Kolawole Oyelola Agodirin (born 2 March 1983) is a Nigerian

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Biography

Agodirin was signed by

Venezia Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...

in August 2002. He was loaned to

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club

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in 2003–04 season. He then left for

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in a co-ownership deal with

. After Venezia went bankrupt, Agodirin remained at Latina but only played 5 league matches, starting from the 5th round counting from the end. In

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season, he was signed by

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. He then played for

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and Viterbese. In 2008, Agodirin left for

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club

SPAL Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor, commonly referred to by the acronym SPAL (), is a professional football club based in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. During the 2024–25 season the team played in Serie C, the third tier of the Italian foot ...

. On 1 February 2010, he was signed by

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. In August 2010, Agodirin was signed by

Foggia Foggia (, ; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) of Apulia, in Southern Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. In 2013, its population was 153,143. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere delle Puglie, Tavoliere, also know ...

. On 31 January 2012, he moved to

He was part of the squad that gain promotion to

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as well as winning the Coppa Italia for Lega Pro clubs in 2013. On 9 September 2013, he joined Casertana as a free agent. In the 2015–2016, season playing for

Catanzaro Catanzaro (; or ; ), also known as the "City of the two Seas" (), is an Italian city of 86,183 inhabitants (2020), the capital of the Calabria region and of its province and the second most populated comune of the region, behind Reggio Calabr ...

. In the summer 2016, signing for

Bisceglie Bisceglie (; ) is a city and municipality of 55,251 inhabitants in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, in the Apulia region (''Italian'': ''Puglia''), in southern Italy. The municipality has the fourth highest population in the province

to move, in January 2017, to

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References

External links

Football.it Profile

Foggia Profile
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