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Rio Adebisi
Personal information
Full name Rio Adesola Frederick Adebisi[1]
Date of birth (2000-09-27) 27 September 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Croydon, Surrey, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Crewe Alexandra
Number 25
Youth career
2012–2019 Crewe Alexandra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Crewe Alexandra 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2019

Rio Adesola Frederick Adebisi (born 27 September 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Crewe Alexandra.

Adebisi was born in Croydon, Surrey; his family moved to Northwich, Cheshire in 2004. He joined Northwich side Barnton, playing mainly as an attacking box-to-box midfielder.

He joined Crewe Alexandra's Academy aged 12, progressing through the ranks to play under-23 games in 2018-19;[3] he also went on loan to Leek Town.[4] He made his first team debut, aged 18, at Gresty Road in an EFL Cup second round tie against Aston Villa on 27 August 2019,[3] and made his league debut, coming on as a 79th-minute substitute for Harry Pickering, against Scunthorpe United at Gresty Road on 29 December 2019.[5]

He was offered a new contract in June 2020.[6]

Career statistics

As of 29 December 2019.
Club Season Division League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Crewe Alexandra 2019–20[7] League Two 1 0 0 0 1 0 2[a] 0 4 0
Crewe Alexandra total 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 0
  1. ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy

References

  1. ^ "Retained List 2018–19" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Rio Adebisi - Defender - First Team - Crewe Alexandra". www.crewealex.net. Crewe Alexandra F.C. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b Morse, Peter (28 August 2019). "Interview: Rio Adebisi is a man in a hurry at Crewe Alex". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  4. ^ "BAKER ADDS ADEBISI". Leek Town. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Crewe Alexandra 3-1 Scunthorpe United". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  6. ^ Morse, Peter (10 June 2020). "Paul Green and Nicky Hunt released as Crewe Alex announce retained list". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Games played by Rio Adebisi in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 August 2019.