150.stm| publisher = BBC Sport| date = 8 November 2009| last = Ornstein| first = David| accessdate = 24 May 2011 }}
10. ^{{Cite news| title = Hull ban new arrivals| url = http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/3071454/Hull-ban-new-arrivals.html| newspaper = The Sun| date = 28 July 2010| accessdate = 28 July 2010}}
11. ^{{Cite news| title = Cardiff City sign Hull's Seyi Olofinjana on loan| url = http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/8899484.stm| publisher = BBC Sport| date = 10 August 2010| accessdate = 24 May 2011 }}
12. ^{{Cite web|title=20. Seyi Olofinjana|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=35186|publisher=Soccerbase|accessdate=24 May 2011}}
13. ^{{Cite news |title=Confirmation: 2011 Retained List |url=http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10335~2365162,00.html |publisher=Cardiff City F.C |accessdate=24 May 2011 |date=11 September 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406115831/http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10335~2365162%2C00.html |archivedate=6 April 2012 }}
14. ^{{cite news|title=Seyi Olofinjana comes in from the cold|url=http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/HULL-CITY-Seyi-Olofinjana-comes-cold/story-14189037-detail/story.html|newspaper=Hull Daily Mail|date=20 December 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302132913/http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/HULL-CITY-Seyi-Olofinjana-comes-cold/story-14189037-detail/story.html|archivedate=2 March 2012}}
15. ^{{cite news|title=Seyi Olofinjana: Sheffield Wednesday sign Hull midfielder|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21960841|publisher=BBC Sport|date=27 March 2013|accessdate=27 March 2013}}
16. ^{{cite news|title=Hull release Olofinjana|url=http://www.supersport.com/football/article.aspx?Id=1930424|publisher=Supersport.com|date=17 May 2013}}
17. ^{{cite web|title=Seyi Olofinjana|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=35186|work=Soccerbase|accessdate=10 April 2013}}
18. ^{{cite web|title=Olofinjana signs |url=http://www.swfc.co.uk/news/article/olofinjana-signs-1135839.aspx |work=Sheffield Wednesday F.C. |accessdate=26 October 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810185257/http://www.swfc.co.uk/news/article/olofinjana-signs-1135839.aspx |archivedate=10 August 2014 |deadurl=unfit }}
19. ^{{cite web|title=Barnsley 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24590298|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=27 October 2013}}
20. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.swfc.co.uk/news/article/olofinjana-extends-1202934.aspx |title=Olofinjana extends |publisher=Sheffield Wednesday F.C. |accessdate=10 August 2014 |date=28 November 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810190522/http://www.swfc.co.uk/news/article/olofinjana-extends-1202934.aspx |archivedate=10 August 2014 |deadurl=unfit }}
21. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.swfc.co.uk/news/article/matchday-live-blackburn-2013-1255232.aspx |title=Matchday Live |publisher=Sheffield Wednesday F.C. |accessdate=10 August 2014 |date=26 December 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810190519/http://www.swfc.co.uk/news/article/matchday-live-blackburn-2013-1255232.aspx |archivedate=10 August 2014 |deadurl=unfit }}
22. ^{{cite news|title=Start-forsterkning klar|url=http://www.ikstart.no/news/article/1cfsjvlo7wy7415l3ooex26a0t/title/start-forsterkning-klar|publisher=IK Start|language=Norwegian|date=8 August 2014|accessdate=10 August 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808153551/http://www.ikstart.no/news/article/1cfsjvlo7wy7415l3ooex26a0t/title/start-forsterkning-klar|archivedate=8 August 2014}}
23. ^{{cite news|title=Tidligere Premier League-spiller klar for Start|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2014/08/08/sport/fotball/start/mons_ivar_mjelde/seyi_olofinjana/34686053/|publisher=Dag Bladet|language=Norwegian|date=8 August 2014|accessdate=10 August 2014}}
24. ^{{cite web|title=Wolves blog: Return of the pack|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2015/07/29/wolves-blog-return-of-the-pack/|website=Express and Star|accessdate=14 July 2016}}
25. ^{{Cite web|title=Seyi George Olofinjana |url=http://www.brann.no/historie/spillerdatabase/spillerarkiv/seyi-george-olofinjana/ |publisher=SK Brann |accessdate=31 March 2012 |language=Norwegian |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314020119/http://www.brann.no/historie/spillerdatabase/spillerarkiv/seyi-george-olofinjana/ |archivedate=14 March 2012 }}
26. ^{{Soccerbase season|35186|2004|name=Seyi Olofinjana|access-date=12 January 2017}}
27. ^{{Soccerbase season|35186|2005|name=Seyi Olofinjana|access-date=12 January 2017}}
28. ^{{Soccerbase season|35186|2006|name=Seyi Olofinjana|access-date=12 January 2017}}
29. ^{{Soccerbase season|35186|2007|name=Seyi Olofinjana|access-date=12 January 2017}}

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26 : 1980 births|Living people|Sportspeople from Lagos|Nigerian footballers|Nigeria international footballers|Nigerian expatriate footballers|Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Norway|Expatriate footballers in Norway|Expatriate footballers in England|Association football midfielders|Kwara United F.C. players|SK Brann players|Yoruba sportspeople|Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players|Stoke City F.C. players|Hull City A.F.C. players|Cardiff City F.C. players|Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players|Premier League players|English Football League players|Eliteserien players|2004 African Cup of Nations players|2008 Africa Cup of Nations players|2010 Africa Cup of Nations players|Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in England|Ladoke Akintola University of Technology alumni

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