Isaac Olaofe

Isaac Tanitoluwaloba Aduraoluwatimileyin Olaofe (born 21 November 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays for Sutton United, on loan from Millwall, as a striker.

Isaac Olaofe
Personal information
Full name Isaac Tanitoluwaloba Aduraoluwatimileyin Olaofe[1]
Date of birth (1999-11-21) 21 November 1999
Place of birth Lewisham, England
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Sutton United
(on loan from Millwall)
Youth career
0000–2019 Millwall
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Millwall 0 (0)
2020 → Sutton United (loan) 5 (1)
2020 → St Johnstone (loan) 2 (0)
2020–2021 → Sutton United (loan) 37 (14)
2021– → Sutton United (loan) 26 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:20, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Career

Olaofe began his career with Millwall.[2]

He moved on loan to Sutton United in February 2020.[3][4] He made his debut on 22 February 2020 in a 2–2 home draw with Barrow, and scored his first goal in his final game for the club, a 1–1 draw with Hartlepool United on 14 Match 2020.[5] He scored 1 goal in 5 league games for the club.[6]

He moved on loan to Scottish club St Johnstone in July 2020,[7][8] He said he was looking forward to working with St Johnstone manager Callum Davidson, who had previously been the assistant manager at Millwall.[9][10] He made his debut for the club in a 0–3 defeat away at Rangers on 12 August 2020.[11] On 5 October 2020, Olaofe returned to Millwall, having his loan terminated by mutual consent having only made two substitute appearances for the Scottish club.[12]

Later that month he returned to Sutton United on loan.[13] He scored his first goals back at the club with a hat-trick in a 5–1 defeat of King's Lynn Town on 14 November 2020.[14] On 23 May 2021 in the penultimate match of the season, Olaofe scored his 14th of the season, the third in a 3–0 victory over Hartlepool United, a win that saw Sutton move 5 points clear of Torquay United with just one match remaining, meaning Sutton were crowned champions and promoted to the Football League for the first time in their history.[15] Olaofe was Sutton's top scorer for the season (16 goals in all competitions) and won the Young Player of the Year award.[16]

In June 2021, Olaofe signed a new contract with Millwall.[17] He returned to Sutton United on loan on 31 August 2021.[18]

Career statistics
As of 1 May 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Millwall 2019–20[5] Championship 0000000000
2020–21[11] Championship 0000000000
2021–22[19] Championship 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Sutton United (loan) 2019–20[20] National League 5100——51
St Johnstone (loan) 2020–21[11] Scottish Premiership 2000000020
Sutton United (loan) 2020–21[20] National League 371410—3[lower-alpha 1]24116
Sutton United (loan) 2021–22[19] League Two 267200051338
Career total 70223000838125
  1. Appearances in the FA Trophy.

Honours

Club

Sutton United

References
  1. "EFL Squad Numbering" (PDF). English Football League. p. 43. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  2. "Isaac Olaofe". www.millwallfc.co.uk.
  3. "Isaac Olaofe joins Sutton United on loan". www.millwallfc.co.uk.
  4. "Sutton sign Millwall striker Olaofe on loan | Non League Daily".
  5. "Games played by Isaac Olaofe in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  6. "Isaac Olaofe".
  7. "St Johnstone: Millwall's Isaac Olaofe and Danny McNamara sign on loan". BBC Sport. 14 July 2020.
  8. Nicolson, Eric. "St Johnstone complete loan signing double from Millwall".
  9. Bannerman, Gordon. "St Johnstone new boy Isaac 'Tanto' Olaofe opens up on furthering his football education in Scotland and working with Callum Davidson again".
  10. Gallagher, Matthew (23 July 2020). "Isaac Olaofe ready to learn as Millwall loanee looks to shine for St Johnstone". Daily Record.
  11. "Games played by Isaac Olaofe in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  12. "Olaofe returns to Lions". www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  13. "Isaac Oloafe returns ahead of Weymouth trip". 9 October 2020.
  14. "Sutton United 5–1 King's Lynn Town". BBC Sport. 14 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  15. "Sutton United 3–0 Hartlepool United: Us win National League title". BBC Sport. 23 May 2021.
  16. @suttonunited (30 May 2021). "Our end of season awards took place at GGL last night. 🏆 Club player of the year - Craig Eastmond 🏆 Players play…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. "Millwall academy graduates extend Lions stay". www.millwallfc.co.uk. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  18. "Sutton re-sign Millwall striker Olaofe" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  19. "Games played by Isaac Olaofe in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  20. "England – I. Olaofe – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  21. Phillips, Owen (23 May 2021). "Sutton win National League to reach EFL". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
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