Emmanuel Adewole

Emmanuel Wonder Adewole commonly referred to as Wonder (born 6 April, 1990) is a Nigerian born, English footballer who plays attacking midfielder, and striker for Cypriot club Nicos & Socratis Erimis () in the Cypriot Second Division.

Playing career

Adewole began his career at the Arsenal Academy, before moving to the United States of America. He was a dual-sport athlete at Pike High School, where he competed in track and fields alongside playing basketball with current NBA player, Atlanta Hawks point guard, Jeff Teague (basketball) on the high school varsity team. He returned to play college soccer at University of Rio Grande, and later Drake University respectively. He later played in the USL Premier Development League successive seasons for Springfield Demize and then Des Moines Menace.

Professional

In 2012, after a brief stint with Swedish club Bodens BK, Adewole signed for Norwegian club Hammerfest FK on the back of a successful trial. Other clubs in Sweden and Malta also reportedly approached the youngster for his services, but both deals fell apart because of sundry reasons.

At the end of a successful lone season with the Scandinavian club, Romanian football giants FC Dinamo București inquired about Adewole's services, but he later agreed to join Liga II club side ACS Berceni till the end of the season. His next venture was to Italy where he spent the beginning of 2013–14 season with FC Pomarico, but left on grounds of mutual consent due to the poor financial situation of the club.

Sheikh Russel KC

The subsequent winter transfer window saw Adewole miss out on a deal to join Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club Olympique de Béja, however, he shortly signed a contract to play for Bangladesh Premier League club Sheikh Russell on a free transfer, after much speculations he was set to either play for Egyptian Premier League side Ismaily SC or Lithuanian 1 Lyga club Tauras.

El Raja Marsa Matruh

Adewole signed a two-year contract with Egyptian Premier League side El Raja SC in the summer of 2014, after they reportedly made him the highest paid player at the club, with a €315k buy-out clause.

Nikos & Sokratis Erimis

On 1 September 2014, after only months with his new club El Raja SC, Adewole joined Nikos & Sokratis Erimis on a one-year contract.

Style of Play

Adewole is a skilful attacking midfielder or wing-forward with play-making abilities. He possesses blistering pace which allows him to operate in more advanced parts of the field, or as an unusual 'false nine' "forward" in a deep-lying role. He has been described as an extremely fast and powerful player who fits the mould of a "traditional" centre forward, leading to comparison with Alain Traoré.

Personal life

Adewole is currently eligible for international selection by either the USMNT due to having a United States citizenship, England, or his country of origin Nigeria. In addition to his football career, Adewole also holds a Masters of Laws (LLM) degree in Sports Law from Nottingham Law School.

Tournaments

• NCAA College Cup
• US Lamar Hunt Open Cup
• Walton Federation Cup
• Grameenphone Super Cup
• Modhumoti Bank Independence Cup 2014
• AFC President's Cup Finalist 2014
• Cypriot Cup

Honours

Drake University

• MVC Champion
• NCAA Elite Eight 2009

Sheikh Russel KC

• AFC President's Cup Finalist 2014

External links

• Official Site Demizesoccer
• Official Site Menacesoccer
• Official PDL site USLsoccer
• Drake bio
• Sheikh Russel KC
• Nicos & Socratis Erimis