Tobi Sho-Silva

Oluwatobi Fabian Shobowale Akintunde "Tobi" Sho-Silva (born 27 March 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays for Sutton United as a forward.[2]

Tobi Sho-Silva
Personal information
Full name Oluwatobi Fabian Shobowale Akintunde Sho-Silva[1]
Date of birth (1995-03-27) 27 March 1995
Place of birth Thamesmead, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger / Forward
Club information
Current team
 Sutton United
Number 17
Youth career
0000–2013 Charlton Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Charlton Athletic 0 (0)
2014 → Welling United (loan) 17 (1)
2014 → Welling United (loan) 3 (0)
2015–2016 → Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan) 5 (0)
2016–2017 Bromley 38 (11)
2017–2019 Dover Athletic 22 (1)
2018–2019 → Chelmsford City (loan) 4 (0)
2019 → Margate (loan) 10 (5)
2019–2020 FC Halifax Town 35 (5)
2020– Sutton United 40 (4)
National team
2013 England U18 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:00, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

Career

After playing youth football for Charlton Athletic, Sho-Silva signed on loan for Welling United in January 2014.[3] The loan was extended a month later.[4] In May 2014 he signed a new contract with Charlton.[5] After returning to his parent club, he re-signed on loan for Welling United in September 2014.[6] He moved on loan to Inverness Caledonian Thistle in September 2015.[7] Following his release by the Addicks, Sho-Silva joined Bromley after a successful trial spell during pre-season.[8] At the end of the season, he departed the club, having scored 11 National League goals.[9]

In June 2017, Sho-Silva signed for Dover Athletic.[10] On 7 December 2018, Sho-Silva signed for Chelmsford City on a one-month loan deal.[11] In February 2019, Sho-Silva signed on loan for Margate.[12]

Sho-Silva was released by Dover at the end of the 2018–19 season and joined FC Halifax Town.[13] Sho-Silva joined Sutton United in August 2020[14] and was part of the team that won the National League and gained promotion to the Football League for the first time in the club's history.[15]

International career

Born in England, Sho-Silva is of Nigerian descent.[16] He has represented England at under-18 level, making only one appearance in a 1–0 loss to Belgium on 5 March 2013.[17]

Career statistics
As of match played 9 November 2021
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Welling United (loan) 2013–14[18] Conference Premier 17100~~~~171
Welling United (loan) 2014–15[19] Conference Premier 3000~~~~30
Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan) 2015–16[20] Scottish Premiership 5000000050
Bromley 2016–17[21] National League 381110~~1[lower-alpha 1]04011
Dover Athletic 2017–18[22] National League 14100~~00141
2018–19[23] National League 8010—0090
Total 221100000231
Chelmsford City (loan) 2018–19 National League South 4000—0040
Margate (loan) 2018–19 Isthmian Premier 105——00105
FC Halifax Town 2019–20[24] National League 35510—4[lower-alpha 2]2407
Sutton United 2020–21[25] National League 35410—2[lower-alpha 1]0384
2021–22[26] League Two 5010003[lower-alpha 3]191
Total 404200051475
Career total 17127500010318930
  1. Appearance in the FA Trophy
  2. 3 appearances and one goal in FA Trophy, one appearance and one goal in National League play-offs
  3. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Club

Sutton United

References
  1. "Professional retain lists & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. May 2013. p. 63. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  2. Tobi Sho-Silva at Soccerbase
  3. "Welling complete triple signing". BBC Sport.
  4. "Welling extend Sho-Silva loan spell". BBC Sport.
  5. http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/20140501-sho-silva-and-gerard-commit-1521285.aspx
  6. http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/20140909-sho-silva-welling-united-1904081.aspx
  7. "Inverness sign Storey & Sho-Silva". BBC Sport.
  8. "Club secure signing of Tobi Sho-Silva". 5 August 2016.
  9. "Tobi Sho-Silva departs Club". 5 June 2017.
  10. Tobi Sho-Silva: Dover Athletic sign striker after departure from Bromley‚ bbc.com, 24 June 2017
  11. "Clarets sign Dover Athletic attacker". Chelmsford City F.C. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  12. "Margate sign forward Tobi Sho-Silva on loan from Dover Athletic". Kent Online. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  13. Hogwood, Cameron (9 July 2019). "Ex-Dover striker Tobi Sho-Silva joins National League club Halifax Town". Kent Online. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  14. Scargill, Tom (7 August 2020). "FC Halifax Town: Striker Sho-Silva joins Sutton". Halifax Courier. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  15. "Sutton United 3–0 Hartlepool United: U's win National League title". BBC Sport. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  16. "Scottish league winning debut thrills Oluwatobi". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. 13 September 2015.
  17. "Addicks duo feature for England U18s". Charlton Athletic F.C. 6 March 2013. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  18. "Games played by Tobi Sho-Silva in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  19. "Games played by Tobi Sho-Silva in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  20. "Games played by Tobi Sho-Silva in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  21. "Games played by Tobi Sho-Silva in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  22. "Games played by Tobi Sho-Silva in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  23. "Games played by Tobi Sho-Silva in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  24. "Games played by Tobi Sho-Silva in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  25. "Games played by Tobi Sho-Silva in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  26. "Games played by Tobi Sho-Silva in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  27. Phillips, Owen (23 May 2021). "Sutton win National League to reach EFL". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
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