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Ade Akinbiyi
  • Ade Akinbiyi

    Club: Notts County
    League: League 2
    Position: Striker
    National team: Nigeria
    Current rank: 1598
    Age: 35
    Nationality: Nigerian
    Games: 20
    Goals: 0
    Striker

    4.4

    OVERALL RATING
    Notts County
  • CURRENT RATINGS Help

    FourFourTwo rating: 5.7
    Club (overall): 4.4
    International: 0.1
    Notts County fans: 5.6
    Other fans: 4.4
    CM fans: 64.0

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    8.0 Shooting
    8.0 Passing
    8.0 Heading
    8.0 Tackling
    8.0 Pace
    8.0 Work-rate
    8.0 Crossing
    8.0 Creativity
    8.0 Dribbling

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Striker

Warranted almost £20m in transfers despite lacking obvious ability. Goalscoring exploits - outside the top flight - cannot be argued with

The much-travelled Nigeria international has amassed transfer fees totalling £16m in a colourful career. He made the breakthrough at Norwich in 1993 but it was during his season and a half at Second Division Gillingham, in 1997-98, that he began to make headlines - his pace, sheer brute strength and aerial power helping him net 29 goals in 68 league and cup games.

Similar impressive spells with Bristol City and Wolves followed before he gained his big break in the Premier League under his former Gillingham boss, Peter Taylor, at Leicester.

Struggling to adjust to the higher level, he was dubbed ‘Ade Panicbuyi’ and ridiculed by Foxes fans dismayed at their team’s dramatic slump. He was then shipped off to Crystal Palace in 2002, where injury wrecked his only season but has since played for Sheffield United and Stoke, and is currently in his second spell at Burnley, where he is a talisman in the Clarets’ attack.

 
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pete2007 pete2007 (on 25.01.2009 at 10:41pm) says:
A much better player than the repuation he carries with him would have you believe.

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Barnsley_Pete Barnsley_Pete (on 13.08.2008 at 7:23pm) says:
He can't put the ball away for toffee some days

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JonnyJack JonnyJack (on 26.07.2008 at 4:31pm) says:
Haha I remember when he played for Leicester, didn't half make me laugh.

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