Shola Ameobi · TheSportsDB · Courtesy of TheSportsDB
Shola Ameobi
Sign in to saveAlso known as Foluwashola Ameobi, Foluwashola "Shola" Ameobi
Nigerian footballer (born 1981)
OverviewAI-generated
Shola Ameobi was born on 12 October 1981 in Zaria and holds citizenship of Nigeria and the United Kingdom. He played as a forward, wearing squad number 9, for Newcastle United, Stoke City, Gaziantep F.K. and Crystal Palace in the Premier League, and he took part in the 2014 FIFA World Cup for Nigeria. He speaks English, Yoruba and Nigerian Pidgin, with Yoruba as his native language. His siblings are Sammy Ameobi and Tomi Ameobi.
Synthesized by Vinony from 25 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Thesportsdb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- 2008
- → Stoke City (loan)
- 2015
- Crystal Palace
- Full name
- Foluwashola Ameobi
- Date of birth
- ( 1981-10-12 ) 12 October 1981 (age 44)
- Place of birth
- Zaria , Nigeria
- Height
- 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
- Position
- Striker
- 1995 2000
- Newcastle United
- Years
- Team
- 2000 2014
- Newcastle United
- 2014 2015
- Gaziantep BB
- 2015 2016
- Bolton Wanderers
- 2016 2017
- Fleetwood Town
- 2017 2018
- Notts County
- 2000 2003
- England U21
- 2012 2014
- Nigeria
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Centre-Forward
- Nationality
- Nigeria
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Zaria
- Sibling
- Tomi Ameobi
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Nigerian Pidgin
- Native language
- Yoruba
- Participant in
- 2014 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Gaziantepspor
- Position played
- forward
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Nigeria
- Mass
- 80
- Image
- Shola Ameobi 1.png
- Height
- 191
Show 5 more facts
- Commons category
- Shola Ameobi
- date of birth
- 1981-10-12
- sport number
- 9
- start of work period
- 2000-00-00
- name in native language
- Shola Ameobi
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
~14 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Foluwashola "Shola" Ameobilisten (born 12 October 1981) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
He spent 14 years at Newcastle United, making 397 official appearances and scoring 79 goals, and received a winner's medal when they won the Championship in 2010. He has the fifth most appearances as a substitute in the Premier League. On leaving Newcastle in 2014, he briefly represented Gaziantep BB in Turkey, before brief spells at Crystal Palace, Bolton Wanderers, Fleetwood Town, and Notts County.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shola Ameobi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.