Elijah Anuoluwapo Oluwaferanmi Oluwatomi Oluwalana Ayomikulehin Adebayo (born 7 January 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Luton Town.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Elijah Anuoluwapo Oluwaferanmi Oluwatomi Oluwalana Ayomikulehin Adebayo[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 7 January 1998||
Place of birth | Brent, England[3] | ||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Luton Town | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2016 | Fulham | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2019 | Fulham | 0 | (0) |
2016 | → Slough Town (loan) | 6 | (1) |
2017 | → Bognor Regis Town (loan) | 6 | (5) |
2018 | → Cheltenham Town (loan) | 7 | (2) |
2018–2019 | → Swindon Town (loan) | 25 | (5) |
2019 | → Stevenage (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Walsall | 55 | (18) |
2021– | Luton Town | 123 | (37) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:55, 10 February 2024 (UTC) |
Adebayo joined Fulham at under-9 level, and spent loan spells with Slough Town and Bognor Regis Town.[2][4] He moved on loan to Cheltenham Town in January 2018.[5]
On 7 July 2018, Adebayo joined League Two side Swindon Town on a season-long loan.[6] On 31 January 2019 he moved on loan to Stevenage.[7]
He was released by Fulham at the end of the 2018–19 season.[8] Following his release he signed for Walsall in June 2019.[9]
On 1 February 2021, Adebayo signed for Championship side Luton Town for an undisclosed fee.[10] He scored on his first start in a 1–1 draw against Millwall on 23 February 2021.[11] In October 2022 he took time away due to off-field problems.[12] He suffered racist abuse in October 2022, the third time in 12 months,[13] and again in October 2023.[14]
On 30 January 2024, Adebayo became the first Luton Town player to score a hat-trick in the Premier League in a 4–0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion.[15]
Adebayo was born in England and is of Nigerian descent.[16]
Primarily a forward, Adebayo has also played as a central defender.[17]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Fulham | 2016–17[18] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017–18[19] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2018–19[20] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Slough Town (loan) | 2016–17[4] | Southern League Premier Division | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 5[a] | 5 | 11 | 6 | |
Cheltenham Town (loan) | 2017–18[19] | League Two | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
Swindon Town (loan) | 2018–19[20] | League Two | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 30 | 5 |
Stevenage (loan) | 2018–19[20] | League Two | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Walsall | 2019–20[21] | League Two | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 37 | 8 |
2020–21[22] | League Two | 25 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 28 | 10 | |
Total | 55 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 65 | 18 | ||
Luton Town | 2020–21[22] | Championship | 18 | 5 | — | — | — | 18 | 5 | |||
2021–22[23] | Championship | 40 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 42 | 17 | |
2022–23[24] | Championship | 42 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3[c] | 1 | 49 | 10 | |
2023–24[25] | Premier League | 23 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 28 | 9 | ||
Total | 123 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 137 | 41 | ||
Career total | 218 | 63 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 252 | 72 |
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