Deji Akindele
| No. 44 – Halcones de Xalapa | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
| League | LNBP | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | April 2, 1983 Abeokuta, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Nigerian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 245 lb (111 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| College | Chicago State (2003–2005) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2005: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2005–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Fort Worth Flyers | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Iowa Energy | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Pau-Orthez | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Scavolini Spar Pesaro | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | SPO Rouen Basket | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Nizhny Novgorod | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Spartak Primorye | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Juvecaserta Basket | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Budućnost Podgorica | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Gran Canaria | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Baloncesto Fuenlabrada | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Vaqueros de Bayamón | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Fuerza Regia | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Yalovaspor BK | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Capitanes de Arecibo | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Fuerza Regia | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Real Estelí | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Vaqueros de Bayamón | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Soles de Mexicali | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Halcones de Xalapa | ||||||||||||||
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Akindele Jeleel Ayodeji (born April 2, 1983) is a Nigerian professional basketball player for the Halcones de Xalapa of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP).
Collegiate career[edit]
Akindele chose Chicago State over Rutgers, St. Peters and St. Marys. During Akindele's first season in Chicago, the 7'1" center averaged 7.1 points per game, 5.6 rebounds and 1.94 blocks per game.[1] In his second season, Akindele improved his block total by 8 in 4 fewer games (2.50 bpg), as well as improving his scoring average to 12 ppg.[2] His best game, statistically, was when he registered 28 points (10-for-13 fi