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John Akinde

Job Ayo Akinde (born 8 July 1989), known as John Akinde, is an English professional footballer who plays for National League club Braintree Town.

John Akinde
Akinde in March 2017
Personal information
Full name Job Ayo Akinde[1]
Date of birth (1989-07-08) 8 July 1989 (age 35)[2]
Place of birth Camberwell, England[3]
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[4]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Braintree Town
Number 24
Youth career
000?–2007 Gravesend & Northfleet
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Ebbsfleet United 23 (8)
2007 → Whitstable Town (loan)
2007 → Margate (loan) 7 (0)
2007 → Whitstable Town (loan) 9 (7)
2008–2011 Bristol City 16 (1)
2009 → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 11 (7)
2009–2010 → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 6 (1)
2010 → Brentford (loan) 2 (0)
2010–2011 → Bristol Rovers (loan) 14 (0)
2011 → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 9 (2)
2011–2013 Crawley Town 31 (1)
2012 → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 5 (0)
2013 Portsmouth 11 (0)
2013–2014 Alfreton Town 43 (18)
2014–2018 Barnet 166 (87)
2018–2020 Lincoln City 68 (20)
2020–2022 Gillingham 71 (9)
2022–2024 Colchester United 79 (9)
2024– Braintree Town 12 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:25, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

He previously played for Barnet from 2014 to 2018 and for Lincoln City from 2018 to 2020. In the 2014–15 season, he led the Conference Premier league in scoring, helping Barnet win the league. In the 2018–19 season, he led Lincoln City in scoring, helping them win League Two.

Career

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Akinde's youth career started at Tottenham.[citation needed] Akinde played for Ebbsfleet United where he was a graduate of the club's academy under their previous name, Gravesend and Northfleet. In 28 league appearances for Gravesend/Ebbsfleet, Akinde scored 10 goals, he also won the FA Trophy with Ebbsfleet in the season before joining Bristol City, laying on the winning goal in the final at Wembley against Torquay United. He had a loan spell at Margate and two loan spells at Whitstable Town.[5]

Bristol City

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In 2008, Akinde was sold to Bristol City for £140,000 following the first ever transfer decided by a fans poll, in this case by the members of MyFootballClub.[6]

 
Akinde playing for Bristol City in January 2010

He scored on his debut for Bristol City in a 2–2 draw against Plymouth Argyle.[7] Later in the season, Akinde signed for an initial month on loan to Wycombe Wanderers, on 11 March 2009. He also scored on his Wycombe debut, netting twice against Brentford in a 3–3 draw. Further goals against Barnet and Darlington led to the loan deal being extended until the end of the season.

On 13 November 2009, he returned to Wycombe Wanderers on a month's loan, this later being extended to two months, but he was recalled early by Bristol City on 7 January 2010. On 1 February 2010, Akinde joined Brentford on a month's loan, making two league appearances, one of which against former loan club Wycombe Wanderers.

He went out on loan for a fourth time in August 2010 when he joined Bristol Rovers in a deal scheduled to last until 5 January.[8] In January 2011 Akinde joined Dagenham & Redbridge on loan until the end of the season.[9]

Crawley Town

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On 27 May 2011, newly promoted Crawley Town beat off higher league competition to sign Akinde for the 2011–12 season.[10] He scored his first league goal for Crawley Town away to Shrewsbury Town at the New Meadow on 27 February 2012.[11] On 17 March 2012, Akinde joined fellow League Two side Dagenham & Redbridge on loan for the remainder of the season, along with Charlie Wassmer.[12] However, on 12 April 2012, Crawley recalled Akinde and fellow loanee Charlie Wassmer, to their push for promotion from League Two.

On 31 January 2013, Akinde was released by Crawley.[13] On 8 February, he joined Portsmouth in a month-to-month contract.[14] He made his debut a day later, against Bournemouth.[15]

Akinde was released by Portsmouth at the end of the season, after failing to score in his 11 appearances for Pompey. He signed for Alfreton Town in August 2013 on a one-year contract.[16] He made his debut against Kidderminster Harriers before scoring a hat-trick in his second game as Alfreton beat Salisbury City 3–2.[17] He scored 18 goals in 42 league gamesthat season.

Barnet

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Akinde joined Barnet on a two-year deal on 24 May 2014.[18] In his first season for the club he scored 31 league goals making him the division's top goal scorer, as Barnet won the Conference Premier. In the 2015–16 season, Akinde scored 23 goals, helping the team to a 15th-placed finish and finishing as the 3rd top goal scorer in the League. At the end of the season, Akinde signed a three-year deal.[19] On 22 April 2017, Akinde scored his 48th English Football League goal for the Bees to become their highest-ever League goalscorer, surpassing Sean Devine's record.[20] He was transfer-listed by Barnet at the end of the 2017–18 season.[21]

2018–present

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On 6 July 2018, Akinde signed a three-year deal with League Two club Lincoln City,[22] and top scored for the Imps in the 2018–19 season as they won League Two.[23]

On 24 January 2020 he joined League One side Gillingham for an undisclosed fee.[24] He made his debut for the club the following day in a 2–2 away league draw against Rochdale, where he provided an assist for Gillingham's second goal.[25] Akinde attracted interest in the January 2021 transfer window from Exeter City but nothing materialised and he remained at Gillingham.[26]

On 27 January 2022, Akinde reached a mutual agreement with Gillingham to terminate his contract and signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with EFL League Two side Colchester United.[27] He made his league debut for the Essex side two days later, appearing as a 66th minute substitute in 1–1 home draw against Swindon Town and providing an assist for the 92nd-minute equaliser by teammate Emyr Huws.[28]

On 8 May 2024, the club announced he would be released in the summer when his contract expired.[29]

After being released by Colchester United, Akinde joined National League side Braintree Town.[30]

Personal life

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Akinde was born in Camberwell, South London and is of Nigerian descent.[31] Akinde's brother Sam (born 1993) has also played at Ebbsfleet, Alfreton and Barnet. The brothers have played together at the latter two clubs.[32]

Career statistics

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As of end of 2023–24 season
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ebbsfleet United 2007–08[33] Conference Premier 18 6 0 0 — 4[a] 0 22 6
2008–09[34] Conference Premier 5 2 0 0 — 0 0 5 2
Total 23 8 0 0 — 4 0 27 8
Margate (loan) 2007–08[35] Isthmian Premier 7 0 0 0 — 0 0 7 0
Whitstable Town (loan) 2007–08[35] Isthmian Division One South 9 7 0 0 — 0 0 9 7
Bristol City 2008–09[34] Championship 7 1 0 0 0 0 — 7 1
2009–10[36] Championship 7 0 2 0 2 0 — 11 0
2010–11[37] Championship 2 0 0 0 1 0 — 3 0
Total 16 1 2 0 3 0 — 21 1
Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 2008–09[34] League Two 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 7
2009–10[36] League One 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
Total 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 8
Brentford (loan) 2009–10[36] League One 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Bristol Rovers (loan) 2010–11[37] League One 14 0 1 0 0 0 3[b] 0 18 0
Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 2010–11[37] League One 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2
Crawley Town 2011–12[38] League Two 25 1 2 0 1 0 1[b] 0 29 1
2012–13[39] League One 6 0 3 0 1 0 1[b] 0 11 0
Total 31 1 5 0 2 0 2 0 40 1
Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 2011–12[38] League Two 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Portsmouth 2012–13[39] League One 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Alfreton Town 2013–14[40] Conference Premier 43 18 2 1 — 0 0 45 19
Barnet 2014–15[40] Conference Premier 45 31 3 2 — 1[a] 0 49 33
2015–16[41] League Two 43 23 2 0 2 1 1[b] 0 48 24
2016–17[42] League Two 46 26 0 0 1 0 1[c] 0 48 26
2017–18[43] League Two 32 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 7
Total 166 87 5 2 3 1 3 0 177 90
Lincoln City 2018–19[44] League Two 45 15 3 1 2 1 2[c] 0 52 17
2019–20[45] League One 23 5 1 0 2 0 3[c] 3 29 8
Total 68 20 4 1 4 1 5 3 81 25
Gillingham 2019–20[45] League One 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
2020–21[46] League One 44 7 2 0 2 0 3[c] 0 51 7
2021–22[47] League One 18 1 2 0 0 0 1[c] 0 21 1
Total 71 9 4 0 2 0 4 0 81 9
Colchester United 2021–22[47] League Two 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2
2022–23[48] League Two 36 5 1 0 2 0 2[c] 2 41 7
2023–24[49] League Two 28 2 0 0 1 1 1[c] 0 30 3
Total 79 9 1 0 3 1 3 2 86 12
Career total 571 170 24 4 17 3 24 5 636 182
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  2. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

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Ebbsfleet United

Wycombe Wanderers

Crawley Town

Barnet

Lincoln City

Individual

Notes

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References

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