Nurudeen Orelesi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nurudeen Adegbola Orelesi | ||
| Date of birth | April 10, 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Vllaznia Shkodër | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bolowotan FC | |||
| First Bank FC | |||
| 2006–2007 | UD Salamanca | ||
| 2007–2008 | SC Bonifika | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2009 | SC Bonifika | 3 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | ECO Lagos | 11 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Dinamo Tirana | 34 | (2) |
| 2011–2014 | Skënderbeu Korçë | 97 | (4) |
| 2014–2016 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 32 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Skënderbeu Korçë | 40 | (0) |
| 2017– | Vllaznia Shkodër | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2009–2010 | Nigeria U20 | 4 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Nigeria U23 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 June 2016. |
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Nurudeen Adegbola Orelesi (born April 10, 1989 in Lagos) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Albanian club Vllaznia Shkodër. He is well known for his powerful and accurate long shots.
Orelesi began his career with First Bank, later joined to UD Salamanca. On 2 October 2007, he left Spain to sign with Slovenian Second League club SC Bonifika, Orelesi played his first season in the reserve team before being promoted to the senior side in July 2008, appearing in three games in his first professional season 2008–09. In September 2009, he signed than for ECO F.C. Lagos.
Orelesi joined Albanian champions Dinamo Tirana on 1 August 2010 for a reported fee of €25,000 from ECO Lagos FC, signing a one-year contract with the club holding the option of renewing for an additional year.
He signed for his second Albanian side, Skënderbeu Korçë on 23 June 2011 on a four-year contract.
On 20 August 2014 Orelesi signed for Ukraine club Metalurh Zaporizhya, for a fee of €100.000 from Skënderbeu Korçë. He made his competitive debut on 14 September in the matchday 6 against Volyn, playing full-90 minutes as the team suffered a 3–0 away loss. He scored his maiden goal later on 23 November in a 2–4 home loss to Dynamo Kyiv. During the 2014–15 season, Orelesi made 19 appearances, inclduing 18 as starter, collecting 1539 minutes, as Metalurh finished in a respectable 7th place. He also played two times in Ukrainian Cup, as the team was eliminated in round of 16 to Olimpik Donetsk.
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