Gbolahan Salami
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Fuad Gbolahan Salami[1] | ||
Date of birth | 15 April 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria[2] | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Taraf | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
Sunshine Stars | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2010 | Sunshine Stars | ||
2010–2014 | Shooting Stars | ||
2014–2015 | Warri Wolves | (33) | |
2015 | → Red Star Belgrade (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2016–2018 | KuPS | 53 | (22) |
2018 | Irtysh Pavlodar | 17 | (4) |
2019 | Al-Qaisumah | 17 | (8) |
2020–2021 | Najran | 11 | (3) |
2021 | Ohod | 11 | (1) |
2022–2023 | Al-Nasiriya | ||
2023– | Al-Taraf | ||
International career‡ | |||
2009 | Nigeria U-20[3] | 1 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Nigeria | 13 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 August 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 June 2015 |
Fuad Gbolahan Salami (born 15 April 1991) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as forward for Saudi club Al-Taraf.
Club career
[edit]He started with Sunshine Stars F.C. before moving to Ibadan-based Shooting Stars F.C. In 2010, he was suspended by the league for using threatening language after scoring in a league game against his old team.[4] He joined Warri Wolves ahead of the 2014 season, and with ten games left was second in scoring with 13 league goals.
Red Star Belgrade
[edit]In January 2015, Salami transferred to Serbian side Red Star Belgrade by signing a loan deal for remainder of the season, with an option for permanent deal.[5] He returned to Warri less than two months later when Red Star was having financial problems.[6]
Irtysh Pavlodar
[edit]On 25 January 2018 Salami signed for Irtysh Pavlodar.[7] On 9 August 2018, Salami left Irtysh Pavlodar by mutual consent.[8]
International career
[edit]Salami was part of the Nigeria national under-20 football team at the 2009 African Youth Championship. Then, he was part of the Nigeria national under-23 football team during their failed attempt to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics. In January 2014, coach Stephen Keshi, invited him to be a part of the Nigeria national football team for the 2014 African Nations Championship.[9] He scored the only goal for the Home-based Eagles in their opening 2–1 loss to Mali.
He was called into the squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification[10] and scored a late goal as a substitute against Congo, but Nigeria lost 3–2 at home. His form earned him a start in the next game away to South Africa.
International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first.[11]
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 11 January 2014 | Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa | ![]() |
1–2 | 1–2 | 2014 African Nations Championship |
2. | 6 September 2014 | U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar, Nigeria | ![]() |
2–3 | 2–3 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
3. | 17 October 2015 | Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt, Nigeria | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2016 African Nations Championship qualification |
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Warri Wolves: Nigerian Premier Football League: runners-up 2014/2015
Individual
[edit]- Nigerian Premier League Top Scorer (1): 2014-2015[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "GBOLAHAN SALAMI". WEST AFRICAN FOOTBALL. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ "Cybereagles • View topic - Salami: Slave contract and all ...A Must read". forum.cybereagles.com.
- ^ "G. Salami". soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ "Naija Football 247: NPL suspends Shooting Stars striker, Gbolahan Salami". naijafootball247.com. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ Preokret - Salami potpisao za Zvezdu! at Večernje novosti, 17-1-2015 (in Serbian)
- ^ "Broke Red Star Belgrade ensures Gbolahan Salami's return to Warri Wolves | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
- ^ ИРТЫШ ОФИЦИАЛЬНО ЗАКЛЮЧИЛ КОНТРАКТ С НИГЕРИЙСКИМ ФОРВАРДОМ.. fcirtysh.kz (in Russian). FC Irtysh Pavlodar. 25 January 2018. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: САЛАМИ ПОКИНУЛ ФК ИРТЫШ. fcirtysh.kz (in Russian). FC Irtysh Pavlodar. 9 August 2018. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ "Nigeria announce 23-man CHAN squad -(goal.com)". Goal.com. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ "Salami Attributes Eagles' Call Up To Hard Work". Newspot Nigeria. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ "Salami, Gbolahan". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ "Gbolahan Salami emerges top scorer in Nigerian Premier League". Premium Times Nigeria. 16 November 2015.
- Living people
- 1991 births
- Men's association football forwards
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Nigeria men's international footballers
- Nigeria men's under-20 international footballers
- Shooting Stars S.C. players
- Sunshine Stars F.C. players
- Warri Wolves F.C. players
- Red Star Belgrade footballers
- Kuopion Palloseura players
- FC Irtysh Pavlodar players
- Al-Qaisumah FC players
- Najran SC players
- Ohod Club players
- Al-Taraf Club players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Kazakhstan Premier League players
- Saudi First Division League players
- Saudi Third Division players
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan
- Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Iraq
- Footballers from Lagos
- Nigeria men's A' international footballers
- 2014 African Nations Championship players
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Iraq