Kevin Aladesanmi
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kevin Ademola Aladesanmi Sanchez | ||
| Date of birth | 12 November 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Jönköping, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Deportivo Pereira | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2013 | Academia Tolimense | ||
| 2013–2017 | Parma de Barranquilla | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017 | Parma de Barranquilla | ||
| 2017 | → Olhanense (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2017 | Barranquilla | 14 | (2) |
| 2018– | Atlético Junior | 4 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Leones (loan) | 36 | (13) |
| 2020– | → Atlético Bucaramanga (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:53, 9 June 2020 (UTC) | |||
Kevin Ademola Aladesanmi Sanchez (born 12 November 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Deportivo Pereira .[1] Born in Sweden to a Nigerian father and Colombian mother, he holds Colombian nationality.[2]
Aladesanmi had a spell in the system of Academia Tolimense, prior to later joining Parma de Barranquilla.[3][4] In 2017, Aladesanmi joined LigaPro side Olhanense on loan.[3] He made his professional debut against Sporting B on 2 April 2017, being substituted on for Federico Virga during a 5–1 loss.[1][5] He featured six more times as Olhanense were relegated from the 2016–17 LigaPro.[1] Aladesanmi subsequently agreed to join Colombia's Barranquilla of Categoría Primera B.[1] Four goals in fifteen matches followed, with the midfielder scoring twice in his final appearance versus Cúcuta Deportivo in the play-offs on 12 November.[1]
Categoría Primera A side Atlético Junior signed Aladesanmi at the beginning of the 2018 campaign.[1] After featuring five times that year, Aladesanmi was loaned out in January 2019 to second tier team Leones.[1] For the 2020 season, he was loaned out to Atlético Bucaramanga.[6]
Personal life
Aladesanmi was born in Sweden to a Nigerian father and a Colombian mother; his father, Felix Ademola, was playing football for Deportes Tolima when they met.[3] Aladesanmi's birth place of Jönköping was where his parents were holidaying at the time.[3] He spent the first years of his life growing up in Norway, while Ademola was playing for Skeid and Haugesund.[3] During which time his parents separated, with Aladesanmi joining his mother in Ibagué, Colombia.[3]