Stephen Ademolu

Stephen Olasumbo Ademolu (born November 20, 1982) is a former Canadian soccer player and current coach/trainer.

Club career 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. which helped send Tromsø into the 2005–06 UEFA Cup group stage where they would face off against Strasbourg, Roma, Basel and Red Star Belgrade.

Løv-Ham After two-and-a-half seasons at Tromsø, Ademolu left to get more playing time in 2008 with Løv-Ham in the 1. divisjon. Ademolu scored twelve goals and had seven assists in 23 games, before moving on to Lithuania where he signed for FK Ekranas for two years in 2009.

Ekranas With Ekranas, Ademolu was named in his first year playing as one of the top five players in the country.

International career 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.

Coaching career 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.

Personal life 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