Jonathan Afolabi
Jonathan Swanson Afolabi (born 14 January 2000) is an Irish footballer who plays as a striker for Airdrieonians, on loan from Celtic. He has previously been on loan with Dunfermline Athletic, Dundee and Ayr United.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jonathan Afolabi | ||
| Date of birth | 14 January 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Airdrieonians (on loan from Celtic) | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Shamrock Rovers | |||
| St Joseph's Boys | |||
| 2016–2019 | Southampton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | Celtic | 0 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) | 6 | (2) |
| 2020–2021 | → Dundee (loan) | 19 | (3) |
| 2021–2022 | → Ayr United (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2022– | → Airdrieonians (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| Republic of Ireland U17 | |||
| 2017–2019 | Republic of Ireland U19 | 16 | (6) |
| 2019–2021 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 5 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:30, 3 May 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:47, 2 June 2021 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Early career
Born and raised in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Afolabi played his youth football with Shamrock Rovers, Lourdes Celtic, 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]
Ayr United (loan)
On the 2nd August 2021, Afolabi signed for Ayr United on loan until the end of the season.[8]
Airdrieonians (loan)
On 11 February 2022, Afolabi was recalled from Ayr and was immediately sent on loan to Scottish League One side Airdrieonians for the rest of the season.[9]
International career
Afolabi was born in Ireland to Nigerian parents.[10] 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, alongside Ferran Torres & Félix Correia in the forward positions.[11] He scored his first goal for the Republic of Ireland U21s on 26 March 2021 in a 2–1 friendly win over Wales U21 in Wrexham.[12]
Career statistics
- As of 19 February 2022[13]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Southampton | 2016–17 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Celtic | 2019–20 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0[lower-alpha 4] | 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 | — | — | 6 | 2 | ||
| Dundee (loan) | 2020–21 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 22 | 4 | ||
| Ayr United (loan) | 2021–22 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
| Airdrieonians (loan) | 2021–22 | Scottish League One | 2 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 41 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 8 | ||
- Appearances for Southampton U21/U23 in the EFL Trophy
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League & UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- Appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup
References
- "Extratime.ie – Jonathan Afolabi". www.extratime.ie.
- "Jonathan Afolabi: Celtic sign forward from Southampton on three-year deal". BBC Sport. 21 August 2019.
- "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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "United sign Afolabi". Ayr United FC.
- "Celt Afolabi makes Diamonds loan switch". airdrie. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- 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.
- "U21s comeback to beat Wales". www.fai.ie. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- "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