Shola Ameobi

**Foluwashola "Shola" Ameobi** (born 12 October 1981) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

### Club

Scource:

|rowspan=2 width=140|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|National Cup|colspan=2|League Cup|colspan=2|Europe|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=15|Newcastle United|2000–01|Premier League|20|2|2|0|0|0|—|22|2||
|2001–02|Premier League|15|0|1|0|3|2|6|3|25|5|||
|2002–03|Premier League|28|5|1|0|0|0|10|3|39|8|||
|2003–04|Premier League|26|7|1|0|1|0|13|3|41|10|||
|2004–05|Premier League|31|2|5|3|2|1|7|1|45|7|||
|2005–06|Premier League|30|9|3|0|0|0|1|0|34|9|||
|2006–07|Premier League|12|3|0|0|0|0|4|2|16|5|||
|2007–08|Premier League|6|0|0|0|2|0|—|8|0||||
|2008–09|Premier League|22|4|0|0|0|0|—|22|4||||
|2009–10|Championship|18|10|2|0|1|1|—|21|11||||
|2010–11|Premier League|28|6|0|0|2|3|—|30|9||||
|2011–12|Premier League|27|2|2|0|1|0|—|30|2||||
|2012–13|Premier League|23|1|1|0|1|0|10|3|35|4|||
|2013–14|Premier League|26|2|1|0|2|1|—|29|3||||
|Stoke City <small>(loan)</small>|2007–08|Championship|6|0|0|0|0|0|—|6|0|||
|Gaziantep BB|2014–15|TFF First League|11|4|0|0|—|—|11|4||||
|Crystal Palace|2014–15|Premier League|4|0|0|0|0|0|—|4|0|||
|Bolton Wanderers|2015–16|Championship|8|2|2|0|0|0|—|10|2|||
|Fleetwood Town|2015–16|League One|10|1|0|0|0|0|—|10|1|||
|rowspan=3|Notts County|2016–17|League Two|17|4|0|0|0|0|—|17|4||
|2017–18|League Two|34|6|2|0|0|0|—|36|6||||

### International

|colspan=3|Nigeria||
| --- | --- | --- |
|2012|1|0|
|2013|4|2|
|2014|5|0|

## Honours

**Newcastle United**
- EFL Championship: 2009–10
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2006
**Individual**
- 'Wor Jackie' Award: 2000–01

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Shola Ameobi
- **full name**: Foluwashola Ameobi
- **image**: Shola Ameobi 1.png
- **caption**: Ameobi warming up for Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United in 2008
- **birth place**: Zaria, Nigeria
- **position**: Forward (association football)#Striker, Striker
- **youthyears1**: 1995–2000
- **youthclubs1**: Newcastle United F.C. Reserves and Academy, Newcastle United
- **years1**: 2000–2014
- **clubs1**: Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United
- **caps1**: 312
- **goals1**: 53
- **years2**: 2008
- **clubs2**: → Stoke City F.C., Stoke City (loan)
- **caps2**: 6
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2014–2015
- **clubs3**: Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor, Gaziantep BB
- **caps3**: 11
- **goals3**: 4
- **years4**: 2015
- **clubs4**: Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace
- **caps4**: 4
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2015–2016
- **clubs5**: Bolton Wanderers F.C., Bolton Wanderers
- **caps5**: 8
- **goals5**: 2
- **years6**: 2016–2017
- **clubs6**: Fleetwood Town F.C., Fleetwood Town
- **caps6**: 10
- **goals6**: 1
- **years7**: 2017–2018
- **clubs7**: Notts County F.C., Notts County
- **caps7**: 51
- **goals7**: 10
- **totalcaps**: 402
- **totalgoals**: 70
- **nationalyears1**: 2000–2003
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-21 football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 20
- **nationalgoals1**: 7
- **nationalyears2**: 2012–2014
- **nationalteam2**: Nigeria national football team, Nigeria
- **nationalcaps2**: 10
- **nationalgoals2**: 2