{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Use British English|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Sam Akinde |image = |image_size = |caption = |fullname = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|4|14|df=y}} |birth_place = Greenwich, England<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2016-2017/fltwo/barnet.htm|title=Football Squads - Barnet|accessdate=20 April 2017|publisher=Football Squads}}</ref> |height = |position = Striker |currentclub = |clubnumber = |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |years1 = 2012–2013 |clubs1 = Kettering Town |caps1 = 1 |goals1 = 0 |years2 = 2013 |clubs2 = Ebbsfleet United |caps2 = 0 |goals2 = 0 |years3 = 2013–2014 |clubs3 = Alfreton Town |caps3 = 3 |goals3 = 0 |years4 = 2014 |clubs4 = Dover Athletic |caps4 = 0 |goals4 = 0 |years5 = 2014 |clubs5 = Kingstonian |caps5 = 4 |goals5 = 2 |years6 = 2014 |clubs6 = Hereford United |caps6 = |goals6 = |years7 = 2015 |clubs7 = Welling United |caps7 = 3 |goals7 = 0 |years8 = 2015 |clubs8 = Basingstoke Town |caps8 = 5 |goals8 = 0 |years9 = 2015 |clubs9 = St Albans City |caps9 = 2 |goals9 = 0 |years10 = 2017 |clubs10 = Barnet |caps10 = 1 |goals10 = 0 |years11 = 2017 |clubs11 = Hemel Hempstead Town |caps11 = 0 |goals11 = 0 |years12 = 2018 |clubs12 = Margate |caps12 = 1 |goals12 = 0 |years13 = 2019–2020 |clubs13 = Tonbridge Angels |caps13 = 0 |goals13 = 0 |years14 = 2019–2020 |clubs14 = → Bedford Town (loan) |caps14 = 0 |goals14 = 0 |years15 = 2020 |clubs15 = Wingate & Finchley |caps15 = 0 |goals15 = 0 |club-update = 12:09, 25 January 2020 (UTC) }} '''Samuel Akinde''' (born 14 April 1993) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a striker.
==Career== Akinde spent his early career in non-league football with Kettering Town, Ebbsfleet United, Alfreton Town, Dover Athletic, Kingstonian, Hereford United, Welling United, Basingstoke Town and St Albans City.<ref>{{soccerway|sam-akinde/268103|accessdate=6 March 2017}}</ref><ref name = "Aylesbury">{{cite web|url=http://www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk/players/sam-akinde|title=Profile|accessdate=6 March 2017|publisher=Aylesbury United F.C.}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
He signed for Alfreton in September 2013,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenonleaguefootballpaper.com/latest-news/conference-premier-step-one/8133/samuel-akinde-joins-brother-at-alfreton-town/|title=Samuel Akinde Joins Brother At Alfreton Town|date=24 September 2013|accessdate=7 March 2017|author=Steven Coney|publisher=Non-League Football Paper}}</ref> and was released by the club in February 2014 after making five appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alfretontownfc.com/news/samuel-akinde-released-2297.htm|title=SAMUEL AKINDE RELEASED|date=February 2014|accessdate=7 March 2017|publisher=Alfreton Town F.C.}}</ref> He moved to Dover Athletic in March 2014,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nonleague.pitchero.com/uncategorized/akinde-joins-dover-29481/|title=Akinde joins Dover|date=4 March 2014|accessdate=19 April 2017|publisher=Pitchero}}</ref> then Kingstonian, making five appearances in April 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kingstonian.com/teams/72292/player/sam-akinde-1217154/18603|title=Profile|accessdate=7 March 2017|publisher=Kingstonian F.C.}}</ref> In October 2014 he was sent off for fighting while playing for Hereford.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/thugs-dealt-ndash-jon/story-23374572-detail/story.html|title='Thugs' will be dealt with – Hereford United manager Jon Taylor|date=23 October 2014|accessdate=7 March 2017|publisher=Western Daily Press}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
He signed for Basingstoke Town in August 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/13619922.Basingstoke_Town_sign_striker_Sam_Akinde/|title=Basingstoke Town sign striker Sam Akinde|date=21 August 2015|accessdate=6 March 2017|author=John Boyman|publisher=Southern Daily Echo}}</ref> and played for St Albans City between October and December 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stalbanscityfc.com/player/sam-akinde/|title=Profile|accessdate=7 March 2017|publisher=St Albans City F.C.}}</ref>
Akinde played several games on trial for Barnet's under-23 side throughout the 2016–17 season, and signed a one-year deal on 3 March 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barnetfc.com/news/article/2016-17/signing-sam-akinde-joins-bees-3606586.aspx|title=Signing: Sam Akinde joins Bees|accessdate=19 April 2017|publisher=Barnet F.C.}}</ref><ref name = "BBC">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39166496|title=Barnet sign Oxford's Benjamin Buchel and St Albans striker Sam Akinde|date=4 March 2017|accessdate=6 March 2017|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> He made his English Football League debut as a substitute against Wycombe Wanderers on 17 April 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/04/17/england/league-two/barnet-fc/wycombe-wanderers-fc/2248337/|title=Barnet vs. Wycombe Wanderers 0-2|accessdate=19 April 2017|publisher=Soccerway}}</ref> Akinde was released by the Bees at the end of the 2016–17 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.barnetfc.com/news/article/2016-17/squad-news-retained-list-3721356.aspx|title=Squad News | Retained List}}</ref> He signed for Hemel Hempstead Town in October 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nonleague.pitchero.com/headlines/tudors-bring-new-duo/|title=Tudors Bring In New Duo|date=6 October 2017}}</ref> Akinde joined Margate in August 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/appearances/sam-akinde/489341|title=Appearances | Sam Akinde}}</ref> In November 2019, Akinde joined Tonbridge Angels.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tonbridgeangels.co.uk/news/striker-sam-joins-the-angels/796|title=Striker Sam joins the Angels|website=Tonbridge Angels FC}}</ref><ref name = "Aylesbury"/> The following month, he joined Bedford Town on dual registration.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/bedfordtownfootballclub/news/akinde-heads-in-before-beds-senior-tie-2494369.html|title=Akinde Heads In Before Beds Senior Tie|website=www.pitchero.com}}</ref><ref>https://www.betvictorsouthern.co.uk/Player-Display/86375/2019/2020 {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref> Akinde joined Wingate & Finchley in October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/wingate-and-finchley/appearances/sam-akinde/923914|title=Wingate & Finchley | Appearances | Sam Akinde | Football Web Pages|website=www.footballwebpages.co.uk}}</ref>
==Personal life== Akinde was born in England and is of Nigerian descent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=16454|title=Official : St Albans City Bring In Sam Akinde:: All Nigeria Soccer - The Complete Nigerian Football Portal|website=www.allnigeriasoccer.com}}</ref> His brother John is also a professional footballer.<ref name = "BBC"/>
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