| Intro | Nigerian footballer | |||||||||
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Athlete Football player Association football player |
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| From | Nigeria | |||||||||
| Type | Sports | |||||||||
| Gender | male | |||||||||
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19 February 1990, Abuja, Nigeria |
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| Age | 30 years | |||||||||
| Star sign | Pisces | |||||||||
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Kehinde Feyi Fatai (born 19 February 1990) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Astra Giurgiu.
Club career
Early career & Romanian Liga I
Fatai was in Nigeria with the Anwar-ul-Islam College and played for JUTH F.C.. He left for Europe in July 2007, joining FC Farul Constanța of Romania. Initially, he played in the third league of Romania for the reserve team and scored 11 goals in 20 games. In the following 2008–2009 season Fatai was promoted to Farul Constanța’s senior team. On 16 June 2010, he signed with Liga I club Astra Giurgiu on a free transfer, after his contract with Farul Constanța had ended.
Club Brugge
On 1 September 2013, Belgian club Club Brugge confirmed Fatai’s signing on a season long loan from Astra, with an option to buy. On 22 September 2013, he came on for his debut as an 80th-minute substitute and needed only seven minutes to break the deadlock with a shot in Club Brugge’s 4-0 win over fierce rivals Anderlecht.
AC Sparta Prague
In May 2015, Fatai signed for Czech club AC Sparta Prague on a three-year contract.
As a striker, he scored only one goal in eight league matches for Sparta Prague. This bad form in front of goal led to his playing as a wide midfielder instead. After this position change, he went on to score five goals in three matches.
FC Ufa
On 12 August 2016, he signed a 3-year contract with the Russian Premier League side FC Ufa. He was released from his Ufa contract by mutual consent on 14 August 2018.
International career
Fatai was called up to the Nigeria U-23 team in 2011 for a friendly against Costa Rica. On 4 June he was selected for a qualifying match for the 2012 Summer Olympics against Tanzania.
On 24 October 2015, Fatai said he had promised the Romanian national team officials that he would represent Romania on the senior level upon gaining citizenship.
Personal life
Kehinde Fatai’s twin brother, Taiye is also a footballer who spent most of his career in the lower leagues of Romania playing for teams like FCM Alexandria or ACS Berceni. Another one of his brothers, Yunus is a footballer who played in the lower leagues of Romania at Astra II and Dacia Unirea Brăila. He has a total of four brothers and a sister.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 17 December 2019
| Club | Season | League | Domestic Cups | Continental | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Farul Constanța II | 2007–08 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | – | 20 | 11 | |
| Total | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | – | 20 | 11 | ||
| Farul Constanța | 2007–08 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |
| 2008–09 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – | 18 | 7 | ||
| Total | 46 | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | 47 | 7 | ||
| Astra Giurgiu | 2010–11 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – | 27 | 7 | |
| 2011–12 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 1 | – | 32 | 11 | ||
| 2012–13 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 2 | – | 37 | 16 | ||
| 2013–14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 4 | |
| 2014–15 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 14 | |
| Total | 114 | 41 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 137 | 52 | |
| Club Brugge (loan) | 2013–14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 9 | 1 | |
| Total | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 9 | 1 | ||
| Sparta Prague | 2015–16 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 46 | 14 |
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 47 | 14 | |
| Ufa | 2016–17 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | – | 26 | 7 | |
| 2017–18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 41 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 7 | |
| Dinamo Minsk | 2018 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | – | 12 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 4 | |
| Total | 32 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 9 | |
| Career Total | 285 | 82 | 27 | 9 | 34 | 10 | 346 | 101 | |
Honours
- Astra Giurgiu
- Romanian Supercup: 2014