Akeem Latifu
Personal information
Full name Akeem Latifu[1]
Date of birth (1989-11-16) 16 November 1989
Place of birth Kano, Nigeria
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender, Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Bussdor 35 (10)
2009 Ocean Boys 12 (1)
2010 Akwa United 15 (5)
2010–2011 Strømsgodset 2 (0)
2011–2014 Hødd 76 (5)
2013 → Aalesund (loan) 11 (0)
2014–2015 Aalesund 58 (2)
2016 Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 6 (0)
2016 Alanyaspor 0 (0)
2017 Zira 11 (1)
2017–2018 Budapest Honvéd 14 (0)
2018 Sogndal 29 (2)
2019–2020 Mjøndalen 18 (0)
2020–2021 Jerv 25 (1)
International career‡
2007 Nigeria U-20 4 (0)
2015 Nigeria 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:15, 18 March 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 August 2017

Akeem Latifu (born 16 November 1989 in Kano) is a retired Nigerian footballer.

Career

Club

Latifu began his career for Bussdor United F.C. and signed a contract for Ocean Boys in January 2009 . After a half-year who earned 17 caps left Ocean Boys F.C.[2] and signed for Nigeria Premier League rival Akwa United F.C. in January 2010.[3] On 9 August 2013 he signed a loan-contract with Aalesund.

On 21 January 2017, Latifu signed a 1.5-year contract with Azerbaijan Premier League side Zira FK.[4]

On 26 July 2017, Latifu signed for Budapest Honvéd.[5] His contract expired in November 2017 and he became a free agent.

On 19 February 2018, Latifu signed a 2-year contract with OBOS-ligaen club Sogndal.[6] He left the club on 18 December 2018 by mutual termination.[7]

In March 2022 it was reported that he had joined English side Hyde United.[8] However, no further confirmations was made.

International

Latifu was part of the Nigeria national under-20 football team at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada and played four games in the tournament.

Latifu was called up to Nigeria national football team on 16 March 2015.

Post-playing career

Settling in Manchester, Latifu became a player agent.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 July 2019[10][11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Strømsgodset 2010 Tippeligaen 2000–––20
Hødd 2011 First Division 30131–––332
2012 29170–––361
2013 17330–10–213
Total 765131--10--906
Aalesunds (loan) 2013 Tippeligaen 11000–––110
Aalesunds 2014 Tippeligaen 29141–––332
2015 29130–––321
Total 58271------651
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League 6010–––70
Alanyaspor 2016–17 Süper Lig 0000–––00
Zira 2016–17 Azerbaijan Premier League 11000–––110
Budapest Honvéd 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 14020–00–160
Sogndal 2017–18 OBOS-ligaen 26220–00–282
Career total 2049252--10--23011

International

Nigeria national team
YearAppsGoals
201520
Total20

Statistics accurate as of match played 29 March 2015[12]

Honours

Club

Hødd

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 5 July 2007. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Silly Season: Spillere på prøvespill | NorskeFans.com | Norsk fotball
  3. ↑ "Akwa United FC, Uyo – The Squad". Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
  4. ↑ "Zirə Akim Latifu ilə müqavilə imzaladı". fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "AKEEM LATIFU PIROS-FEKETÉBEN". honvedfc.hu (in Hungarian). Budapest Honvéd. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Nigerian defender moves to Sogndal in Norway". Pulse. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  7. ↑ Akeem vil vidare, sogndalfotball.no, 18 December 2018
  8. ↑ Hayes, James (19 March 2022). "Weekly Transfer Update - March 19th". Northern Premier League. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "Agent Latifu på Fosshaugane" (in Norwegian). Sogndal Fotball. 24 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  10. ↑ "A.Latifu". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "Akeem Latifu". nifs.no (in Norwegian). nifs. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  12. ↑ "Akeem Latifu". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 9 February 2017.

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