Fanendo Adi

Fanendo Adi
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-10-10) 10 October 1990
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Portland Timbers
Number 9
Youth career
Lagos Islanders
Union Bank
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Trenčín 42 (18)
2011 Metalurh Donetsk 9 (1)
2011 → Dynamo Kyiv (loan) 3 (0)
2011–2012 Tavriya Simferopol 9 (1)
2012–2013 Trenčín 19 (10)
2013–2014 Copenhagen 9 (3)
2014 → Portland Timbers (loan) 6 (4)
2014– Portland Timbers 84 (37)
National team‡
2011 Nigeria U23 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 November 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 December 2014

Fanendo Adi (born 10 October 1990) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a striker for American club, Portland Timbers.

Club career

Europe

Following his transfer from AS Trencin, Adi scored a goal in his F.C. Copenhagen debut against FC Vestsjælland on 25 August, despite not having his work and residency permit.[1]

On January 2011, Fanendo Adi, the then 19-year-old Nigerian striker, was invited for the second time by Ajax.[2]

Major League Soccer

On 13 May 2014, Adi went on loan with the option to buy to Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer. He made his debut coming on as a substitute against Columbus Crew and got the game tying assist which earn him a start in the following match.[3] Adi scored his first and second goals, in the second half for the Portland Timbers on 28 May 2014, against Chivas USA in his first start for the club. On 7 June he received his second start and scored two goals in the first half against Real Salt Lake.[4]

Adi was signed permanently by Portland Timbers on 23 June 2014. He became the club's fourth ever Designated Player.[5]

International career

Adi was called up to the senior Nigeria squad to face Egypt in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in March 2016.[6]

Honours

Portland Timbers

References

  1. ↑ "FCK: Fanendo Adi er overrasket og forvirret". dr.dk.
  2. ↑ "De Boer rozhodol, Ajax opäť skúša Adiho" (in Slovak). AS Trenčín official website. 22 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "2014". timbers.com.
  4. ↑ "Fanendo Adi". Portland Timbers.
  5. ↑ "Portland Timbers exercise purchase option on striker Fanendo Adi, sign as Designated Player to multiyear contract". Portland Timbers.
  6. ↑ "Delighted Fanendo Adi ready to play part in Super Eagles campaign". goal.com. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  7. ↑ http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2015/12/6/9858868/timbers-crew-2015-mls-cup-final-score-results
  8. ↑ http://www.oregonlive.com/timbers/index.ssf/2015/11/portland_timbers_fans_celebrat.html
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