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Career & Clubs
Nigeria
Adegbenro was born in Nigeria. He started his career at local team Prime before switching to Kwara United. Adegbenro got ranked as the club's most valuable player by Kwara United general manager, Alhaji Haruna Maigidasanma, after the first half of the 2014 season.
Viking
After impressing at trials earlier that winter, Adegbenro moved to Norwegian Eliteserien club Viking alongside fellow Nigerian, Suleiman Abdullahi, signing a four-year contract 5 February 2015. Adegbenro made his debut for Viking on 6 April 2015 against Mjøndalen; they lost the game, 1–0. Adegbenro scored his first goal in Eliteserien against Molde at home, a match which Viking won by 2–1. Adegbenro, accompanied by Suleiman Abdullahi, made a great impact to the team throughout the 2015 season. Making 24 appearances this season, Adegbenro scored 5 goals and assisted another 5. He was awarded William Danielsen's memory goblet for his debut season at Viking's annual meeting on 15 March 2016. The 2016 season resulted in 28 appearances, 3 goals and 1 assist.
Rosenborg
On 15 August 2017, Adegbenro moved to Rosenborg for around 15 million NOK, signing a four-and-a-half-year contract. Two days later he scored on his debut after coming off the bench securing Rosenborg a 1–0 away win versus Ajax in the first leg of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League play-off round. In the second leg a week later, Adegbenro helped Rosenborg reach the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage by scoring…
- Club
- Viking FK (2015–)
- Club
- Kwara United F.C.
- Club
- Beijing Guoan F.C.
- Club
- Rosenborg BK
- Club
- IFK Norrköping FK
- National team
- Nigeria
Legacy
Individual
Allsvenskan Top goalscorer: 2021 Allsvenskan Forward of the Year: 2021
Clubs
- Viking FK2015current
- Beijing Guoan F.C.current
- IFK Norrköping FKcurrent
- Kwara United F.C.current
- Rosenborg BKcurrent
Played together with
- A. J. SoaresViking FK · 2015
- Abdisalam IbrahimViking FK · 2016
Abdou Razack TraoréRosenborg BK · 2007–2010
Adam Larsen KwaraseyRosenborg BK- Aderaldo Ferreira AndréBeijing Guoan F.C. · 2007–2007
Adewale AdeyinkaKwara United F.C.- Adrian PereiraViking FK
Alejandro LagoRosenborg BK · 2005–2011
Alejandro LagoRosenborg BK · 2005–2005
Alex GersbachRosenborg BK · 2016
Alexander GabrielsenViking FK · 2002–2007Alexander Lund HansenRosenborg BK · 2002–2009
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Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Samuel Adeniyi Adegbenro is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Egersund.
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