Afro-Russian Defender Oyewole : If You Throw A Banana, I Eat It

<span>FC Gazovik Orenburg defender Adesoye Oyewole says he has never encountered racism in Russia and is happy with all that he has seen in the country football-wise.<br /><br />The 33-year-old was born in Moscow to a Nigerian dad and a Russian mom, </span><span>who used to teach Mathematics in a secondary school in Bida ,Niger State.<br /><br /></span><span>&ldquo;I do not think that the problem of racism in Russia is more than in the rest of the world, </span><span>&rdquo; Oyevole told </span><span><a target="_blank" href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&amp;hl=en&amp;prev=search&amp;rurl=translate.google.com.ng&amp;sl=ru&amp;u=http://matchtv.ru/articles/reshil-stat-futbolistom-kogda-ubegal-ot-kobry-russkiy-nigeriets-kotoryy-budet-igrat-v-premer-lige-/&amp;usg=ALkJrhiE5bxHi2BJB-jfnYewOqZvHCoyBw">matchtv.ru</a><br /><br /></span><span><span>&ldquo;</span>I have rarely come across anything like this. And if I come across it, I</span><span>&rsquo;m not worried. If you throw a banana, I eat it, or give my daughter. <br /><br /></span><span><span><span>&ldquo;</span></span>It all depends on the personal relationship of each person. For me, Russian football is all right.</span><span><span>&rdquo;</span><br /><br />Able to play as a central defender or defensive midfielder, Oyewole represented FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi, FC Reutov, FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast and FC Sibir Novosibirsk before he signed for Gazovik Orenburg in 2013.<br /><br />Ifeanyi Emmanuel <br /><br />Photo Credit : fc-ural.ru<br /></span>
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