Samuel Adeniyi Adegbenro (born 3 December 1995) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan.
 Adegbenro with Rosenborg in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Adeniyi Adegbenro | ||
| Date of birth | 3 December 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Osogbo, Nigeria[1] | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Beijing Guoan | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Prime | |||
| Kwara United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Viking | 67 | (14) |
| 2017–2020 | Rosenborg | 49 | (10) |
| 2021 | IFK Norrköping | 30 | (17) |
| 2022– | Beijing Guoan | 41 | (7) |
| 2023 | → Viking (loan) | 11 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 November 2024 | |||
A fast and skillful player able to operate at both flanks, Adegbenro can play in the center as well; as an attacking midfielder or striker. At Rosenborg, he mainly played as a left winger in a 4-3-3 formation.
Club career
editNigeria
editAdegbenro was born in Nigeria.[2] He started his career at local team Prime before switching to Kwara United.
Adegbenro got ranked as the club's most valuable player by Kwara United general manager, Alhaji Haruna Maigidasanma, after the first half of the 2014 season.
Viking
editAfter impressing at trials earlier that winter, Adegbenro moved to Norwegian Eliteserien club Viking alongside fellow Nigerian, Suleiman Abdullahi, signing a four-year contract 5 February 2015.[3]
Adegbenro made his debut for Viking on 6 April 2015 against Mjøndalen; they lost the game, 1–0.[2] Adegbenro scored his first goal in Eliteserien against Molde at home, a match which Viking won by 2–1. Adegbenro, accompanied by Suleiman Abdullahi, made a great impact to the team throughout the 2015 season. Making 24 appearances this season, Adegbenro scored 5 goals and assisted another 5.
He was awarded William Danielsen's memory goblet for his debut season at Viking's annual meeting on 15 March 2016.
The 2016 season resulted in 28 appearances, 3 goals and 1 assist.
Rosenborg
editOn 15 August 2017, Adegbenro moved to Rosenborg for around 15 million NOK,[4] signing a four-and-a-half-year contract.[5] Two days later he scored on his debut after coming off the bench securing Rosenborg a 1–0 away win versus Ajax in the first leg of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League play-off round.[6] In the second leg a week later, Adegbenro helped Rosenborg reach the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage by scoring twice in a 3–2 win at home, making it 4–2 on aggregate.
IFK Norrköping
editOn 13 January 2021, Adegbenro moved to IFK Norrköping.[7] On 1 March 2022, Norrköping announced that the club reached the agreement with an unidentified Chinese club for Adegbenro's transfer and that further details of the transfer would be announced when the transfer window opens in China in mid-March.[8] There was no additional announcement made in mid-March. On 6 April 2022, Fotbollskanalen Europa reported that the new club is Beijing Guoan and Adegbenro is in China in COVID-19 quarantine, while there was no official confirmation for the transfer from IFK Norrköping or Beijing Guoan at that time.[9]
Beijing Guoan
editOn 15 April 2022, Adegbenro joined Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan.[10] On 29 October 2022, Adegbenro scored his first 2 goals for Guoan in a 4–1 win against Guangzhou F.C.[11]
Return to Viking (loan)
editOn 30 August 2023, Adegbenro returned to Viking on loan until the end of the 2023 season.[12] On 24 September 2023, he scored a goal against Sandefjord in a 4–3 win.
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 22 August 2024[13]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Viking | 2015 | Eliteserien | 24 | 5 | 4 | 2 | — | 28 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 31 | 4 | |||
| 2017 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | 16 | 6 | |||
| Total | 67 | 14 | 8 | 3 | — | 75 | 17 | |||
| Rosenborg | 2017 | Eliteserien | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 5 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 4 | ||
| 2019 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 35 | 7 | ||
| 2020 | 12 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Total | 49 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 82 | 16 | ||
| Norrköping | 2021 | Allsvenskan | 30 | 17 | 4 | 2 | — | 34 | 19 | |
| Beijing Guoan | 2022 | Chinese Super League | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |||
| 2024 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 18 | 3 | |||
| Total | 41 | 7 | 44 | 0 | — | 44 | 7 | |||
| Viking (loan) | 2023 | Eliteserien | 11 | 4 | — | — | 11 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 183 | 49 | 18 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 228 | 60 | ||
Honours
editIndividual
References
edit- ^ a b Samuel Adegbenro at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b "Samuel Adegbenro". altomfotball.no. TV2. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Norwegian Club, Viking FK Confirm Adegbenro, Sulieman Signings". www.sl10.ng/. sl10.ng. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ "Viking og RBK enige – Adegbenro bekrefter overgang". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ "Jeg er her for å vinne". rbk.no. Rosenborg. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ "Samuel sikret fantastisk borteresultat". rbk.no. Rosenborg. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ Arntzen, Mats (13 January 2021). "Adegbenro Går Fra Rosenborg Til Norrköping" [Adegbenro Rruns From Rosenborg To Norrköping]. VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ "IFK NORRKÖPING SÄLJER SAMUEL ADEGBENRO" (Press release) (in Swedish). Norrköping. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ "Uppgifter: Här är Adegbenros nya klubb" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ "官方：国安签下姜祥佑、阿德本罗、达布罗三外援，解约安德森" (in Chinese). Dongqiudi. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "中超-张玉宁传射阿德本罗双响 国安4-1广州2连胜" (in Chinese). Sina Sports. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ "Adegbenro er tilbake: – Som å komme hjem". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ^ Samuel Adegbenro at Soccerway