| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yemi Odubade[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 July 1984[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Gosport Borough | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2004 | Eastbourne Town | 85 | (64) |
| 2004–2005 | Yeovil Town | 4 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Eastbourne Borough | 31 | (17) |
| 2006–2009 | Oxford United | 135 | (29) |
| 2009–2011 | Stevenage | 52 | (15) |
| 2011 | → Newport County (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2011–2013 | Gateshead | 51 | (10) |
| 2013 | → Forest Green Rovers (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2013–2016 | Eastleigh | 91 | (12) |
| 2015 | → Woking (loan) | 15 | (7) |
| 2016–2017 | Maidstone United | 30 | (6) |
| 2017–2019 | Eastbourne Borough | 51 | (13) |
| 2018–2019 | → Weymouth (loan) | 7 | (3) |
| 2019–2020 | Weymouth | 47 | (12) |
| 2020–2022 | Salisbury | 17 | (4) |
| 2022 | Dorchester Town | 7 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | AFC Totton | 0 | (0) |
| 2023– | Gosport Borough | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:48, 24 July 2022 (UTC) | |||
Yemi Odubade (born 4 July 1984) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a striker for Southern League Premier Division club Gosport Borough.
Odubade began his football career in England, playing in the Sussex County League for Eastbourne Town in 2002, where he scored over 70 times in two seasons at the East Sussex club in all competitions. This attracted transfer interest from Yeovil Town, signing for the club in July 2004. At Yeovil, Odubade found first-team opportunities limited and left the club in February 2005 in order to join Eastbourne Borough. The following season, Odubade impressed Oxford United manager Brian Talbot in two FA Cup ties whilst playing for Eastbourne Borough, and he joined the League Two club two months later for a fee of £25,000. He spent three-and-a-half years at Oxford, playing 149 games.
Odubade joined Stevenage on a free transfer in May 2009, and helped Stevenage earn promotion to the Football League for the first time in the club's history, finishing as the club's top goalscorer during the season. In January 2011, Odubade signed for Newport County on loan, before joining Conference Premier club Gateshead on a free transfer in June 2011. After spending two years at Gateshead, during which he spent a brief spell on loan at Forest Green Rovers, he then joined Eastleigh in May 2013. He spent three years at Eastleigh, helping the club win the Conference South in his first season. In September 2016, Odubade signed for Maidstone United of the National League and spent one year there before making a return to Eastbourne Borough in July 2017.
An initial loan move to Weymouth in December 2018 was made permanent a month later, as the club secured the Southern League Premier South title in his first season there. After helping Weymouth earn promotion into the National League during the 2019–20 season, he signed for Salisbury in September 2020. His first season at Salisbury was curtailed due to restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, before playing for the club during the first half of the 2021–22 season. A transfer to Dorchester Town followed in February 2022, where he spent the remainder of that season. Odubade signed for AFC Totton of the Southern League Division One South ahead of the 2022–23 season.
- ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/05/2012 and 31/05/2012". The Football Association. p. 5. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019.
- ^ "Yemi Odubade". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "Soccerway – Yemi Odubade". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
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