Hope Akpan

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Hope Akpan
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Akpan warming up for Reading in 2013
Personal information
Full name Hope Ini I. Akpan[1]
Date of birth (1991-08-14) 14 August 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Childwall, Liverpool, England
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Blackburn Rovers
Number 21
Youth career
Everton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Everton 0 (0)
2011 → Hull City (loan) 2 (0)
2011–2013 Crawley Town 47 (5)
2013–2015 Reading 58 (1)
2015– Blackburn Rovers 22 (2)
International career‡
2014– Nigeria 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:06, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:49, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Hope Ini I. Akpan (born 14 August 1991) is a professional footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers and the Nigeria national football team as a midfielder.

He came through the youth ranks at Everton, making his first-team debut in 2009. He later played for Hull City (on loan), Crawley Town, Reading and Blackburn Rovers.

Born in England, he represents Nigeria at international level.

Club career

Everton

Born in Childwall, Liverpool, Akpan made his competitive debut for Everton against BATE on 17 December 2009 in the UEFA Europa League.[2]

On 17 March 2011, Akpan moved on loan to Championship side Hull City for the remainder of the 2010–11 season.[3]

Crawley Town

He signed for newly promoted League Two club Crawley Town on a free transfer on 14 June 2011.[4][5]

Akpan was charged with misconduct by the Football Association in November 2011, after homophobic comments were posted on his Twitter account. Despite insisting that someone else had posted the comments, he admitted the charge after no one came forward to claim responsibility, and he was fined £1,200 by the FA.[6][7] In October 2012 Akpan was the recipient of online racist abuse.[8][9]

Reading

Akpan signed for Premier League side Reading on a three-and-a-half-year contract on 8 January 2013.[10][11][12] He stated his desire to help his new club avoid relegation.[13] He scored his first goal for the club in January 2014.[14]

Blackburn Rovers

On 10 August 2015 he was linked with a transfer to Blackburn Rovers.[15] The following day, Akpan had his contract terminated by Reading, and completed a two-year contract to join Rovers.[16][17] Akpan scored his first goal for Blackburn in a 2-2 draw with Sheffield Wednesday on 28 November 2015.[18]

International career

Born to Nigerian parents in England, in 2013 Akpan declared his intention to represent Nigeria at international level.[19][20]

Akpan received his first call-up to the Nigerian national team in October 2014.[21] He made his debut later that month, on 15 October 2014, in an African Cup of Nations qualifying match.[22]

Career statistics

As of 13 January 2016[23]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Everton 2009–10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2010–11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Hull City (loan) 2010–11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Crawley Town 2011–12 26 1 4 0 2 1 1 0 33 2
2012–13 21 4 2 0 3 2 1 0 27 6
Total 47 5 6 0 5 3 2 0 60 8
Reading 2012–13 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2013–14 29 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 30 1
2014–15 20 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 23 0
Total 58 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 62 1
Blackburn Rovers 2015–16 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 2
Career total 129 8 7 0 8 3 3 0 147 11

References

  1. ↑ Hope Akpan profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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  23. ↑ Hope Akpan career statistics at Soccerbase
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