Najeem Olukokun
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Najeem Olaitan Olukokun | ||
Date of birth | 27 December 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Oyo, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Shooting Stars Sports Club | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
Steeb Football Academy | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2010 | Prime F.C. | 31 | (19) |
2010 | → Union SG (loan)[1] | ||
2010–2011 | Union SG | 11 | (8) |
2011–2012 | Rising Stars | ||
2012–2013 | Kwara United F.C. | 33 | (16[2]) |
2014– | 2018-19 Nasarawa United | 48 | (20 [3]) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Najeem Olaitan "Kunle" Olukokun (born 27 December 1990 in Oyo) is a Nigerian footballer, who is currently playing for Shooting Stars Sports Club.
Career
[edit]Olukokun Kunle began his career in the Steeb Football Academy and was then 2007 scouted by Prime F.C.[4] He earned his first professional caps for Prime F.C. in the Nigerian Premier League and was on 20 February 2009 loaned out to R. Union Saint-Gilloise.[5] On 17 July 2010, his club R. Union Saint-Gilloise pulled the sold option.[6] In summer 2011, he returned to Nigeria and signed for Nigeria Premier League club. In the summer of 2012, he joined Nigeria Premier League side Rising Stars F.C.[7] In March 2013, Kunle left the last promoted Nigeria Premier League team, the Rising Stars, and signed for Kwara United F.C.[8] He also won the Nigeria Player Of the Week in week three of the Nigeria Professional Football League,[9] he joined Shooting Stars F.C. After six appearances in week six, he scored three goals in six games. He had scored 20 goals in 48 games for his present team Shooting Stars F.C.
References
[edit]- ^ Footgoal Profile
- ^ Information joueur - Najeem OLUKOKUN
- ^ STATISTICS FROM THE NIGERIA PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE 2013
- ^ +++STEEB FOOTBALL ACADEMY+++
- ^ Portrait des deux nouveaux attaquants nigérians (Nnake, Olukokun) de l’Union dans La Capitale
- ^ Olukokun devrait rester à l’Union SG
- ^ RISING STARS FC – SEASON REVIEW
- ^ Najeem Olukokun (1990-12-27). "Najeem Olukokun :: Najeem Kunle Olukokun ::". M.footballzz.com. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
- ^ Olukokun Shoots Kwara to Top Spot | Ilorin, Kwara News | Ilorin.Info
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Yoruba sportspeople
- Sportspeople from Oyo State
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Royale Union Saint-Gilloise players
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Osun United F.C. players
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Kwara United F.C. players
- Rising Stars F.C. players
- Shooting Stars S.C. players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Men's association football forwards
- Nigerian football forward stubs