James Alabi

James Bamidele Oluwafemi Alabi (born 8 November 1994) is an English footballer who last played as a striker for Leyton Orient.

James Alabi
Personal information
Full name James Bamidele Oluwafemi Alabi[1]
Date of birth (1994-11-08) 8 November 1994
Place of birth Southwark, England
Playing position(s) Striker
Youth career
2010–2011 Stoke City
2011–2012 Celtic
2012–2013 Stoke City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Stoke City 0 (0)
2013 → Scunthorpe United (loan) 9 (1)
2013 → Mansfield Town (loan) 1 (0)
2013 → Forest Green Rovers (loan) 2 (0)
2014 → Scunthorpe United (loan) 1 (0)
2014 → Accrington Stanley (loan) 2 (0)
2015–2016 Ipswich Town 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Grimsby Town (loan) 2 (0)
2016–2017 Chester 58 (23)
2017–2018 Tranmere Rovers 9 (0)
2017–2018 → Dover Athletic (loan) 11 (1)
2018–2020 Leyton Orient 36 (3)
2020 → Eastleigh (loan) 5 (1)
National team‡
2017 England C 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:20, 10 November 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 May 2017 (UTC)

He has previously played for Stoke City, Scunthorpe United, Mansfield Town, Forest Green Rovers, Accrington Stanley, Ipswich Town, Grimsby Town, Chester and Tranmere Rovers.

Career

Stoke City

Alabi was born in London Borough of Southwark and began his career with Stoke City playing for the club's academy in 2010–11 before moving to Scottish club Celtic. After a season at Lennoxtown he moved back to Stoke City for the 2012–13 season. On 21 February 2013 he joined League One side Scunthorpe United on loan for a month.[2][3] After seeing him in training Irons manager Brian Laws compared him as a 'technically better' version of John Gayle, who Laws believes was one of his best signings in his first spell at Scunthorpe.[4] He made his professional debut on 23 February against Hartlepool United at Glanford Park, scoring 10 minutes after coming on as a 67th-minute substitute.[5][6] On 26 March 2013 his loan spell at Scunthorpe was extended until the end of the 2012–13 season.[7][8] He remained at Glanford Park for the remainder of the season, playing in nine matches as they failed to avoid relegation.

On 31 October 2013, Alabi joined Mansfield Town on a one-month loan.[9][10] He made his debut for Mansfield the next day against Southend United but was sent-off after for a late tackle.[11] Alabi then joined Forest Green Rovers on a one-month loan on 28 November 2013.[12] He made his debut on 30 November 2013 in an FA Trophy first round tie against Dartford.[13] He played in six games for Forest Green without scoring before returning to Stoke at the end of December 2013.[14] On 11 March 2014, Alabi joined League Two side Scunthorpe United for a second loan spell with the Iron.[15] He made one appearance for Scunthorpe before returning to Stoke.[16]

On 9 August 2014, Alabi joined Accrington Stanley on a one-month loan.[17] He played three times for Stanley before returning to Stoke. In January 2015 Alabi had a trial with Dutch side De Graafschap.[18]

Ipswich Town

He was released by Stoke at the end of the 2014–15 season and joined Ipswich Town, after impressing Mick McCarthy by scoring 2 goals in 2 appearances for the under 21s side on trial, on a one-year deal on 24 August 2015.[19] On 25 August 2015, Alabi made his Ipswich debut, scoring in a 4–1 win against Doncaster Rovers in a League Cup second round match.[20] On 25 November 2015, Alabi joined National League side Grimsby Town, on loan until 3 January 2016.[21]

Chester

Following his release by Ipswich, Alabi signed for National League side Chester, on a deal until the end of the 2015–16 season.[22]

Tranmere Rovers

Alabi joined Tranmere Rovers from Chester on 10 July 2017.[23]

Leyton Orient

He was placed on the transfer list in May 2019, but removed by the club in July 2019.[24]

Eastleigh

On 16 January 2020, Alabi signed for Eastleigh, on loan from Leyton Orient until the end of the 2019/20 Season.

Personal life

Born in England, Alabi is of Ghanaian descent.[25]

Career statistics
As of 2 April 2019[26][27]
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Scunthorpe United (loan) 2012–13 League One 9100000091
Mansfield Town (loan) 2013–14 League Two 1000000010
Forest Green Rovers (loan) 2013–14 Conference Premier 2000—4060
Scunthorpe United (loan) 2013–14 League Two 1000000010
Accrington Stanley (loan) 2014–15 League Two 2000100030
Ipswich Town 2015–16 Championship 0000110011
Grimsby Town (loan) 2015–16 National League 2010—2252
Chester 2015–16 National League 16600—00166
2016–17 National League 421710—314618
Total 582310—316224
Tranmere Rovers 2017–18 National League 9000—0090
Dover Athletic (loan) 2017–18 National League 11110—10131
Leyton Orient 2018–19 National League 26210—40312
Career Total 12127402114314131
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Trophy and FA Trophy.

Honours

Leyton Orient

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Leyton Orient" (PDF). English Football League. p. 37. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  2. "Scunthorpe United sign Stoke City striker James Alabi". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  3. "Stoke City striker James Alabi joins Scunthorpe United on loan". This is Scunthorpe. Archived from the original on 24 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  4. "Stoke City loanee James Alabi reminds Scunthorpe United boss Brian Laws of one-time Iron striker John Gayle". This Is Scunthorpe. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  5. "Scunthorpe v Hartlepool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  6. "James Alabi enjoys debut to remember, but Stoke City striker almost had to wait for first Scunthorpe United appearance". This is Scunthorpe. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  7. "Scunthorpe United: James Alabi extends loan from Stoke City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  8. "Stoke City striker James Alabi will stay on with Scunthorpe United". This is Scunthorpe. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  9. "Keane Enjoys Winning Debut". Stoke City F.C. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  10. "James Alabi: Mansfield Town sign Stoke City striker on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  11. "Southend 3–0 Mansfield". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  12. "Rovers sign forward on loan from Stoke City". FGR. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  13. "Yan Klukowski strikes to earn Forest Green Rovers a replay in FA Trophy clash at Dartford". Gloucester Citizen. 1 December 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  14. "Forest Green: James Alabi returns to Stoke City". Gloucester Citizen. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  15. "ALABI LOAN MOVE COMPLETED". Scunthorpe United FC. 11 March 2014.
  16. "James Alabi returns to Stoke City at end of Scunthorpe United loan". Scunthorpe Telegraph. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  17. "Striker Alabi signs on loan". Accrington Stanley. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  18. "James Alabi few days on trial". De Graafschap. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  19. "Club Submit Retained List". Stoke City. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  20. "Doncaster 1–4 Ipswich". BBC Sport. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  21. "Grimsby Town sign James Alabi on loan from Ipswich". Grimsby Telegraph. 25 November 2015. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  22. "James Alabi signs for rest of season after leaving Ipswich Town". The Chester Chronicle. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  23. "James Alabi: Tranmere Rovers sign Chester striker". BBC Sport. 10 July 2017.
  24. "Leyton Orient: James Dayton signs new deal, James Alabi taken off transfer list". BBC Sport. 12 July 2019.
  25. "Performance of Ghanaian Players Abroad: Yartey sparkles, Ache strikes as Antwi hits brace as 20 players score 23 goals abroad – Ghana Sports Online".
  26. James Alabi at Soccerbase
  27. James Alabi at Soccerway
  28. "National League: 2018/19: Current table". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
    "Leyton Orient FC: Squad". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
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