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Shola Ameobi

1981 - Today

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Foluwashola "Shola" Ameobi (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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2024). Shola Ameobi is the 14,733rd most popular soccer player (down from 10,617th in 2024), the 207th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 140th in 2019) and the 98th most popular Nigerian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Shola Ameobi ranks 14,733 out of 21,273. Before him are Cédric Mongongu, Gorka Elustondo, Amanda Ilestedt, Tomasz Jodłowiec, Gary Kagelmacher, and Ondřej Kúdela. After him are Rafał Gikiewicz, Kim Ju-young, Jang Dae-il, Zhou Haibin, Austín Berry, and Will Grigg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Shola Ameobi ranks 1,202. Before him are Joshua Close, Liam de Young, Marcel Augusto Ortolan, Willa Ford, Laura Michelle Kelly, and Dana Reizniece-Ozola. After him are Charlie Bewley, Anne-Laure Viard, Daniela Meuli, Kessarin Ektawatkul, Andreas Linger, and Jesús Hernández.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Shola Ameobi ranks 207 out of 309. Before him are Joseph Dosu (1973), Henry Onyekuru (1997), Emeka Ezeugo (1965), Taiwo Awoniyi (1997), Rabia Salihu Sa'id (1963), and Babatunde Fashola (1963). After him are Jude Monye (1973), James Obiorah (1978), Bartholomew Ogbeche (1984), Clement Chukwu (1973), Chidera Ejuke (1998), and Isaac Promise (1987).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Nigeria

Among soccer players born in Nigeria, Shola Ameobi ranks 98. Before him are Dickson Etuhu (1982), Derick Ogbu (1990), Joseph Dosu (1973), Henry Onyekuru (1997), Emeka Ezeugo (1965), and Taiwo Awoniyi (1997). After him are James Obiorah (1978), Bartholomew Ogbeche (1984), Chidera Ejuke (1998), Isaac Promise (1987), Eric Ejiofor (1979), and Peter Ijeh (1977).

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