Jonathan Afolabi

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Jonathan Afolabi
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Afolabi
Date of birth (2000-01-14) 14 January 2000 (age 22)
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 2
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) 6 (1)
National team‡
Republic of Ireland U17
2017–2019 Republic of Ireland U19 16 (6)
2019–2021 Republic of Ireland U21 5 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:30, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:47, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

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.

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]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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[a] 0 1 0
2017–18 0 0 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 2 0
2018–19 0 0 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 2 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0
Celtic 2019–20 Scottish Premiership 0 0 0 0 — 0[b] 0 0 0
2020–21 0 0 — — 0[c] 0 0 0
2021–22 0 0 — — 0[d] 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[e] 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
  1. ^ a b c Appearances for Southampton U21/U23 in the EFL Trophy
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League & UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ Appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup

References[]

  1. ^ "Extratime.ie – Jonathan Afolabi". www.extratime.ie.
  2. ^ "Jonathan Afolabi: Celtic sign forward from Southampton on three-year deal". BBC Sport. 21 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Jonathan Afolabi signs for Pars | Dunfermline Athletic Football Club". dafc.co.uk.
  4. ^ "Queen of the South vs. Dunfermline Athletic – 1 February 2020 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  5. ^ "Republic of Ireland - J. Afolabi - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". ie.soccerway.com.
  6. ^ "Jonathan joins". Dundee FC. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Dundee v Greenock Morton". BBC. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "United sign Afolabi". Ayr United FC.
  9. ^ "Celt Afolabi makes Diamonds loan switch". airdrie. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  10. ^ Fennessy, Paul. "'My ma wants me to play for Nigeria... But I've been playing with Ireland for a long time'". The42.
  11. ^ "Afolabi honoured to make Team of the Tournament | Football Association of Ireland". www.fai.ie.
  12. ^ "U21s comeback to beat Wales". www.fai.ie. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Republic of Ireland – J. Afolabi – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.

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