Stephen Ademolu

Early career

Ademolu played college soccer at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke during his first year and at Cleveland State University during his second and third. At the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, he became the school's top scorer with twelve goals and six assists. Ademolu was also named 2001 School's Top Male Athlete and Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year for the first time in the school's history. At Cleveland State University, during his sophomore year, Ademolu was named Newcomer of the Year, first team All-Horizon League, first team NSCAA All-Ohio and third team All-Great Lakes Region. He was also top scorer with eleven goals and six assists. In his junior year, he was named Horizon League Player of the Year, third-team All-Ohio, 16th in the nation in goals per game, 28th in the country in points per game, he led his CSU Team and the Horizon League with twelve goals and six assists and tied a school record with eight points on three goals and two assists against UIC in one game. During his youth ages, Ademolu played for the Windsor FC Nationals scoring a total of 120 goals in the Ontario Youth Soccer League, also winning Top Goal Scorer of the Year and MVP in 1996–97. Ademolu led the Windsor FC Nationals to back to back Ontario Cups.

Trellborg

In 2005, Ademolu signed for Trelleborgs FF in Sweden, he came in halfway through the season before getting relegated but the highlight for Ademolu was scoring his first goal in a…

During his college years, he was called up to the Canadian Olympic team for the 2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament. He made his senior debut in a friendly match for Canada in November 2005 against Luxembourg. On January 22, 2006, he featured in a friendly at Torero Stadium against the United States. In January 2010, he was called up for a friendly against Jamaica in which he started. Ademolu was called up to play against Argentina on May 24, 2010, before playing Venezuela five days later.

In addition to running the Ademolu Soccer Academy, Ademolu has also worked as the University of Windsor men's and women's assistant coach along with local Windsor clubs.

Ademolu is of Jamaican and Nigerian descent. Ademolu has seven brothers and one sister. His twin brother O'Nicholas also played for the Cleveland State Vikings. His cousin Michael Carter played football in the Canadian Football League. In recent years, Ademolu has featured as a sports columnist for the Urban Book Circle and for RedNation Online.