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{{Infobox football biography
|name = Dele Adeleye
|image =
|fullname = Ayodele Adeleye
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|12|25}}
|birth_place = [[Lagos]], Nigeria
|height = {{height|m=1.89|precision=0}}
|currentclub =
|clubnumber =
|position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
|years1 = 2005–2006 |clubs1 = [[Shooting Stars F.C.|Shooting Stars]] |caps1 = |goals1 =
|years2 = 2007–2010 |clubs2 = [[Sparta Rotterdam]] |caps2 = 72 |goals2 = 3
|years3 = 2010–2011 |clubs3 = [[FC Metalurh Donetsk|Metalurh Donetsk]] |caps3 = 26 |goals3 = 3
|years4 = 2011–2013 |clubs4 = [[SC Tavriya Simferopol|Tavriya Simferopol]] |caps4 = 20 |goals4 = 1
|years5 = 2013 |clubs5 = [[FC Kuban Krasnodar|Kuban Krasnodar]] |caps5 = 0 |goals5 = 0
|years6 = 2013–2014 |clubs6 = [[FC Anzhi Makhachkala|Anzhi Makhachkala]] |caps6 = 9 |goals6 = 0
|years7 = 2014 |clubs7 = [[Ergotelis F.C.|Ergotelis]] |caps7 = 8 |goals7 = 0
|years8 = 2014–2015 |clubs8 = [[OFI Crete]] |caps8 = 14 |goals8 = 0
|years9 = 2015 |clubs9 = [[FC Aktobe|Aktobe]] |caps9 = 29 |goals9 = 1
|nationalyears1 = 2005 | nationalteam1 = [[Nigeria national under-20 football team|Nigeria U-20]] | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0
|nationalyears2 = 2007–2008 | nationalteam2 = [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria U-23]] | nationalcaps2 = 6 | nationalgoals2 = 0
|nationalyears3 = 2009–2011 | nationalteam3 = [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]] | nationalcaps3 = 10 | nationalgoals3 = 0
|medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{NGR}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team Competition]]}}
|club-update = 10:40, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
|nationalteam-update = 17:42, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
}}

'''Ayodele "Dele" Adeleye''' (born 25 December 1988) is a [[Nigeria]]n football defender who last played for [[FC Aktobe]] in the [[Kazakhstan Premier League]].

==Club career==
Adeleye is a defender who was born in [[Lagos]] and made his debut in professional football as part of the [[Shooting Stars FC]] squad before joining Sparta Rotterdam. Reports had linked him to English [[Premier League]] clubs [[Everton F.C.|Everton]], [[West Ham United]] and [[Blackburn Rovers]].<ref>[http://www.tribune.com.ng/22042008/news/sports6.html Everton, Blackburn want Dele Adeleye] – Nigerian Tribune</ref> After Sparta's relegation Adeleye went to [[FC Metalurh Donetsk]] on a free transfer in June 2010.
On 2 September 2011: Tavria have officially announced the signing of two Nigerian international players – Dele Adeleye and Sani Kaita- through a statement on their official website, FC Tavria, Dele Adeleye, in the Nigeria squad for two live-wire games against Madagascar on Sunday, comes from Donetsk Metallurg, where he scored three goals in 26 appearances from central defense.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nigeria: Kaita, Adeleye Join Tavria|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201109020267.html|publisher=AllAfrica|accessdate=25 November 2013}}</ref>
In August 2013, Adeleye signed for [[FC Anzhi Makhachkala|Anzhi Makhachkala]].<ref name="Anji sign Dele Adeleye">{{cite news|title=Information Statement|url=http://fc-anji.ru/news/en/fc_anji_news/information_statement_28082013/|website=fc-anji.ru/news/en/|accessdate=25 November 2013}}</ref>
In January 2014 Adeleye moved to Greek side [[Ergotelis F.C.|Ergotelis]] on a Five-month contract, with the option of another year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Greek club Ergotelis signs Dele Adeleye|url=http://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/4102/transfer-zone/2014/01/31/4583287/greek-club-ergotelis-signs-dele-adeleye|publisher=Goal.com|accessdate=28 February 2014}}</ref>

In February 2015, Adeleye signed a two-year-contract with [[Kazakhstan Premier League]] side [[FC Aktobe]].<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ru:Мусонды и Байрыева в Актобе не будет |url=http://fc-aktobe.kz/news-view-7116.html |website=http://fc-aktobe.kz/ |publisher=FC Aktobe |accessdate=9 March 2015 |language=Russian |date=24 February 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227033818/http://fc-aktobe.kz:80/news-view-7116.html |archivedate=27 February 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref> Following the conclusion of the [[2015 FC Aktobe season|2015 season]], Adeleye was transfer listed by Aktobe.<ref>{{cite web|title=Актобе выставляет игроков на трансфер |url=http://fc-aktobe.kz/news-view-7341.html |website=fc-aktobe.kz/ |publisher=[[FC Aktobe]] |accessdate=19 November 2015 |language=Russian |date=18 November 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120025502/http://fc-aktobe.kz/news-view-7341.html |archivedate=20 November 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref>

==International career==
A tall central defender, Adeleye caught the eye of Sparta when playing 3 matches for the [[Nigeria national under-20 football team|Nigeria U-20]] at the [[2005 FIFA World Youth Championship|2005 FIFA Youth World Cup]] in the Netherlands.<ref>[http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=230233/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments] -FIFA</ref> He made his first senior cap in a friendly against [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Ireland]] on 29 May 2009.

==Career statistics==
{{updated|Match played 8 November 2015}}<ref>{{cite web|title=A. Adeleye|url=http://uk.soccerway.com/players/dele-adeleye/20185/|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=5 January 2014}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=3 | Club performance
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | Cup
! colspan=2 | Other<ref>Includes Eredivisie Play-offs</ref>
! colspan=2 | Continental
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
! Season !! Club !! League
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
|-
|[[2006–07 Eredivisie|2006-07]]||rowspan="4"|[[Sparta Rotterdam]]||rowspan="4"|[[Eredivisie]]||5||1|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||5||1
|-
|[[2007–08 Eredivisie|2007-08]]||22||0|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||22||0
|-
|[[2008–09 Eredivisie|2008-09]]||17||2|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||17||2
|-
|[[2009–10 Eredivisie|2009-10]]||28||1||2||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||33||1
|-
|[[2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League|2010-11]]||rowspan="2"|[[FC Metalurh Donetsk|Metalurh Donetsk]]||rowspan="4"|[[Ukrainian Premier League]]||26||3||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||27||3
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League|2011-12]]||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||0||0
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[SC Tavriya Simferopol|Tavriya Simferopol]]||18||1||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||19||1
|-
|[[2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League|2012-13]]||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||2||0
|-
|[[2012–13 Russian Premier League|2012-13]]||[[FC Kuban Krasnodar|Kuban Krasnodar]]||rowspan="2"|[[Russian Premier League]]||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||0||0
|-
|[[2013–14 Russian Premier League|2012-13]]||[[FC Anzhi Makhachkala|Anzhi Makhachkala]]||9||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||4||0||13||0
|-
|[[2013–14 Superleague Greece|2014–15]]||[[Ergotelis F.C.|Ergotelis]]||rowspan="2"|[[Superleague Greece|Superleague]]||8||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||8||0
|-
|[[2014–15 Superleague Greece|2014–15]]||[[OFI Crete]]||14||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||16||0
|-
|[[2015 FC Aktobe season|2015]]||[[FC Aktobe|Aktobe]]||[[Kazakhstan Premier League]]||29||1||3||0||colspan="2"|-||2||0||34||1
|-
! rowspan=5 | Total
! colspan=2 | Netherlands
!72||4||2||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||74||4
|-
! colspan=2 | Ukraine
!46||4||2||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||48||4
|-
! colspan=2 | Russia
!9||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||4||0||13||0
|-
! colspan=2 | Greece
!22||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||24||0
|-
! colspan=2 | Kazakhstan
!29||1||3||0||colspan="2"|-||2||0||34||1
|-
! colspan=3 | Career total
!178||9||9||0||3||0||6||0||196||9
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=player&id=20185 Scoresway.com Profile]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090914194843/http://www.sparta-rotterdam.nl/elftal/spelersinfo.asp?playerid=237 Player profile] – Sparta Rotterdam
* [http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler/AyodeleAdeleye.htm Career stats] – Voetbal international {{nl|icon}}

{{Nigeria Squad 2008 Summer Olympics}}
{{Nigeria Squad 2010 World Cup}}

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