Adebayo Akinfenwa

Adebayo Akinfenwa

Saheed Adebayo Akinfenwa is an English professional footballer. He plays as a striker for Championship club Wycombe Wanderers. His professional breakthrough came at Doncaster Rovers. He has been ranked as the strongest footballer in the world in various editions of the FIFA videogame series.

About Adebayo Akinfenwa in brief

Summary Adebayo AkinfenwaSaheed Adebayo Akinfenwa is an English professional footballer. He plays as a striker for Championship club Wycombe Wanderers. His professional breakthrough came at Doncaster Rovers, having spent time up until then in the lower leagues of English football as well as spells in Lithuania and Wales. He has been ranked as the strongest footballer in the world in various editions of the FIFA videogame series. He runs a clothing label called Beast Mode On which plays on his strong man reputation. His autobiography The Beast: My Story was published by Headline Publishing in 2017. He is a close friend of Clarke Carlisle, his former teammate at Northampton Town. As a child, he supported Liverpool and his favourite player was John Barnes. His father is a Muslim and his mother is a Christian, and while he observed Ramadan as a child,. he is now a Christian. He was born in Islington, North London and is of Nigerian descent.

He played for FK Atlantas in Lithuania before joining Barry Town in 2003. He then moved to Rushden & Diamonds, before joining Torquay United in 2004. In July 2004 he moved to Swansea City, who were ordered to pay an £85,000 fee as compensation. He scored the winning goal in the 2006 Football League Trophy Final, in which Swansea beat Carlisle United 2–1. He also helped Swansea reach the League One promotion play-off final in his first season. In June 2014, he signed for League Two side AFC Wimbledon, and two years later Wycombe Wanderers. In September 2014 he was invited to attend the launch party for FIFA 15 alongside various celebrities and Premier League players, including Rio Ferdinand, George Groves and Lethal Bizzle. He later signed a month-to-month contract with Millwall on a free transfer.