Tunde Owolabi

Tunde Owolabi (born 26 July 1995) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker.

Tunde Owolabi
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-07-26) 26 July 1995
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
2013–2014 FC United of Manchester
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
New Mills
2017 Hyde United
2017 Prescot Cables
2017 Stalybridge Celtic
2017 Glossop North End
2017–2018 Prescot Cables
2018 Skelmersdale United 10 (0)
2018–2019 Radcliffe
2019 Victoria Hotspurs
2019–2020 FC United of Manchester 28 (28)
2020–2021 Hamilton Academical 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:18, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Early and personal life

Owalabi's father Ganiyu Owolabi played as a professional in Belgium.[1]

Career

Owolabi played for the FC United of Manchester development team during the 2013–14 season.[2] He played for New Mills, moving from them to Hyde United in February 2017.[3] By December 2017 he had played for Prescot Cables (twice), Stalybridge Celtic and Glossop North End.[4] After moving to Skelmersdale United in February 2018, without scoring in 10 games,[5] he then played for Radcliffe, scoring 26 goals in the 2018–19 season.[1] He left Radcliffe in the summer of 2019 to move to Malta, to join Victoria Hotspurs[6] before returning to England later that summer, signing with FC United of Manchester in August 2019.[2] He signed a new contract with the club in November 2019.[7] He scored 35 goals in 41 games in all competitions for the club during the 2019–20 season.[8] He signed a one-year contract with Scottish club Hamilton Academical in July 2020,[9] having previously been linked with a transfer to Grimsby Town.[10] He made his professional debut for Hamilton on 8 August 2020 in a Scottish Premier League match against Ross County.[11] But on 1 February 2021, Owolabi was released along side team mate Justin Johnson, via mutual consent.[12]

Career statistics
As of 3 January 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Skelmersdale United 2017–18[5] Northern Premier League Division One North 100000000100
FC United of Manchester 2019–20[8] Northern Premier League Premier Division 2828300010[lower-alpha 1]74135
Hamilton Academical 2020–21[11] Scottish Premiership 7000200090
Career total 452830201076035
  1. 5 appearances and 6 goals in the FA Trophy; 3 appearances and 1 goal in the Manchester Premier Cup; and 2 appearances in the NP Challenge Cup.

References
  1. "Tunde setting Radcliffe's sights higher after promotion". Bury Times.
  2. "FC United of Manchester - News Story". fc-utd.co.uk.
  3. "Hyde bring in Owolabi | Non League Daily".
  4. "Owolabi Returns To Cables". 22 December 2017.
  5. "Tunde Owolabi - Skelmersdale United F.C. First Team". www.pitchero.com.
  6. "Victoria Hotspurs sign Tunde Owolabi". Victoria Hotspurs. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  7. "FC United of Manchester - News Story". fc-utd.co.uk.
  8. "FC United of Manchester - Profile - Tunde Owolabi". www.fcunited.ru.
  9. "Hamilton Academical sign Tunde Owolabi from FC United of Manchester". 29 July 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. "Grimsby Town miss out on Tunde Owolabi". 4 August 2020 – via www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk.
  11. "Games played by Tunde Owolabi in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  12. "Hamilton Accies release attacking duo Tunde Owolabi and Justin Johnson". Daily Record. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
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