Rinsola Babajide
Omorinsola Omowunmi Ajike Babajide (born 17 June 1998) is an English women's footballer who currently plays as a winger for Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C. in the FA Women’s Super League, on loan from Liverpool Women. She previously played for Millwall Lionesses and Watford Ladies Football Club and she has represented England at Under 21 level.
_(cropped).jpg.webp) Babajide with Liverpool in November 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Omorinsola Omowunmi Ajike Babajide[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 June 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
Brighton & Hove Albion (on loan from Liverpool) | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Crystal Palace | |||
| 2015–2016 | Millwall Lionesses | 31 | (7) |
| 2017–2018 | Watford | 15 | (3) |
| 2018– | Liverpool | 33 | (4) |
| 2021- | → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2016-2017 | England U19 | 9 | (0) |
| 2017-2018 | England U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2019 | England U21 | 8 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 February 2020 | |||
She was Liverpool’s second highest goal scorer in the 2018/19 WSL season with two campaign goals.
Babajide was then Liverpool's joint-second WSL goal scorer in the 2019/20 season with one single league goal. She didn’t feature for Liverpool in the second half of the 2020/21 Championship season after refusing to train[2] with the first team squad and was then subsequently moved down into the age group development squad away from the first team.[3]
Club career
Millwall Lionesses
She joined Millwall Lionesses Ladies from Crystal Palace Ladies in January 2015,[4] but made her professional debut on March 18 against the London Bees in a FA WSL match which ended in a draw.[5]
Watford Ladies
In February 2017, Babajide completed a transfer to Watford Ladies.[6] She scored her first competitive goal for the club in a 3-2 loss to London Bees in a FA WSL Spring Series fixture.[7] Babajide finished as Watford's joint top scorer in the 2017 Spring Series, with three goals.[8]
Liverpool Women
Her transfer to Liverpool was announced on 25 January 2018.[9] Babajide was part of the squad that saw Liverpool relegated to the Championship in 2020.[10]
Brighton & Hove Albion WFC
On 26 July 2021, Brighton & Hove Albion Women Football Club announced the signing of Rinsola on a season-long loan deal from Liverpool Women.[11]
International career
In August 2018, Babajide was part of the England U20s squad that claimed bronze at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[12]
Babajide could still represent Nigeria due to her Nigerian roots.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 11 May 2019
| Club | Season | League | League Cup[lower-alpha 1] | FA Cup[lower-alpha 2] | Continental[lower-alpha 3] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Millwall Lionesses | 2015 | FA WSL 2 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 23 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 17 | 4 | |||
| Total | 31 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 9 | ||
| Watford | 2017 | FA WSL 2 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 3 | ||
| 2017–18 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Total | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | ||
| Liverpool | 2017–18 | FA WSL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 5 | |||
| Total | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 67 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 17 | ||
- Includes the FA WSL Cup
- Includes the FA Women's Cup
- Includes the UEFA Women's Champions League
References
- "List of Players - England" (PDF). FIFA. 24 September 2016. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 4, 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- "Babajide requests to leave Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- "https://twitter.com/em_sandy/status/1370725207653163008". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-04-03. External link in
|title=(help) - Aloia, Andrew; Garry, Tom (18 March 2015). "Women's Super League Two 2015 club-by-club season preview". BBC. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- Christopher-Browne, Philippa (20 March 2015). "BABAJIDE: IT WAS A GOOD FIRST GAME". millwall.fawsl.com. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- Matthews, Anthony (10 February 2017). "Watford Ladies announce signing of six players ahead of Spring Series opener at Aston Villa". Watford Observer. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- Kingsley, Igho (27 February 2017). "Babajide Scores First Competitive Goal For Watford Before Linking Up With England Squad". allnigeriasoccer.com. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- "Ladies sign England U20 international Babajide". a Liverpool Football Club. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- "Rinsola Babajide: Liverpool Ladies sign England U20 striker from Watford Ladies". BBC Sport. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- "Liverpool's relegated women underfunded and in disarray". The Guardian. 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
- "Babajide joins Albion on loan". www.brightonandhovealbion.com. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- "ENGLAND WIN BRONZE MEDAL AT FIFA U20 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP". The FA. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2019.