Fuad Sule

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Fuad Sule
Personal information
Full name Fuad Dapo Sule[1]
Date of birth (1997-01-20) 20 January 1997 (age 25)[2]
Place of birth Ibadan, Nigeria
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)[3]
Position(s) Holding midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Larne
Number 7
Youth career
2002–2013 Crumlin United
2013–2014 Shamrock Rovers
2014–2016 St Patrick's Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 St Patrick's Athletic 1 (0)
2017 Bohemians 24 (0)
2018–2019 Barnet 1 (0)
2018–2019 → Larne (loan) 19 (0)
2019– Larne 55 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:23, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

Fuad Dapo Sule (born 20 January 1997) is an Irish-Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a holding midfielder for NIFL Premiership side Larne.

Early life[]

Born in Ibadan, Nigeria, Sule moved to the Citywest area of Dublin aged three. He was in the academy at Crumlin United before joining Shamrock Rovers aged 16.[4]

Career[]

Sule joined St Patrick's Athletic in July 2014. He made his debut for the first team on the final day of the 2016 season against Derry City. This was his only appearance for the Saints before joining Bohemians in December 2016.[2] Sule won the League of Ireland Premier Division player of the month for July 2017. Sule won the Player of the Year award for Bohemians[5] and the League of Ireland Young Player of the Year award for 2017.[6] His transfer to Barnet went through on 1 January 2018 for an undisclosed fee.[7][8] Sule made his debut as a substitute against Crawley Town on 13 January 2018,[9] but made no further appearances for the Bees for the rest of the season and joined NIFL Championship side Larne on loan on 3 September 2018.[10] Sule joined Larne permanently on a two-and-a-half year deal on 31 January 2019. He received the club's most man of the match awards in the 2018–19 season and established himself as a firm fans favourite with his all action style.[11]

Style of play[]

Sule played as a striker and attacking midfielder as a schoolboy, before switching to a defensive midfield role at St Pat's. His style of play been compared to N'Golo Kanté.[4]

Personal life[]

Sule's brother Ajibola (born 1992) is also a footballer, having played for Shelbourne and Cabinteely, as well as his cousin Ismahil Akinade who has played for Bray Wanderers, Bohemians, Waterford and Ho Chi Minh City.[4]

Career statistics[]

As of 11 December 2020.[12]
Club Division Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
St Patrick's Athletic League of Ireland Premier Division 2016 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bohemians League of Ireland Premier Division 2017 24 0 1 0 2 0 – 0 0 27 0
Barnet EFL League Two 2017–18 1 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 1 0
National League 2018–19 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 1 0
Larne (loan) NIFL Championship 2018–19[13] 19 0 0 0 0 0 – 3 0 22 0
Larne NIFL Championship 2018–19[13] 7 1 2 0 0 0 – 0 0 9 1
NIFL Premiership 2019–20[13] 29 1 2 0 1 0 – 0 0 32 1
NIFL Premiership 2020–21[13] 19 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 19 0
Total 55 2 4 0 1 0 – 0 0 60 2
Career total 100 2 5 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 111 2

Honours[]

Larne

Individual

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2018-06-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ a b "Extratime.com - Extratime.ie - Fuad Sule". www.extratime.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-16. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  3. ^ "Fuad Sule". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  4. ^ a b c Bailey, Ryan. "'We owe our mum everything and I'm trying to make a career out of football to pay her back'". The42. Archived from the original on 2021-07-23. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  5. ^ @bfcdublin (27 October 2017). "#Bohs Senior Player of the Year Fuad Sule" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ @league_ireland (22 October 2018). "Sean follows in the footsteps of our previous winners Tobi Adebayo-Rowling (2016) and Fuad Sule (2017)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Transfer | Barnet FC sign midfielder Fuad Sule". Archived from the original on 2017-12-31. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  8. ^ @bfcdublin (30 December 2017). "We can confirm that Fuad Sule has joined Barnet for an undisclosed fee. We wish @Fudzer the best of luck with his…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ^ "Crawley Town 2–0 Barnet". Archived from the original on 2018-12-19. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
  10. ^ "Loan | Fuad Sule joins Larne FC". Archived from the original on 2018-09-04. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
  11. ^ "Fuad Sule completes permanent Inver switch". Larne FC. January 31, 2019. Archived from the original on April 23, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
  12. ^ "Republic of Ireland – F.Sule". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  13. ^ a b c d "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-09-07. Retrieved 2018-09-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ^ "County Antrim Shield final: Larne defeat Glens in Seaview shootout". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  15. ^ "Co Antrim Shield: Impressive Larne see off Linfield in gripping final to retain trophy". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

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