*Indicates unconfirmed information. Figures in brackets after English team names indicate all appearances made and goals scored in competitive matches for Football League clubs from 1888 onwards. For Scottish League clubs the figures show details of all competitive appearances and goals scored from 1946/47 onwards.
Lanre Azeez
Appearances: 5+16 Goals: 2
Date / Year of birth: 7th January 1993
Position: Winger
Season of first appearance: 2013/14
Season of last appearance: 2013/14
Also played for: Ebbsfleet United, Thamesmead Town and Maidenhead United
Pacy Greenwich-born winger who started his career with Ebbsfleet as was part of the club's PASE youth scheme. Lanre was a regular in the Fleet's youth team before moving up to the reserves during the 2010/11 season and he also played for the London Under-18's side.
In the summer of 2011 Lanre was given a contract by Ebbsfleet aged 18 and he made his senior debut as a substitute in a 1-0 defeat at Tamworth in the Conference on 16.8.11. Lanre went on to make a total of 15 Conference appearances (13 as a substitute) without scoring before the end of the 2011/12 campaign.
During 2012/13 he made a further 30 Conference appearances (19 as sub) without breaking his goal duck and Lanre also started as Ebbsfleet lost 4-2 in an FA Cup tie at Carlisle on 3.11.12. The club were relegated from the Conference at the end of the season.
In the summer of 2013 Lanre signed for Margate and made his debut as a substitute in a 2-2 draw at Ramsgate on 2.8.13. It was the second leg of a tie played for the Thanet Challenge Cup. In his next outing, also from the bench, at Hampton & Richmond in the Isthmian League Premier Division on 10.8.13 Lanre set up a last minute winner as his cross was headed in by Matt Bodkin to make the score 2-1 to Margate.
Lanre then featured as a substitute in each of the next six matches and during that run he scored in a 2-0 win at Thamesmead on 24.8.13, smashing the ball home at the back post after a Matt Bodkin corner found him unmarked. Margate's website said Lanre "looked impressive" after his introduction and he also found the net after coming off the bench in a 2-0 win at Metropolitan Police on 31.8.13 with the Margate site saying he "was just the tonic his side needed".
On 3.9.13 Lanre finally made his first start when he wore the number nine shirt as Margate were thrashed 8-0 in a Kent Senior Cup tie at Dover and he then featured once as a sub in the next three matches. Lanre returned to action on 21.9.13 when he played from the start in a 3-0 defeat against Grays at Aveley but he was substituted during the second half and then came off the bench in each of Margate's next four games.
Lanre sat out four matches during October and early November 2013 before being introduced from the bench in a 2-0 defeat at Kingstonian on 9.11.13. He then made his first start for almost two months when he played as a winger in a 3-0 defeat against visitors Chesham in the FA Trophy on 16.11.13. Over the course of the next five matches Lanre made two further sub appearances and another two starts but a few days after wearing the number seven shirt in a 3-0 home defeat against Hastings in the Isthmian League Cup on 3.12.13 he was released. Lanre had scored twice from a total of 21 outings (16 as sub).
Later in December 2013 he signed for Thamesmead of the Premier Division and then at the end of February 2014 Lanre moved on to Conference South outfit Maidenhead. He stayed with the club for the start of the 2014/15 season too.
|
SEASON (CLUB) |
FULL (MAX) |
SUB |
GLS |
FAC |
FAT |
ILC |
KSC |
| |
|
2013/14 (MFC) |
5 (56) |
16 |
2 |
ISTHMIAN LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION (11TH OF 24) |
2QR |
3QR |
3R |
1R |
|