Mutiu Adepoju ( born Mutiu Adepoju ; December 22, 1970 , Ibadan , Nigeria ) is a Nigerian footballer who mainly played as an attacking midfielder . The Nigerian, nicknamed the "Director", spent most of his career in the Spanish La Liga , where over the course of seven seasons he played 175 matches, in which he scored 22 goals. He was also a member of the Nigeria national team at three world championships.
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| Full name | Mutiu Adejoujou | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 22, 1970 (48 years old) Ibadan , Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 180 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | completed his career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Club
Adepoja, who was called in Spain by name, left Nigeria in 1989 to join Real Madrid , but could not get on the main team, limiting himself to playing for Real Madrid Castilla , the reserve team of Real. In the 1990/91 season, he played 37 games for her and scored 19 goals. In 1992, a Nigerian footballer moved to Racing from Santander . His debut season for the new club turned out to be successful: he scored 11 goals in the Segund and helped Racing return to Example , where he continued to play for the next three seasons.
Mutiu left for Real Sociedad in the 1996/97 season, where he spent a fairly successful first season, after which, basically, he tried his best to win a place in the basic composition of the Basque team. At the beginning of the 2001/02 season, he briefly represented Al-Ittihad from Saudi Arabia , but soon returned to Spain, where he spent a not-so-impressive season at Salamanca .
After two unsuccessful seasons in Turkey and Cyprus, Adepoju played in the lower leagues of Spain, after which he ended his career in 2006. After retiring, he returned to his first Shooting Stars team as an administrator.
Team
Mutiu was a member of the Nigerian team that played at the 1989 World Youth Championships.
He made his debut for the adult team of Nigeria in a match against Togo in August 1990, and since 1992, Adepoju has been called up for the team regularly. He participated in the African Cup of Nations 1992 , helped his country win the next cup . Mutiu Adepojo was a team player at the 1994 , 1998 World Championships (scored a goal in a victory match against the Spanish national team - 3: 2) and 2002 (did not enter the field at the last tournament).