Tobi Adebayo-Rowling

Tobi Adebayo-Rowling
Personal information
Full name Olutobi Adebayo-Rowling
Date of birth (1996-11-16) 16 November 1996
Place of birth Camden Town, England
Playing position Full-Back / Winger
Club information
Current team
Sligo Rovers
Number 2
Youth career
2012–2013 Brighton & Hove Albion
2013–2015 Eastbourne Borough
2015 Peterborough United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Peterborough United 4 (0)
2016- Sligo Rovers 8 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:42, 15 August 2015 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Olutobi "Tobi" Adebayo-Rowling[1] (born 16 November 1996)[2] is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Sligo Rovers.

Career

Signed on a youth contract in 2012 by Brighton & Hove Albion, after being released 12 months later he then signed a youth contract with Eastbourne Borough. Spotted by a Peterborough United scout, he then transferred as a youth to Peterborough United, before signing professional contract terms with the club in March 2015.[3]

In March 2015, Adebayo-Rowling signed a two year professional contract for Peterborough United from the Peterborough United youth academy, where he would work with first team coach Dave Robertson, the former boss of the Brighton youth team.[3][4] On 8 August 2015 he made his first team debut, playing the entire game in a 2–0 away defeat against Rochdale for the club's first game of the 2015-2016 League One season.[5]

Personal life

His uncle is BBC radio presenter Dotun Adebayo, who is the brother of Tobi's father (a barrister). Adebayo-Rowling attended Longhill High School in Rottingdean, just outside Brighton.

Career statistics

As of match played 15 August 2015.
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Peterborough United 2015–16 League One 2000100030
Career total 2000100030

    References

    1. "Olutobi Adebayo-Rowling". Peterborough United. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
    2. "Tobi Adebayo-Rowling". 11v11. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
    3. 1 2 http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/11856066.Posh_sign_ex_Borough_youngster/
    4. "Posh sign ex-Borough youngster". The Argus. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
    5. "Rochdale 2–0 Peterborough". BBC Sport. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.

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