Joe Aribo
Joseph Oluwaseyi Temitope Ayodele-Aribo (born 21 July 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Rangers and the Nigeria national football team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joseph Oluwaseyi Temitope Ayodele-Aribo[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 21 July 1996||
Place of birth | Camberwell, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2] | ||
Playing position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Rangers | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
Kinetic Academy | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2015 | Staines Town | 22 | (0) |
2015–2019 | Charlton Athletic | 81 | (14) |
2019– | Rangers | 30 | (4) |
National team‡ | |||
2019– | Nigeria | 4 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:22, 13 August 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 03:22, 16 november 2019 (UTC) |
Club career
Early career
Aribo played for Staines Town under Marcus Gayle in the Isthmian League Premier Division, winning the club's academy player of the year award in April 2014.[3]
Charlton Athletic
Aribo joined Charlton Athletic in September 2015 following a successful trial, and signed a one-year contract in May 2016.[4] He made his first team debut as a 62nd-minute substitute for Andrew Crofts in a 2–0 defeat to Crawley Town in an EFL Trophy group stage match at The Valley on 16 October 2016.[5]
Rangers
Aribo was offered a new contract by Charlton at the end of the 2018–19 season,[6] but he instead opted to sign a four-year deal with Scottish Premiership club Rangers.[7] He made his competitive debut for the club on 9 July 2019 in a 4–0 win over St Joseph's of Gibraltar in the Europa League.[8] He suffered a head injury in a match in September 2019.[9]
Style of play
Speaking in October 2016, Aribo said that his strengths were "driving with the ball and getting up the pitch".[10]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 12 August 2020
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Staines Town[lower-alpha 1] | 2014–15[11][12] | Conference South | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
Charlton Athletic | 2015–16[13] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
2016–17[14] | League One | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
2017–18[15] | League One | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 36 | 6 | |
2018–19[16] | League One | 36 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 5] | 1 | 39 | 10 | |
Total | 81 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 97 | 16 | ||
Rangers | 2019–20[17] | Scottish Premiership | 27 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15[lower-alpha 6] | 4 | 49 | 9 |
2020–21[18] | Scottish Premiership | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
Total | 30 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 52 | 10 | ||
Career total | 133 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 174 | 26 |
- Can't obtain data for the FA Cup third qualifying round replay and FA Trophy third qualifying round.
- Appearance in the FA Trophy
- Appearances in the EFL Trophy
- Five appearances in the EFL Trophy and two in the League One play-offs
- Appearances in the League One play-offs
- Fourteen appearances in the Europa League
International
- As of match played 17 November 2019[19]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Nigeria | 2019 | 4 | 2 |
Total | 4 | 2 |
International goals
- Scores and results list the Nigeria's goal tally first.[19]
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 10 September 2019 | Dnipro-Arena, Dnipro, Ukraine | 1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | Friendly | |
2 | 13 October 2019 | National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore | 2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
Honours
Charlton Athletic
Rangers
- Scottish League Cup runner-up: 2019–20[21]
References
- "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/08/2015 and 31/08/2015" (PDF). The FA. p. 1. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- "Joe Aribo". 11v11. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- Youlton, Clive (14 May 2014). "Staines Town prospect is no ordinary Joe". SurreyLive. Reach. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- Jones, George (19 May 2016). "Development squad duo sign new contracts". Charlton Athletic FC. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- Jones, George (4 October 2016). "CHECKATRADE TROPHY REPORT | Charlton Athletic 0 Crawley Town 2". Charlton Athletic FC. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- "Charlton Athletic offer Patrick Bauer and Joe Aribo new contracts". BBC Sport. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- "Joe Aribo: Rangers sign midfielder from Charlton Athletic". BBC Sport. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- Thomas Duncan (9 July 2019). "St Joseph's 0-4 Rangers: Steven Gerrard's team win Europa League qualifier". BBC Sport.
- "Joe Aribo: Rangers midfielder set to miss next few games". 26 September 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- Jones, George (5 October 2016). "ADDICKS' FUTURE | Getting to know Joe Aribo". Charlton Athleetic FC. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- "J. Aribo". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- For FA Cup second qualifying round: "Staines Town 5–0 Leverstock Green". Leverstock Green F.C. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
For FA Cup third qualifying round: Youlton, Clive (11 October 2014). "Bassett lifts Staines Town in FA Cup rescue act". Surrey Live. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
For FA Trophy third qualifying round replay: Youlton, Clive (3 December 2014). "Staines Town agony over dramatic FA Trophy exit at Poole Town". Surrey Live. Retrieved 12 January 2020. - "Games played by Joe Aribo in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- "Games played by Joe Aribo in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- "Games played by Joe Aribo in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- "Games played by Joe Aribo in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- "Games played by Joe Aribo in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- "Games played by Joe Aribo in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- "Aribo, Joe". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- Law, James (26 May 2019). "Charlton Athletic 2–1 Sunderland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- "Rangers 0-1 Celtic: League Cup final 'went my way' - Fraser Forster". BBC Sport. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.