Tunde Owolabi

Tunde Owolabi (born 26 July 1995) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker for League of Ireland Premier Division club Finn Harps.

Tunde Owolabi
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-07-26) 26 July 1995
Place of birth Antwerp, Belgium
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Finn Harps
Number 45
Youth career
2013–2014 FC 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 Victoria Hotspurs
2019–2020 FC United of Manchester 28 (28)
2020–2021 Hamilton Academical 7 (0)
2021– Finn Harps 31 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:25, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

Early and personal life

Owolabi was born in Antwerp.[1] His Nigerian father Ganiyu was also a professional footballer.[2]

Career

Owolabi played for the FC United of Manchester development team during the 2013–14 season.[3] He played for New Mills, moving from them to Hyde United in February 2017.[4] By December 2017 he had played for Prescot Cables (twice), Stalybridge Celtic and Glossop North End.[5] After moving to Skelmersdale United in February 2018, without scoring in 10 games,[6] he then played for Radcliffe, scoring 26 goals in the 2018–19 season.[2] He left Radcliffe in the summer of 2019 to move to Malta, to join Victoria Hotspurs[7] before returning to England later that summer, signing with FC United of Manchester in August 2019.[3] He signed a new contract with the club in November 2019.[8] He scored 35 goals in 41 games in all competitions for the club during the 2019–20 season.[9]

He signed a one-year contract with Scottish club Hamilton Academical in July 2020,[10] having previously been linked with a transfer to Grimsby Town.[11] He made his professional debut for Hamilton on 8 August 2020 in a Scottish Premier League match against Ross County.[12] On 1 February 2021, Owolabi was released by Hamilton alongside team mate Justin Johnson, via mutual consent.[13]

On 7 March 2021, Owolabi signed a one-year deal with Irish club Finn Harps.[14] He scored a hat-trick in a 3–1 win over second placed St Patrick's Athletic on 20 August 2021, taking him up to 5 goals for the season.[15][16]

Career statistics
As of 22 November 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Skelmersdale United 2017–18[6] Northern Premier League Division One North 100000000100
FC United of Manchester 2019–20[9] Northern Premier League Premier Division 2828300010[lower-alpha 1]74135
Hamilton Academical 2020–21[12] Scottish Premiership 7000200090
Finn Harps 2021[1] League of Ireland Premier Division 311032——3412
Career total 763862201079347
  1. 5 appearances and 6 goals in the FA Trophy; 3 appearances and 1 goal in the Manchester Premier Cup; and 2 appearances in the NP Challenge Cup.

References
  1. Tunde Owolabi at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  2. "Tunde setting Radcliffe's sights higher after promotion". Bury Times.
  3. "FC United of Manchester – News Story". fc-utd.co.uk.
  4. "Hyde bring in Owolabi | Non League Daily".
  5. "Owolabi Returns To Cables". 22 December 2017.
  6. "Tunde Owolabi – Skelmersdale United F.C. First Team". www.pitchero.com.
  7. "Victoria Hotspurs sign Tunde Owolabi". Victoria Hotspurs. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  8. "FC United of Manchester – News Story". fc-utd.co.uk.
  9. "FC United of Manchester – Profile – Tunde Owolabi". www.fcunited.ru.
  10. "Hamilton Academical sign Tunde Owolabi from FC United of Manchester". 29 July 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  11. "Grimsby Town miss out on Tunde Owolabi". 4 August 2020 – via www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk.
  12. "Games played by Tunde Owolabi in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  13. "Hamilton Accies release attacking duo Tunde Owolabi and Justin Johnson". Daily Record. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  14. Lee, Ethan (7 March 2021). "Harps sign Tunde Owolabi | Finn Harps FC".
  15. Foley, Alan. "Hat-trick hero Owolabi secures the spoils for Harps as St Pat's feel the pinch". The42.
  16. Ashmore, Chris (20 August 2021). "Tunde Owolabi hat trick shocks high-flying Saints". Irish Examiner.
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