Sam Ayorinde

Sam Ayorinde
Personal information
Full name	Samuel Tayo Ayorinde
Date of birth	20 October 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Lagos, Nigeria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1993	NEPA Lagos
1993–1994	Stade Tunisien
1994–1995	Sturm Graz
1995–1997	Leyton Orient
1997	FF Jaro
1997–1998	Dover Athletic
1998–1999	Bangor City
1999	Stade Tunisien
1999–2000	Hapoel Beit She'an
2000–2001	Assyriska
2001–2002	Stalybridge Celtic
2002–2003	AIK
2003–2004	Shenyang Ginde
2004–2005	Syrianska
2005–2006	Da Nang
2007	Persija Jakarta
2008	Gröndals IK
2009	Djurgårdsbrunns FC
Total
International career
1998–2003	Nigeria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Samuel Ayorinde (born 20 October 1974) is a Nigerian former footballer who played at both professional and international levels. A striker, he played professionally for a number clubs throughout Africa, Europe and Asia, and he represented Nigeria at senior international level.

Club career

Ayorinde was born in Lagos on 20 October 1974,^[1] and played club football for NEPA Lagos, Stade Tunisien and Sturm Graz,^[2] before joining Leyton Orient in September 1995 though a lengthy wait for a work permit meant he did not make his league debut against Cambridge United until May 1996.^[3] He made 16 league and cup appearances for Orient, scoring two goals, but could not hold down a place in the first team and, after a succession of loan moves, transferred to Football Conference side Dover Athletic in December 1997.^[3] He later played for Bangor City, Hapoel Beit She'an, Assyriska, Stalybridge Celtic, AIK, Shenyang Ginde, Syrianska, Da Nang, Persija Jakarta, Gröndals IK and Djurgårdsbrunns FC.^[2]

International career

Ayorinde earned two caps for Nigeria between 1998 and 2003.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hugman, Barry J. (November 2015). The PFA Premier & Football League players' records 1946-2015 (First ed.). G2 Entertainment. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-7828-1167-1.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sam Ayorinde". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b Kaufman, Neilson N; Ravenhill, Alan E (2002). The Men Who Made Leyton Orient Football Club. Tempus Publishing. pp. 22–23. ISBN 0752424122.

External links

Samuel Ayorinde at SvFF at archive.today (archived 2013-08-06) (in Swedish)

[Hugman15-1] Hugman, Barry J. (November 2015). The PFA Premier & Football League players' records 1946-2015 (First ed.). G2 Entertainment. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-7828-1167-1.

[NFT-2] "Sam Ayorinde". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 January 2017.

[Kaufman02-3] Kaufman, Neilson N; Ravenhill, Alan E (2002). The Men Who Made Leyton Orient Football Club. Tempus Publishing. pp. 22–23. ISBN 0752424122.

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