Kayode played for Exeter City on trial in the Summer of 2002 against Southampton on the 7th of August in a pre-season friendly.

He was an Nigerian International who had been at Bristol City from 1999, playing 6 games for them and 6 times, scoring once for Forest Green Rovers in 2001 whilst on loan.
After his trial at Exeter he signed for Forest Green, where he made 38 apperances scoring 13 times before joining Cheltenham in 2003, where he played 148 games, scoring 30 times. 

On 31 May 2007, Kayode moved to Barnsley for a fee of £200,000, at that time a Cheltenham record for a sale of a player. Forest Green also benefited from the transfer fee. 
After three seasons and 72 apperances and 4 goals as well as loan spells at Colchester and Scunthorpe in 2009, he joined Colchester permanently in 2010. He scored 11 times in 101 games for the U's. 
Kayode signed for Rotherham in July 2012, making a further 42 apperances scoring 5 times, in 2013 he had long loan at Accrington scoring 8 times in 32 games.

In 2014 he signed for Tranmere Rovers, playing 40 games and scoring 5 more goals. In 2015 Kayode moved to Stockport County where he played 70 times scoring 8 goals.
Kayode joined Guisley in 2018.