Tunde Owolabi

Tunde Owolabi (born 26 July 1995) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Scottish club Hamilton Academical as a striker.

Tunde Owolabi
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-07-26) 26 July 1995
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Hamilton Academical
Number 36
Youth career
2013–2014 F.C. 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
2019–2020 F.C. United of Manchester
2020– Hamilton Academical 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:07, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

Early and personal life

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

Career

Owolabi played for the F.C. 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,[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, before returning to England later that summer, signing with F.C. United of Manchester in August 2019.[2] He signed a new contract with the club in November 2019.[6] He scored 35 goals in 41 games in all competitions for the club during the 2019–20 season.[7] He signed a one-year contract with Scottish club Hamilton Academical in July 2020,[8] having previously been linked with a transfer to Grimsby Town.[9]

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. "FC United of Manchester - News Story". fc-utd.co.uk.
  7. "FC United of Manchester - Profile - Tunde Owolabi". www.fcunited.ru.
  8. "Hamilton Academical sign Tunde Owolabi from FC United of Manchester". 29 July 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  9. "Grimsby Town miss out on Tunde Owolabi". 4 August 2020 – via www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk.
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