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Abiola Adedeji Dauda (born 3 February 1988) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Greek Superleague club Atromitos, as a striker. After over five years of playing competitive football in Sweden, Dauda gained Swedish citizenship in June 2013.
Early life
Dauda has vertical scars under each of his eyes which are family markings that were given to him shortly after birth. He has eleven siblings in his family.
Club career
Early career
Dauda was discovered in Nigeria by an agent Victor Mcdonald at age eighteen. He was playing with Grassroot Highlanders. Mcdonald helped him to get signed with Swedish fourth tier club Sölvesborgs GoIF. His time there was very successful and he was named the best forward of the division in 2007 which made several Allsvenskan clubs want to sign him.
Kalmar
In the end he decided to join Kalmar FF the following year. During his time there he very rarely got to play the full 90 minutes in games but he still had a prolific 2012 season where he scored a total of 14 goals. After the season had ended he declared that he was leaving the club to look for a new challenge. During his spell with Kalmar, he won the Swedish championship in 2008 and the Swedish Supercup in 2009, besides having been twice runner-up of the Swedish Cup, in 2008 and 2001.
Red Star Belgrade
On 8 February 2013, which was the last day of the transfer market window in Jelen Super Liga Dauda signed a contract with Red Star Belgrade. The first occasion on which Dauda scored for Red Star came on 3 April 2013, when he scored two goals and provided an assist for team-mate Darko Lazović in a 3–0 win at home against Hajduk Kula.
Vitesse
On 21 July 2014, FC Red Star Belgrade announced they had agreed a €0.5 million fee for the transfer of Dauda to Eredivisie club Vitesse Arnhem.
Heart of Midlothian
On 1 February 2016, Scottish Premiership side Heart of Midlothian signed him on a loan deal for the remainder of the season. He scored his first goals for the club when he scored a brace in the league against Ross County on 10 February 2016.
Atromitos
On 9 January 2017, Dauda signed with Greek Superleague club Atromitos on a free transfer from Vitesse, penning a 1,5-year contract until the end of the 2017-18 season.
Career statistics
- As of 26 November 2016
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Sweden | League | Svenska Cupen | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2007 | Sölvesborgs GoIF | Division 2 | 25 | 23 | — | — | 25 | 23 | ||
| 2008 | Kalmar FF | Allsvenskan | 21 | 5 | — | 5 | 3 | 26 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 28 | 7 | — | — | 28 | 7 | ||||
| 2010 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | 32 | 5 | |||
| 2011 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 29 | 4 | |||
| 2012 | 25 | 14 | — | — | 25 | 14 | ||||
| Serbia | League | Serbian Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2012–13 | Red Star | SuperLiga | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
| 2013–14 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 12 | ||
| Holland | League | Dutch Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2014–15 | Vitesse Arnhem | Eredivisie | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 |
| 2015–16 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | ||
| 2016–17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Scotland | League | Scottish Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2015–16 | Heart of Midlothian | Scottish Premiership | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 |
Honours
- Kalmar FF
- Allsvenskan: 2008
- Svenska Supercupen: 2009
- Red Star
- Serbian SuperLiga (1): 2013–14