Elijah Adebayo
Adebayo in 2021
Personal information
Full name Elijah Anuoluwapo Oluwaferanmi Oluwatomi Oluwalana Ayomikulehin Adebayo[1]
Date of birth (1998-01-07) 7 January 1998[2]
Place of birth Brent, England[3]
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Luton Town
Number 11
Youth career
2007–2016 Fulham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Fulham 0 (0)
2016 → Slough Town (loan) 6 (1)
2017 → Bognor Regis Town (loan) 6 (5)
2018 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 7 (2)
2018–2019 → Swindon Town (loan) 25 (5)
2019 → Stevenage (loan) 2 (0)
2019–2021 Walsall 55 (18)
2021– Luton Town 113 (30)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:04, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Elijah Anuoluwapo Oluwaferanmi Oluwatomi Oluwalana Ayomikulehin Adebayo (born 7 January 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Luton Town.

Career

Adebayo joined Fulham at under-9 level, and spent loan spells with Slough Town and Bognor Regis Town.[2][4] He moved on loan to Cheltenham Town in January 2018.[5]

On 7 July 2018, Adebayo joined League Two side Swindon Town on a season-long loan.[6] On 31 January 2019 he moved on loan to Stevenage.[7]

He was released by Fulham at the end of the 2018–19 season.[8] Following his release he signed for Walsall in June 2019.[9]

On 1 February 2021, Adebayo signed for Championship side Luton Town for an undisclosed fee.[10] He scored on his first start in a 1–1 draw against Millwall on 23 February 2021.[11] In October 2022 he took time away due to off-field problems.[12] He suffered racist abuse in October 2022, the third time in 12 months,[13] and again in October 2023.[14]

Personal life

Adebayo was born in England and is of Nigerian descent.[15]

Style of play

Primarily a forward, Adebayo has also played as a central defender.[16]

Career statistics

As of match played 25 November 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fulham 2016–17[17] Championship 0000000000
2017–18[18] Championship 0000000000
2018–19[19] Premier League 000000—00
Total 0000000000
Slough Town (loan) 2016–17[4] Southern League Premier Division 6100—5[lower-alpha 1]5116
Cheltenham Town (loan) 2017–18[18] League Two 7200000072
Swindon Town (loan) 2018–19[19] League Two 25520102[lower-alpha 2]0305
Stevenage (loan) 2018–19[19] League Two 2000000020
Walsall 2019–20[20] League Two 30820104[lower-alpha 2]0378
2020–21[21] League Two 251010101[lower-alpha 2]02810
Total 55183020506518
Luton Town 2020–21[21] Championship 185———185
2021–22[22] Championship 401611001[lower-alpha 3]04217
2022–23[23] Championship 42742003[lower-alpha 3]14910
2023-24[24] Premier League 132002000152
Total 1133053204112434
Career total 208561035016623965
  1. ↑ Four appearances and three goals in the FA Trophy, one appearance and two goals in the Berks & Bucks Senior Cup.
  2. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in the Championship play-offs.

Honours

Luton Town

References

  1. ↑ "2018/19 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Profile". Fulham F.C. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Elijah Adebayo". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Profile". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Elijah Adebayo: Fulham striker joins Cheltenham Town on loan". BBC Sport. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "McCormick, Smith and Adebayo join Swindon". BBC Sport. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "Ilias Chair of QPR and Elijah Adebayo of Fulham join Stevenage Borough on loan". BBC Sport. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  8. ↑ "Player Departures". Fulham F.C. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  9. ↑ "Elijah Adebayo: Former Fulham forward joins Walsall". BBC Sport. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  10. ↑ "Tom Ince & Elijah Adebayo: Luton Town bolster forward options on deadline day". BBC Sport. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  11. ↑ "Luton 1-1 Millwall". BBC Sport. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  12. ↑ "Adebayo 'more like himself' after off-field issues" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  13. ↑ "Luton report more racist abuse aimed at Adebayo" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  14. ↑ "Adebayo 'tired' of racist abuse after fresh incident" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  15. ↑ "Central Defender Turned Striker Elijah Adebayo Continues To Catch The Eye At Fulham". All Nigeria Soccer. 25 February 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  16. ↑ "Swindon Town striker Elijah Adebayo discusses his previous role as a centre half". Swindon Advertiser. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Elijah Adebayo in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  18. 1 2 "Games played by Elijah Adebayo in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  19. 1 2 3 "Games played by Elijah Adebayo in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Elijah Adebayo in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  21. 1 2 "Games played by Elijah Adebayo in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Elijah Adebayo in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Elijah Adebayo in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Elijah Adebayo in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  25. ↑ "Luton win shootout to reach Premier League". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 May 2023.


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