Michael Olakigbe

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Michael Olakigbe
Personal information
Full name Michael Oluwakorede Olakigbe[1]
Date of birth (2004-04-06) 6 April 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Lambeth, England[2]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Peterborough United
(on loan from Brentford)
Number 15
Youth career
Erith & Belvedere
East Soccer Base
0000–2018 Queens Park Rangers
2018–2022 Fulham
2022–2023 Brentford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– Brentford 8 (0)
2024– → Peterborough United (loan) 5 (0)
International career‡
2021–2022 England U18 9 (2)
2023– England U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:47, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:29, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Michael Oluwakorede Olakigbe (born 6 April 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL League One club Peterborough United, on loan from Premier League club Brentford.

Olakigbe is a product of the Fulham and Queens Park Rangers academies and began his professional career with Brentford in 2022. He has been capped by England at youth level.

Club career[edit]

Early years[edit]

Following spells with Erith & Belvedere and the East Soccer Base and Queens Park Rangers academies,[4][5] Olakigbe joined the Fulham Academy in 2018.[6] He progressed through the ranks from U14 level to sign a scholarship deal at the end of the 2019–20 season.[7] He departed the club in July 2022.[8]

Brentford[edit]

On 29 July 2022, Olakigbe transferred to the B team at Premier League club Brentford and signed a four-year contract, with the option of a further year,[6] for an undisclosed fee.[8] Injured at the time of his arrival, Olakigbe made his B team debut in October 2022 and progressed sufficiently to be included in the first team squad for its mid-season training camp in Girona.[4] He made three friendly appearances during the period and trained with the first team during the 2022–23 season.[4][9][10] On 1 April 2023, Olakigbe won his maiden call into a first team matchday squad and he remained an unused substitute during a 3–3 draw with Brighton & Hove Albion.[11] He made 9 appearances during the B team's 2022–23 Premier League Cup-winning campaign.[11][12]

Olakigbe was included in the first team group during the 2023–24 pre-season and made five friendly appearances,[13][14] scoring two goals.[15] He made his competitive debut for the club with a start in a EFL Cup second round shoot-out win over Newport County on 29 August 2023.[16] Thereafter he was included in the majority of Brentford's matchday squads and made 11 substitute appearances through to mid-January 2024.[11] During his run of appearances, Olakigbe signed a new 4+1⁄2-year contract, with the option of a further year.[17] On 30 January 2024, he joined League One club Peterborough United on loan until the end of the 2023–24 season.[18]

International career[edit]

In March 2021, Olakigbe was called into an England U17 training camp and played in a hybrid friendly versus Watford U23 during the camp.[11][19] In September 2021, he won his first U18 call-up to a training camp and friendly versus Wales.[20] He made his international debut as a half-time substitute for Samuel Mather during the 1–1 draw.[21] Olakigbe won nine U18 caps and scored two goals during the 2021–22 season and was a part of the squad which emerged victorious in a four-nation tournament hosted in Zagreb in June 2022.[22]

On 1 September 2023, Olakigbe won his maiden call into the U20 squad, for a training camp at St George's Park.[23] One month later, he was called into the squad for the team's opening pair of Under 20 Elite League fixtures,[24] both of which he appeared in.[25][26]

Personal life[edit]

Olakigbe is of Nigerian descent.[3] He grew up in Bexleyheath and his mother runs the Pro Ballers football academy in the area.[4]

Career statistics[edit]

As of match played 27 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 2022–23[27] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 ― 0 0
2023–24[16] Premier League 8 0 2 0 2 0 ― 12 0
Total 8 0 2 0 2 0 ― 12 0
Peterborough United (loan) 2023–24[16] League One 5 0 ― ― 0 0 5 0
Career total 13 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 17 0
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup

Honours[edit]

Brentford B

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2022/23 Premier League squad lists". www.premierleague.com. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Brentford – 2023/2024". FootballSquads. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b Michael Olakigbe at WorldFootball.net
  4. ^ a b c d "Olakigbe – Just getting started". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Confirmed : Talented Nigerian Winger Joins Premier League New Boys Fulham". All Nigeria Soccer – The Complete Nigerian Football Portal. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Michael Olakigbe joins Brentford B". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  7. ^ "The Academy Cast Of 2020/21". Fulham FC. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Olakigbe Joins Brentford". Fulham FC. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Brentford 1 Celta Vigo 3". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  10. ^ "Brentford 2 Wolfsburg 2". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  11. ^ a b c d Michael Olakigbe at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  12. ^ a b "Brentford B 2 Blackburn U21 1". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  13. ^ "Highlights, report and reaction: Boreham Wood 1 Brentford 1". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  14. ^ Michael Olakigbe at Premier League
  15. ^ "Michael Olakigbe: Chasing the Dream". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  16. ^ a b c "Games played by Michael Olakigbe in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  17. ^ "Michael Olakigbe signs new long-term contract". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  18. ^ "Olakigbe makes Peterborough loan move". Brentford FC. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  19. ^ "International Call-Ups". Fulham FC. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  20. ^ "International Call-Ups". Fulham FC. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  21. ^ "England MU18s were held to a 1–1 draw by Wales in Newport". The Football Association. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  22. ^ "England MU18s win four nations tournament". The Football Association. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  23. ^ "Training camp squad selected for England MU20s". The Football Association. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  24. ^ "England men's Elite League squad named". The Football Association. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  25. ^ "Report: Romania 2–0 England's Elite League squad". The Football Association. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  26. ^ "Report: England Elite League squad 1–2 Portugal". The Football Association. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  27. ^ "Games played by Michael Olakigbe in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 April 2023.

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