Adefemi Olubayo Died in a Car Accident in Greece

 Adefemi Olubayo, Nigeria's national team center back, had a car accident in Greece. This incident happened on Monday, 17 April 2011 and caused his death.

Olubayo was at northern Greece, traveling from Xanthi to Salonika. As he was driving on the Egnatia freeway he lost control of his vehicle causing the lethal accident. Adefemi's automobile slipped off the route crashing into a barrier. His death was instant.

Greek Police stated that the accident was caused due to the unusual weather conditions that took place in Greece the former three days. Highways in Greece were slippery. Especially at the north was snowing heavily.

Adefemi Olubayo was 25 years old and was playing for Skoda Xanthi for the last season. He was one of the best team players and a great person. In the last days he was preparing to visit Nigeria in order to organize his marriage ceremony

Adefemi's team-mates were in great shock when they read the news of his friend's lost. They just couldn’t believe it.

He was a great man, he enjoyed to laugh and make jokes. Everybody loved that guy.

His team will arrange a friendly game in the memory of Adefemi. The money from this friendly match will be given to his family.

Adefemi Olubayo Carrier

Adefemi Olubayo was playing in Skoda for the last Greek football season and made 24 appearances in the league, scoring 2 beautiful goals for his team which helped his team to stay in the first league. Xanthi's player was also an international footballer as he played 5 times for Nigeria national team.

Adefemi Olubayo played for Nigeria at the 2008 Olympic Games. He was the teams defender during the games and has scored a tremendous goal in a semi final match versus Belgium. He was a player of the Under 20 team that came second at those series at the World Youth Championship in the Netherlands. Adefemi played five matches at those series and marked one goal at the semi final versus Morocco.
Adefemi Olubayo first appearance in Nigeria’s National Men’s team was made versus Ireland on 05/29/09.