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Josh Debayo
Personal information
Full name Joshua Akinkunmi Debayo[1]
Date of birth (1996-10-17) 17 October 1996 (age 27)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Fulham
Chelsea
2013–2016 Southampton
2016–2018 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Cheltenham Town 12 (0)
2018–2019Dover Athletic (loan) 16 (0)
2020–2021 Wealdstone 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:17, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Joshua Akinkunmi Debayo (born 17 October 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defender.

Career

After playing youth football for Fulham, Chelsea, Southampton and Leicester City, Debayo signed with Cheltenham Town in July 2018.[3]

On 11 October 2018, Debayo joined Dover Athletic on loan until January 2019.[4] He made his debut for the club two days later in a 2–2 away draw with Harrogate Town.[5] On 4 January 2019, Debayo signed a loan extension until the end of the 2018–19 season.[6]

He was offered a new contract by Cheltenham at the end of the 2019–20 season, but he rejected the offer and left the club.[7][8] He signed for Wealdstone on 19 December 2020.[9] On 4 February 2021, Debayo left Wealdstone after making just one league appearance for the club.[10]

Career statistics

As of 4 February 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Season Club League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leicester City 2016–17[11] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 3[a] 0 3 0
2017–18[12] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 1 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0
Cheltenham Town 2018–19[13] League Two 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0
2019–20[14] 7 0 0 0 1 0 1[a] 0 9 0
Total 12 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 16 0
Dover Athletic (loan) 2018–19[13] National League 16 0 2 0 2[b] 0 20 0
Wealdstone 2020–21[15] National League 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 29 0 2 0 3 0 7 0 41 0
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy.
  2. ^ Appearance in the FA Trophy.

References

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Cheltenham Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 17. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. ^ Josh Debayo at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Josh Debayo: Cheltenham Town sign defender after release by Leicester City". BBC Sport. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Debayo joins Dover Athletic on loan". Cheltenham Town F.C. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Harrogate Town 2–2 Dover Athletic". BBC Sport. 13 October 2018.
  6. ^ "DEBAYO STAYING AT CRABBLE". www.doverathletic.com. 4 January 2019.
  7. ^ Palmer, Jon (25 June 2020). "Defender turns down new contract at Cheltenham Town". GloucestershireLive.
  8. ^ "Debayo to move on to pastures new". www.ctfc.com.
  9. ^ Bennett, Dan (19 December 2020). "Wealdstone bring in former Chelsea and Fulham youngster Debayo".
  10. ^ "Squad Update". Wealdstone FC. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Games played by Josh Debayo in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  12. ^ "Games played by Josh Debayo in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  13. ^ a b "Games played by Josh Debayo in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  14. ^ "Games played by Josh Debayo in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  15. ^ "Games played by Josh Debayo in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 February 2021.