Tomi Ameobi

Oluwatomiwo Ameobi (born 16 August 1988) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Tomi Ameobi
Ameobi with FC Edmonton after a game in 2014
Personal information
Full name Oluwatomiwo Ameobi[1]
Date of birth (1988-08-16) 16 August 1988[2]
Place of birth Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[3]
Position(s) Forward[4]
Youth career
2003–2005 Newcastle United
2005–2007 Leeds United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Leeds United 0 (0)
2007–2008 → Scunthorpe United (loan) 9 (0)
2008–2009 Doncaster Rovers 1 (0)
2008 → Grimsby Town (loan) 2 (0)
2009 → Mansfield Town (loan) 4 (0)
2009–2010 Forest Green Rovers 27 (4)
2010–2011 Whitley Bay 4 (3)
2011 BÍ/Bolungarvík 22 (11)
2012 Grindavík 17 (3)
2013 VPS 30 (9)
2013–2014 Whitley Bay 4 (2)
2014–2017 FC Edmonton 94 (21)
2018 FC Cincinnati 4 (0)
2019–2020 FC Edmonton 30 (4)
Total 248 (57)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 September 2020

Having come through the youth academy at Leeds United, he went on to play in the Football League for Scunthorpe United, Doncaster Rovers, Grimsby Town and Mansfield Town before appearing for Non-League sides Forest Green Rovers and Whitley Bay. In 2011 he moved to play in Europe and had spells in Iceland and Finland with BÍ/Bolungarvík, Grindavík and VPS. In 2014 Ameobi moved to North America and had spells with both FC Edmonton and FC Cincinnati.

Career

The 2007–08 season was Ameobi's first campaign in the Leeds United first team. He previously played for the club's reserve side, which finished sixth in Division One Central of the Central League in 2006–07.[5] Ameobi signed his first professional contract with Leeds United on 8 August 2007.[6] He had been offered the contract on 8 May,[7] but had to wait three months to sign the deal as the club had been placed under a transfer embargo.

He made his first appearance of the pre-season in Leeds United's 2–0 defeat against Northern Premier League side Guiseley on 6 August. He started the match, which was the club's final pre-season fixture, and was replaced after 75 minutes. Ameobi made his debut for Leeds on 28 August, against Portsmouth in the Football League Cup. He was loaned out to the Championship side Scunthorpe United in November 2007.

Ameobi returned to Leeds before joining Doncaster on 22 July. On 24 September 2008, he was loaned to Football League Two side Grimsby Town.[8] He later returned to Doncaster after just two appearances. Ameobi signed for Conference National outfit Mansfield Town on loan in January 2009.[9] He returned to Doncaster the following month, having played five games for Mansfield, but was released from his contract on 7 May.[10]

In September 2009, Ameobi signed for Forest Green Rovers.[11] He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–2 away win over Hayes & Yeading in January 2010[12] and also in that month represented Forest Green in the 3rd round of the FA Cup against Notts County.[13] At the end of the season he was released by the club having made 28 league appearances and having scored 5 times.

In July 2010, it was announced that Ameobi was on trial with Whitley Bay. He subsequently signed a contract for the club having impressed in their pre-season friendlies. On 4 September 2010, he featured in the 2–2 draw away at Billingham Synthonia coming on as a half-time substitute. Later in the season Ameobi returned to the side, making appearances during Bay's title challenge against Jarrow Roofing and Newcastle Benfield.

On 14 May 2011, Ameobi played his first game in an Icelandic league, and there in the second division. Ameobi's opponents were ÍR, but BÍ/Bvk. lost the game on Torfnesvöllur, 1–2. He scored BÍ/Bvk.'s goal in the game. Ameobi scored again in the second match of the season, winning Haukar away at Ásvellir, 2–1.

On 12 April 2013, Ameobi signed a 1+1 year contract with Finnish League team Vaasan Palloseura.[14]

After his contract with Finnish team Vaasan Palloseura expired,[15] he returned to Whitley Bay.[16] Ameobi played his debut, after his return to Whitley Bay, on 28 December 2013 against Guisborough Town.[17]

Ameobi signed with NASL club FC Edmonton on 31 March 2014.[18] He scored on his debut in a 1–1 draw with the Tampa Bay Rowdies. Ameobi would spend four seasons in Edmonton. After the 2017 season, with the future of FC Edmonton and the NASL in doubt, Ameobi was released from FC Edmonton.[19][20] Ameobi would leave Edmonton as the club's second all-time leading scorer.

On 21 February 2018, Ameobi signed with USL side FC Cincinnati for the 2018 season.[21]

On 31 January 2019, Ameobi returned for a second spell with FC Edmonton after the club joined the Canadian Premier League.[22]

Personal life

Ameobi was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear.[23] Ameobi is the younger brother of striker Shola Ameobi and the older brother of former Middlesbrough winger Sammy Ameobi.

Ameobi now lives in Canada and is a qualified solicitor,[24] having graduated from the Open University.[25]

Career statistics
As of 19 October 2019[26][27]
Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other[lower-alpha 3] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leeds United 2007–08 League One 000010—1020
Scunthorpe United (loan) 2007–08 Championship 901000—00100
Doncaster Rovers 2008–09 Championship 100000—0010
Grimsby Town (loan) 2008–09 League Two 200000—1030
Mansfield Town (loan) 2008–09 Conference Premier 400000—0040
Forest Green Rovers 2009–10 Conference Premier 2743000—00304
BÍ/Bolungarvík 2011 1. deild karla 22113200—002513
Grindavík 2012 Úrvalsdeild karla 1733100—00204
VPS 2013 Veikkausliiga 30920——00329
FC Edmonton 2014 NASL 23631——00267
2015 NASL 18744——002211
2016 NASL 30220——10332
2017 NASL 24620——00266
Total 9521115——1010726
FC Cincinnati 2018 United Soccer League 4020——0060
FC Edmonton 2019 Canadian Premier League 23420——00254
2020 Canadian Premier League 1000——0000
Career total 2345227810003026560
  1. Includes the FA Cup, Icelandic Football Cup, Finnish Cup, Canadian Championship and U.S. Open Cup.
  2. Includes the Football League Cup.
  3. Includes the Soccer Bowl.

References
  1. "Tomi Ameobi". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  2. "T. Ameobi: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  3. "24 – Tomi Ameobi". FC Cincinnati. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  4. "Tomi Ameobi". ESPN FC. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  5. "Results & Final Standings – 2006/07". Htafc.premiumtv.co.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  6. "Prutton and Marques pen new deals". BBC News. 7 August 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  7. "Young trio offered new deals". Teamtalk.com. 7 February 2012. Archived from the original on 19 May 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  8. "Rovers agree Ameobi deal". Sky Sports. 22 July 2008. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
  9. "Stags sign Ameobi". NonLeagueDaily.com. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
  10. "O'Driscoll wields the axe". Sky Sports. 7 May 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  11. "Striker Ameobi joins Forest Green". BBC Sport. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  12. "Hayes & Yeading 2–3 Forest Green". BBC Sport. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  13. "Tomi Ameobi aiming to step out of brother's shadow by becoming FA Cup hero". Mirror Football. 2 January 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  14. "Tomi Ameobi joins VPS". Vepsu.fi. 27 June 2013. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  15. "Team news: Tomi Ameobi international clearance had come thru and should be registered to play tonight". Whitley Bay FC. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  16. "Bay Return for Ameobi". Pitchero Non League. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  17. "Match Report Guisborough – Whitley Bay". WB. 27 June 2013. Archived from the original on 23 April 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  18. "NASL: FC Edmonton Adds British Striker Tomi Ameobi". Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  19. "FC Edmonton announce four departures in Ameobi, Corea, Fordyce and Nyassi". FC Edmonton. 16 November 2017. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  20. Steven Sandor (16 November 2017). "With the club's path unclear, FC Edmonton begins releasing players". the11.ca.
  21. "Striker Tomi Ameobi Added to FCC Roster". www.fccincinnati.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  22. "FC Edmonton Announce Signings of Five Players". FC Edmonton. 31 January 2019. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  23. "Tomi Ameobi's Biography". Uptheposh.com. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  24. https://ca.linkedin.com/in/tomiameobi
  25. "The Open University".
  26. "Tomi Ameobi". Soccerbase. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  27. "T. Ameobi". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
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