Adebayor Zakari Adje
Personal information
Full name Adebayor Zakari Victorien Adje
Date of birth (1996-11-12) 12 November 1996
Place of birth Niamey, Niger[1]
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 AmaZulu
Number 14
Youth career
0000 Atcha Académie[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 AS Douanes
2017 Raon-l’Étape 0 (0)
2017–2018 AS GNN
2018–2020 Inter Allies 24 (20)
2018 → Vejle (loan) 0 (0)
2020–2022 HB Køge 0 (0)
2021 → Legon Cities (loan) 12 (1)
2021 → ENPPI (loan)
2022 US GN
2022–2023 RS Berkane 1 (0)
2023– AmaZulu
International career‡
2015– Niger 46 (17)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2022

Adebayor Zakari Adje (born 12 November 1996) is a Nigerien professional footballer who plays for DStv Premiership clubs AmaZulu and the Niger national team.

Club career

In 2016, Adebayor had trials with Ligue 1 sides FC Lorient and AS Monaco but was not offered a deal at either club.[3][4]

On 29 August 2018, Vejle Boldklub in Denmark announced the signing of Adebayor from Inter Allies on a loan deal until 30 June 2019.[2] However, one month later, the club announced that they wanted to terminate the loan deal because Adebayor did not show up as agreed and the club had not been able to get in touch with the player.[5]

However, he returned to Denmark in October 2020, when he signed with Danish 1st Division club HB Køge, which is a professional Danish football club based primarily in the town of Herfølge, and secondly in the town of Køge, both in the Køge Municipality.[6] However, on 4 March 2021, the club confirmed, that Adebayor had been loaned out to Legon Cities, because he wanted to be closer to his family due to personal reasons.[7] On 10 September 2021, Adebayor agreed to a year Loan deal with ENPPI SC of Egypt.

International career

He is the top scorer of Niger with 18 goals in 43 matches.[8]

Career statistics

International

Scores and results list Niger's goal tally first.[9]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.18 January 2016Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali, Rwanda Nigeria1–21–42016 African Nations Championship
2.29 March 2016Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey, Niger Senegal1–21–22017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3.5 September 2017Stade Adrar, Agadir, Morocco Mauritania2–02–0Friendly
4.27 May 2018Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey, Niger Central African Republic3–23–3Friendly
5.2 June 2018Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey, Niger Uganda1–02–1Friendly
6.2–0
7.18 November 2018Mavuso Sports Centre, Manzini, Eswatini Eswatini1–12–12019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
8.2–0
9.20 March 2020Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey, Niger Chad1–02–0Friendly
10.11 June 2021Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex, Manavgat, Turkey Guinea1–02–0Friendly
11.6 September 2021Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco Djibouti1–14–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification
12.2–1
13.15 November 2021Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey, Niger Djibouti1–07–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification
14.2–1
15.5–1
16.23 March 2022Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouakchott, Mauritania Mozambique1–01–1Friendly
17.26 March 2022Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouakchott, Mauritania Libya1–21–2Friendly

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Victorien Adebayor at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 21-årig afrikansk angriber på plads i VB, vejle-boldklub.dk, 28 August 2018
  3. ↑ "Monaco: Victorien Adebayor, une pépite nigérienne à l'essai". Africa Top Sports (in French). 2016-05-13. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  4. ↑ "Essai du joueur Zakari Victorien Adebayor au FC Lorient (France) : La petite perle de Atcha Académie bientôt en ligue 1 française". Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  5. ↑ Vejle vil ophæve kontrakt med forsvundet spiller, tipsbladet.dk, 26 September 2018
  6. ↑ Rekordkøb: HB Køge henter Adebayor, hbkoge.dk, 4 October 2020
  7. ↑ HB Køge udlejer Adebayor til Legon Cities FC, hbkoge.dk, 4 March 2021
  8. ↑ "AFCON Qualification: Ethiopia 3-3 Algeria". Al Bawaba. 2016-03-30. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  9. ↑ "Adebayor, Victorien". National Football Teams.


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