Akeem Oluwashegun Omolade (4 March 1983 – 13 June 2022) was a Nigerian professional

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Career

Omolade arrived in Italy at the age of 17, joining

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, with whom he made his professional debut in the

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league. He subsequently joined

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, with whom he made his

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debut. Following his departure from Torino, he went on to play a career in the lower leagues of Italian football. In 2011, he moved to

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to join

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. In 2012, he played for Ribera 1954 in

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, before returning to Mazara in 2013. In 2014, he went down even further, joining

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-based

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club Borgata Terrenove. Omolade died on 13 June 2022, at the age of 39.

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* * 1983 births 2022 deaths Footballers from Kaduna Yoruba sportspeople Men's association football forwards Nigerian men's footballers Serie A players Serie B players Treviso FBC 1993 players Torino FC players Novara FC players ASD Biellese 1902 players AC Reggiana 1919 players US Vibonese Calcio players Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen {{Nigeria-footy-forward-stub