Mutiu Adepoju (born
22 December 1970) is a Nigerian retired footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder.
He played most of his career in Spain, amassing La Liga totals
of 175 games and 22 goals over the course of seven seasons and mainly
representing Racing de Santander and Real Sociedad.
A Nigeria international for 12 years,
Adepoju appeared for the country in three World Cups and
as many Africa Cup of Nations.
Club
Career
Born in Ibadan,
Adepoju (also called by his first name in Spain) left Nigeria in 1989 to
join Real Madrid, but never made it past its B-side. His first professional season was
impressive as he scored 11 Segunda División goals to help Racing de Santander return to La Liga,
and he continued to feature and net regularly for the Cantabrians in
the next three years.
Mutiu left for Real Sociedad for 1996–97 but, after a solid first campaign,
struggled heavily to hold down a regular place with the Basques. In 2001–02 he
represented Saudi Arabia's Ittihad FC,
but quickly returned to Spain where he featured rarely for second level
club UD Salamanca.
After two more weak years, in Turkey and Cyprus,
Adepoju retired in 2006 in Spain's lower leagues. He subsequently returned to
his first team Shooting Stars FC, as chief administrator.
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