Omar Sowunmi

Omar Sowunmi
Personal information
Full name Omar Kolawole Olufemi Sowunmi[1]
Date of birth (1995-11-07) 7 November 1995[2]
Place of birth Colchester, England
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)[2]
Playing position Defender, Forward
Club information
Current team
Yeovil Town
Number 17
Youth career
0000–2014 Ipswich Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Ipswich Town 0 (0)
2014Braintree Town (loan) 3 (0)
2015Lowestoft Town (loan) 15 (1)
2015– Yeovil Town 4 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:21, 19 December 2015 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Omar Kolawole Olufemi Sowunmi (born 7 November 1995) is an English footballer who plays as a defender and striker for Yeovil Town.

Career

Ipswich Town

Born in Colchester, Essex, Sowunmi is a graduate of the Ipswich Town academy, after impressing for the club's U18 and U21 sides he was rewarded with a one-year professional contract upon the completion of his academy scholarship in May 2014.[3] On 17 October 2014, Sowunmi joined Conference National side Braintree Town on a month's youth loan.[4] Sowunmi made four appearances in all competitions during his month on loan with the Essex side before returning to Ipswich in November.[5] He then joined Conference South side Lowestoft Town on loan in January 2015.[6] Sowunmi loan was eventually extended until to the end of the 2014–15 season and he made a total of fifteen league appearances for Lowestoft,[7] and appeared twice and scored in the final of the Suffolk Premier Cup.[8]

Yeovil Town

With Lowestoft keen to sign Sowunmi permanently upon the expiry of his contract, the defender also had a trial with Exeter City, and was amongst a host of trialsists to feature in an end of season trial match at Yeovil Town.[9] Having impressed manager Paul Sturrock, on 24 June 2015, Sowunmi signed a one-year contract with League Two side Yeovil Town.[10] Sowunmi made his debut for Yeovil as a substitute in Yeovil's 1–0 defeat against York City, on 18 August 2015.[11]

Career statistics

As of 18 December 2015.[12][7]
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Braintree Town (loan) 2014–15[5] Conference Premier 30100040
Lowestoft Town (loan) 2014–15[7] Conference South 151002[lower-alpha 1]1172
Yeovil Town 2015–16[13] League Two 4110002[lower-alpha 2]071
Career total 222200041283

Honours

Lowestoft Town

References

  1. "The Football League Retained List". The Football League. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Omar Sowunmi". 11v11. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. "Omar Sowunmi set to sign one-year pro deal". Ipswich Town F.C. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  4. "Omar to make loan switch". Ipswich Town F.C. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Games played by Omar Sowunmi in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  6. "Sowunmi in on loan from Ipswich Town". Lowestoft Town F.C. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 "England – O. Sowunmi – Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Micky Emotional After Premier Cup Win". Suffolk FA. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  9. "Omar Sowunmi is Paul Sturrock's latest new recruit at Yeovil Town". Western Morning News. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  10. "Omar Sowunmi: Yeovil Town sign Ipswich Town defender". BBC Sport. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  11. "York City 1–0 Yeovil Town". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  12. "Omar Sowunmi". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  13. "Games played by Omar Sowunmi in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 August 2015.

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