| Intro | Nigerian association football player |
| Is |
Athlete |
| From |
Nigeria |
| Type |
Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 14 February 1999, Ibadan, Nigeria |
| Age: | 21 years |
| Star sign | Aquarius |
Omobolaji Habeeb “Bobby” Adekanye (born 14 February 1999) is a footballer who plays for the Italian club Lazio. He plays as a left winger. Born in Nigeria, Adekanye represents the Netherlands internationally.
Club career
Barcelona scandal
He signed to Liverpool from FC Barcelona in 2015 having previously been at AFC Ajax. Adekanye was forced to leave Barcelona when they were found to have broken FIFA’s rules on signing underage players. Adekanye was one of six youth players barred from playing again for Barcelona by FIFA. Barcelona were also given a one-year transfer ban and fined £306,000.
Racism scandal
Spartak Moscow were charged by UEFA over alleged racist behaviour by their supporters towards Adekanye during a UEFA Youth League match against Liverpool. Despite being found guilty, in the next match they played Liverpool again had to report Spartak Moscow fans for rascist chants towards another of their players, Rhian Brewster.
Lazio
He moved to Italian club Lazio on 3 July 2019. Adekanye made his debut for Lazio on 19 September 2019 in the UEFA Europa League against CFR Cluj. He made his Serie A debut on 29 September 2019 against Genoa. On 28 November 2019 he played for the first time as starter in Europa League against Cluj.
International career
Although born in Nigeria he has represented Netherlands at international youth levels having moved there at the age of 4.
Honours
Lazio
- Supercoppa Italiana: 2019