Sanmi Odelusi

Oluwasanmi Babafemi Oluwaseu Odelusi (born 11 June 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Hayes & Yeading United.

Sanmi Odelusi
Personal information
Full name Oluwasanmi Babafemi Oluwaseu Odelusi[1]
Date of birth (1993-06-11) 11 June 1993
Place of birth Dagenham, England
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Winger
Team information
Current team
 Hayes & Yeading United
Youth career
0000–2006 Queens Park Rangers
2006–2009 Reading
2009–2012 Bolton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Bolton Wanderers 6 (0)
2014 → Milton Keynes Dons (loan) 10 (0)
2014 → Coventry City (loan) 14 (3)
2015–2017 Wigan Athletic 3 (0)
2016–2017 → Rochdale (loan) 15 (0)
2017 → Blackpool (loan) 7 (1)
2017 Colchester United 8 (1)
2018 Cheltenham Town 9 (1)
2018–2019 Halifax Town 16 (0)
2019 South Shields 2 (0)
2020 Romford 1 (0)
2020– Hayes & Yeading United 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Bolton Wanderers

Growing up in Dagenham, England, Odelusi grew up playing football as a sport to enjoy.[2] Odelusi joined Bolton Wanderers in 2009 after having also spent time in the Queens Park Rangers and Reading youth set-ups.[3] It was at Bolton Wanderers when the club's Development Coach Jamie Fullarton helped Odelusi switch position from a striker to a winger.[4]

He spent three years in the reserves but in the 2011–12 season Odelusi scored four goals in 16 league games and was rewarded with one-year deal in July 2012.[5] Upon signing a new contract with the club, Odelusi was given number thirty-eight shirt for the club.[6]

Odelusi was on the bench for the matches against Blackburn Rovers which Bolton won 1–0, the home match against Brighton & Hove Albion and the 1–0 loss against Ipswich Town before eventually making his debut in a 3–2 away loss against Charlton Athletic when he came on for Darren Pratley in the 82nd minute.[7] Odelusi made his first start on 6 August against Shrewsbury Town in the League Cup and scored twice in a 3–1 win.[8] Following his first team appearance, Odelusi signed a new contract with the club, keeping him until 2016.[9] Odelusi made two more appearances later in the 2013–14 season, providing two assists in separate matches against Bournemouth[10] and Reading.[11]

Loan spells

On 21 February 2014, Odelusi joined League One side Milton Keynes Dons on a one-month loan.[12] Odelusi made his MK Dons debut the next day, coming on as a substitute for Luke Chadwick in the 79th minute, in a 1–0 loss against Bradford City.[13] On 24 March 2014, Odelusi extended his loan stay with the Dons until the end of the 2013–14 season.[14] However, Odelusi suffered a knee injury that saw him ruled for the rest of the season before returning to his parent club, where he made ten appearances.[15]

On 31 January 2015, Odelusi joined League One side Coventry City on a loan until the end of the season.[16] On the same day, Odelusi made a strong impact on his debut when he scored from the edge of the area in a 2–2 draw against Rochdale.[17] After being sidelined for weeks due to injury he sustained in training,[18][19] Odelusi made his first team return, starting in a 1–0 loss against Barnsley on 3 March 2015.[20] Odelusi scored his second Coventry City goal in the next game on 7 March 2015, in a 3–2 loss against Port Vale[21] and scored again two weeks later on 14 March 2015, in a 3–2 win over Chesterfield.[22] Odelusi returned to Bolton after making fourteen appearances and scoring three times for Coventry City.

Wigan Athletic

On 6 July 2015, Odelusi signed for Wigan Athletic on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[23] After making five appearances, three in the league, Odelusi was transfer-listed by Wigan in September 2015.[24]

He was injured in late 2015. Originally ruled out for the 2015/16 season, he returned to playing before the season ended.

Loan to Rochdale

On 25 July 2016, Odelusi joined Rochdale on a season long loan. He scored his first goal for Rochdale in an EFL Trophy tie against Notts County on 4 October 2016.[25]

Loan to Blackpool

On 20 January 2017 he had his loan spell with Rochdale terminated after making just fifteen league appearances and parent club Wigan immediately loaned him out to Football League Two side Blackpool for the remainder of the season.[26]

Colchester United

On 31 August 2017, Odelusi signed for Colchester United until January 2018.[27] He made his Colchester debut on 2 September as a substitute in their 1–0 defeat at Cambridge United.[28] He made his full debut on 3 October in Colchester's 1–0 home defeat by Gillingham in the EFL Trophy. He was replaced by Craig Slater after 78-minutes of the match.[29] He scored his first goal for Colchester on 25 November during a 2–1 defeat at Notts County.[30] He was told his contract would not be renewed when it expired on 31 December 2017 and was allowed to attend a trial at Cheltenham Town.[31]

Cheltenham Town

Odelusi signed a contract with Chelthenham Town on 5 January 2018.[32] On 10 May 2018, it was announced that Odelusi would leave Cheltenham at the end of his current deal in June 2018.[33]

Halifax Town

On 4 June 2018, Odelusi signed for National League side Halifax Town.[34]

South Shields

He signed for South Shields on 1 October 2019, initially until January 2020.[35]

Hayes and Yeading United

Odelusi signed for Hayes and Yeading United from Romford in February 2020.[36]

Coaching career

On 31 December 2019, Odelusi announced his retirement from football to pursue a career as a coach.[37] Shortly afterwards he signed for Romford appearing to reverse this situation.[38][39]

Career statistics
As of match played 15 December 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bolton Wanderers 2012–13[40] Championship 100000—10
2013–14[41] Championship 501022—82
2014–15[42] Championship 000000—00
Total 601022—92
Milton Keynes Dons (loan) 2013–14[41] League One 100––00100
Coventry City (loan) 2014–15[42] League One 143000000143
Wigan Athletic 2015–16[43] League One 3000101[lower-alpha 1]050
2016–17[44] Championship 00–––00
Total 3000101050
Rochdale (loan) 2016–17[44] League One 150–103[lower-alpha 2]1191
Blackpool (loan) 2016–17[44] League Two 7110–0081
Colchester United 2017–18[45] League Two 8100002[lower-alpha 2]0101
Career total 635204261758
  1. Appearance in Football League Trophy
  2. Appearances in EFL Trophy

References
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