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Deji Akindele

Nigerian basketball player (born 1983)
Person Human Q2268525

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[7]
Date of birth
April 2, 1983
Place of birth
Abeokuta
Country of citizenship
Nigeria[4]
Occupation
basketball player
Educated at
Chicago State University[6]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English, Yoruba, Nigerian Pidgin[19][20][21]
Country for sport
Nigeria[22]
Family name
Akindele[14]
Given name
Deji[15]
Height
+216[25]
League or competition
NBA G League, NCAA Division I men's basketball[11]
Mass
+109[26]
Member of sports team
Fort Worth Flyers, Baloncesto Fuenlabrada, Chicago State Cougars men's basketball, BC Nizhny Novgorod[8][9][10]
Native language
Yoruba[5]
Participant in
2007 FIBA Africa Championship, FIBA Africa Championship 2009, AfroBasket 2017[16][17][18]
Position played on team / speciality
center[12]
Sport
basketball[13]
Sport number
14[23]
Start of work period
2005[24]
🏷️ Also known as
en Akindele Jeleel Ayodeji en Ayodeji Akindele en Deji Akindele en Jeleel Akindele es Jeleel Ayodeji Akindele fr Akindele Jeleel Ayodeji it Jeleel Akindele it Jeleel Ayodeji Akindele ru Акинделе, Джелил ru Джелил Акинделе tr Akindele Jeleel Ayodeji
🔖 Identifiers · 24
ABA League people ID
2290
ACB.com player ID
20211268
Baloncesto Superior Nacional ID (archived)
13035
Basketball Reference NBA G League player ID
a/akindja01d
Basketball Reference international player ID
jeleel-akindele-1
DraftExpress ID
Deji-Akindele-374
ESPN.com NBA player ID
2820
Eurobasket.com player ID
63756
Euroleague.net player ID
000728
FIBA.basketball people ID
156781
FIBA.com player ID (archived)
58482
Freebase ID
/m/047dj63
Show all 24 identifiers +12
InterSportStats athlete ID
3000387660
LNB Pro A player ID (archived)
A34155
LegaBasket.it player ID
AKI-JEL-83, 225/jeleel-akindele
Ligue Nationale de Basket player ID
76
NBA G League player ID
101224
Prabook ID
2552546
Proballers ID
24276
RealGM basketball player ID
1728
Sports Reference college basketball player ID
jeleel-akindele-1
TBLStat.net player ID
2681
The Draft Review ID
3461
Trading Card Database name ID
30735

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Languages spoken, written or signed 3
English, Yoruba, Nigerian Pidgin
Member of sports team 3
Baloncesto Fuenlabrada, BC Nizhny Novgorod, Fort Worth Flyers
Participant in 3
FIBA Africa Championship 2009, AfroBasket 2017, 2007 FIBA Africa Championship
Country for sport 1
Nigeria
Country of citizenship 1
Nigeria
Educated at 1
Chicago State University
Instance of 1
human
League or competition 1
NBA G League
Native language 1
Yoruba
Occupation 1
basketball player
Place of birth 1
Abeokuta
Position played on team / speciality 1
center
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
basketball
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Summary

Deji Akindele was born on April 2, 1983[1], in Abeokuta[2]. He has worked as a basketball player[3].

FAQs

Where was Deji Akindele born?

Deji Akindele's place of birth was Abeokuta[2].

What did Deji Akindele do for work?

Deji Akindele worked as a basketball player[3].

Where did Deji Akindele go to school?

Deji Akindele was educated at Chicago State University[6].

Related Entities

Abeokuta Nigeria

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . FIBA database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . RealGM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . FIBA database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . FIBA database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · HanTsî · 2026-07-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Deji
    Position played on team / speciality → center
    Educated at → Chicago State University
    LegaBasket.it player ID → AKI-JEL-83, 225/jeleel-akindele
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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