Jonathan Afolabi
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jonathan Afolabi | ||
Date of birth | 14 January 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Dundee (on loan from Celtic) | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
Shamrock Rovers | |||
St Joseph's Boys | |||
2016–2019 | Southampton | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Celtic | 0 | (0) |
2020 | → Dunfermline (loan) | 6 | (2) |
2020– | → Dundee (loan) | 9 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
Republic of Ireland U17 | |||
2017–2019 | Republic of Ireland U19 | 16 | (6) |
2019– | Republic of Ireland U21 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:09, 22 January 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:32, 13 October 2020 (UTC) |
Jonathan Swanson Afolabi (born 14 January 2000) is an Irish footballer who plays as a striker for Dundee, on loan from Celtic. He has previously been on loan with Dunfermline Athletic.
Club career
Early career
Born and raised in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Afolabi played his youth football with Shamrock Rovers and St Joseph's Boys before earning a move to the Academy of Premier League club Southampton.[1]
Celtic
On 21 August 2019, Afolabi joined Scottish Premiership Champions Celtic.[2]
Dunfermline Athletic (loan)
On 27 January 2020, Afolabi signed for Dunfermline Athletic of the Scottish Championship on loan until the end of the season.[3] His debut in senior football came on 1 February 2020, in a 3–2 win away to Queen of the South.[4] He made 6 appearances for the club, scoring 2 goals before the season was ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
Dundee (loan)
On 29 September 2020, Afolabi joined Dundee on a season-long loan.[6] He scored his first goal for the club at home in the league against Greenock Morton.[7]
International career
Afolabi was born in Ireland to Nigerian parents.[8] Afolabi has played for the Republic of Ireland right up to Under-21 level. On 31 July 2019 he was named in the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament.[9]
Career statistics
- As of 22 January 2021[10]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Southampton | 2016–17 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Celtic | 2019–20 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020–21 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dunfermline Athletic (loan) | 2019–20 | Scottish Championship | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
Dundee (loan) | 2020–21 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |
Career total | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 5 |
- ^ a b c Appearances for Southampton U21/U23 in the EFL Trophy
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
References
- ^ "Extratime.ie – Jonathan Afolabi". www.extratime.ie.
- ^ "Jonathan Afolabi: Celtic sign forward from Southampton on three-year deal". 21 August 2019 – via www.bbc.com.
- ^ "Jonathan Afolabi signs for Pars | Dunfermline Athletic Football Club". dafc.co.uk.
- ^ "Queen of the South vs. Dunfermline Athletic – 1 February 2020 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Republic of Ireland - J. Afolabi - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". ie.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Jonathan joins". Dundee FC. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Dundee v Greenock Morton". BBC. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Fennessy, Paul. "'My ma wants me to play for Nigeria... But I've been playing with Ireland for a long time'". The42.
- ^ "Afolabi honoured to make Team of the Tournament | Football Association of Ireland". www.fai.ie.
- ^ "Republic of Ireland – J. Afolabi – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
External links
- Jonathan Afolabi at FootballDatabase.eu
- Jonathan Afolabi at Soccerway
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Association footballers from Dublin (city)
- Republic of Ireland association footballers
- Republic of Ireland youth international footballers
- Republic of Ireland under-21 international footballers
- Republic of Ireland expatriate association footballers
- Republic of Ireland expatriate association footballers in the United Kingdom
- Irish expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Irish expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Association football forwards
- Southampton F.C. players
- Celtic F.C. players
- Dundee F.C. players
- Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players
- Scottish Professional Football League players
- Irish people of Nigerian descent
- Black Irish sportspeople