Tobi Adeleke
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adeleke Oluwatobi Babatunde | ||
| Date of birth | 10 March 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Ijoko, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Varnsdorf | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2020 | Prince Kazeem Academy[1] | ||
| 2020–2021 | Chabab Mohammédia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | Chabab Mohammédia | 1 | (0) |
| 2023 | KTP | 0 | (0) |
| 2023 | → MP (loan) | 22 | (1) |
| 2024– | Varnsdorf | 16 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Nigeria U16[2] | 3 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 March 2024 | |||
Adeleke Oluwatobi Babatunde (born 10 March 2003), better known as Tobi Adeleke, is a Nigerian professional football player who plays for Czech National Football League (FNL) club FK Varnsdorf as a midfielder.
Club career
[edit]Babatunde made his senior debut with Moroccan club Chabab Mohammédia in top-tier Botola Pro in 2021.
On 31 January 2023, he signed with newly promoted Veikkausliiga club Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (KTP) in Finland.[3][4] However, on 28 February 2023, he was loaned out to Mikkelin Palloilijat (MP) in second-tier Ykkönen.[5][6]
On 23 February 2024, Babatunde moved to Czech Republic after signing with FK Varnsdorf in the second-tier Czech National Football League (FNL).[7]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 6 October 2024.
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Other | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chabab Mohammédia | 2021–22 | Botola Pro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| KTP | 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| MP (loan) | 2023 | Ykkösliiga | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 24 | 2 | |
| Varnsdorf | 2023–24 | FNL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | FNL | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 1 | |||
| Total | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 39 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 3 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup
References
[edit]- ^ Adeleke Oluwatobi, playmakerstats
- ^ Man City, Ajax and Napoli scout Nigeria Under-16 captain Babatunde, goal.com, 25 August 2019
- ^ KTP HANKKI RIVEIHINSÄ POTENTIAALIA, fcktp.fi, 31 January 2023
- ^ Kotkassa kävi ovi – Babatunde tulee ja Suarez menee, pallotv.fi, 1 February 2023
- ^ EDUSTUS: KTP:n Tobi ja Santeri Stenius lainalle Mikkeliin, mikkelinpalloilijat.fi, 28 February 2023
- ^ KTP lainaa pelaajia Ykköseen – Mahlamäki Camachon sopimus purettu, veikkausliiga.com, 28 February 2023
- ^ DO VARNSDORFU PŘICHÁZÍ TOBI ADELEKE, fkvarnsdorf.cz, 23 February 2024.
External links
[edit]- Tobi Adeleke at Soccerway
Categories:
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Kolmonen players
- Ykkönen players
- Botola players
- Czech National Football League players
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Mikkelin Palloilijat players
- Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat players
- SCC Mohammédia players
- FK Varnsdorf players
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Expatriate men's footballers in Morocco
- Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Morocco
- Nigeria men's youth international footballers