Elijah Adebayo

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

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 109 (30)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:26, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

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 21 October 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 92002000112
Total 1093053204112034
Career total 204561035016623565
  1. Four appearances and three goals in the FA Trophy, one appearance and two goals in the Berks & Bucks Senior Cup.
  2. Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.
  3. 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. "Profile". Fulham F.C. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  3. "Elijah Adebayo". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  4. "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. "Games played by Elijah Adebayo in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  19. "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. "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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