Bamberdele "Dele" Adebola (born 23 June 1975 in Lagos, Lagos State) is a Nigerian footballer, who plays as a striker for Nottingham Forest.
Arriving in England as a small boy with his family, Adebola was brought up in Liverpool; as a schoolboy, he played in the same representative sides as Robbie Fowler. When offered a YTS place by Liverpool, the team he supported, he believed that trying to progress as a fellow left-footed striker at the club at...
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Bamberdele "Dele" Adebola (born 23 June 1975 in Lagos, Lagos State) is a Nigerian footballer, who plays as a striker for Nottingham Forest.
Arriving in England as a small boy with his family, Adebola was brought up in Liverpool; as a schoolboy, he played in the same representative sides as Robbie Fowler. When offered a YTS place by Liverpool, the team he supported, he believed that trying to progress as a fellow left-footed striker at the club at the same time as Fowler would not be a good idea. Consequently he accepted a similar offer from Crewe.
He made his first team debut in the 1992-93 season in the Third Division at the age of 17, and in the following season gained experience by playing on loan at Bangor City in the Welsh Premier League and Conference side Northwich Victoria. He made a significant impact for Crewe in 1996-97, his 16 goals proving crucial in the club's gaining promotion to the First Division.
He soon proved himself capable of scoring goals at that level, and...
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