| Oke Akpoveta | |
| Birth Date: | 13 December 1991 |
| Birth Place: | Warri, Nigeria |
| Height: | 1.78 m[1] |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | KPV |
| Clubnumber: | 22 |
| Years1: | 2009–2011 |
| Years2: | 2011–2014 |
| Clubs2: | Brøndby |
| Caps2: | 20 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2014 |
| Caps3: | 11 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs4: | Brønshøj |
| Caps4: | 26 |
| Goals4: | 5 |
| Years5: | 2015–2016 |
| Caps5: | 13 |
| Goals5: | 3 |
| Years6: | 2016 |
| Clubs6: | → Frej (loan) |
| Caps6: | 13 |
| Goals6: | 10 |
| Years7: | 2016 |
| Clubs7: | Dalkurd |
| Caps7: | 12 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2017 |
| Clubs8: | Helsingborg |
| Caps8: | 23 |
| Goals8: | 8 |
| Years9: | 2018 |
| Clubs9: | AFC Eskilstuna |
| Caps9: | 22 |
| Goals9: | 3 |
| Years10: | 2019 |
| Clubs10: | Sabail |
| Caps10: | 9 |
| Goals10: | 2 |
| Years11: | 2019 |
| Clubs11: | Frej |
| Caps11: | 11 |
| Goals11: | 3 |
| Years12: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs12: | Norrby |
| Caps12: | 22 |
| Goals12: | 6 |
| Years13: | 2021 |
| Clubs13: | Al-Thoqbah |
| Caps13: | 2 |
| Goals13: | 0 |
| Years14: | 2021 |
| Clubs14: | KPV |
| Caps14: | 13 |
| Goals14: | 9 |
| Years15: | 2022 |
| Clubs15: | Höganäs |
| Caps15: | 12 |
| Goals15: | 7 |
| Years16: | 2022 |
| Clubs16: | Valletta |
| Caps16: | 12 |
| Goals16: | 4 |
| Years17: | 2023– |
| Clubs17: | KPV |
| Caps17: | 7 |
| Goals17: | 4 |
| Pcupdate: | 21:20, 27 November 2023 (UTC) |
Oke Akpoveta (born 13 December 1991)[2] [3] is a Nigerian professional footballer who as a forward, plays for Ykkönen club KPV.
Akpoveta signed a four-year-long contract with Brøndby in the Danish Superliga on the 9 of August 2011. He made his official debut at the 28 of August against FC Midtjylland. He got injured at the 6 of September in a reserve-match against FC Copenhagen and was out the rest of the season.On 6 January 2014, Akpoveta had his contract with Brøndby cancelled by mutual consent.[4]
In January 2014 Akpoveta moved to Ravan Baku in the Azerbaijan Premier League, signing an 18-month contract.[5] In April 2014, Akpoveta was given permission to return to Denmark for a couple of days, but then failed to return to the club,[6] and left the club permanently at the end of the season.[7]
On 16 July 2014 Akpoveta returned to Denmark signing an 18-month contract with Danish First Division side Brønshøj.[8] [9] On 30 June 2015, Akpoveta signed a 12-month contract with Danish First Division side Lyngby.[10]
In the January transfer window Akpoveta was loaned out to Swedish Superettan club IK Frej for the remainder of the 2015–16 season. He impressed, scoring 12 goals in 13 games. As a result, on 13 July 2016, fellow Superettan club Dalkurd revealed that the club had signed Akpoveta on a free transfer after a few weeks speculation.[11] After a trial with the Superettan rival club Helsingborgs IF where he made an assist in a friendly against Odense, Akpoveta signed for Helsingborgs IF on 17 February 2017 for an unknown fee.
On 16 February 2019, Akpoveta signed a six-month contract with Azerbaijan Premier League club Sabail FK.[12]
On 31 July 2019, Akpoveta returned to IK Frej, where he signed a one-and-a-half-year contract.[13] Six months later, in January 2020, Akpoveta signed a two-year contract with Norrby IF.[14] Akpoveta then had short stints with Saudi club Al-Thoqbah,[15] Finnish club KPV,[16] and Swedish club Höganäs[17] before joining Maltese club Valletta on 25 July 2022.[18] [19] His contract with Valletta was terminated by mutual consent on 29 December 2022, making him a free agent.[20]
On 28 July 2023, Akpoveta signed a contract with Finnish side KPV for the rest of the season.[21] He scored in his debut match.[22]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Denmark | Division | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
| 2011–12 | Brøndby | Danish Superliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | ||||
| Azerbaijan | Division | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
| 2013–14 | Ravan Baku | Azerbaijan Premier League | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | ||
| Denmark | Division | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
| 2014–15 | Brønshøj BK | Danish 1st Division | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 22 | 5 | ||
| 2015–16 | Lyngby Boldklub | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 14 | 3 | |||
| Sweden | Division | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
| 2016 | IK Frej (loan) | Superettan | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | — | 16 | 11 | ||
| Dalkurd FF | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 12 | 1 | ||||
| 2017 | Helsingborgs IF | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — | 25 | 9 | |||
| Total | Denmark | 53 | 7 | 7 | 1 | — | 60 | 8 | |||
| Azerbaijan | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | ||||
| Sweden | 46 | 18 | 6 | 3 | — | 53 | 21 | ||||
| Career total | 110 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 30 | |||