Tyrese Omotoye

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Tyrese Omotoye
Personal information
Full name Tyrese Demola Huxley Omotoye[1]
Date of birth (2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 (age 19)[2]
Place of birth Hasselt, Belgium
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Carlisle United
(on loan from Norwich City)
Youth career
Cray Wanderers
0000–2020 Norwich City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Norwich City 3 (0)
2021 → Swindon Town (loan) 7 (0)
2021–2022 → Leyton Orient (loan) 4 (0)
2022– → Carlisle United (loan) 8 (0)
National team
2017 Belgium U16 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 March 2022

Tyrese Demola Huxley Omotoye (born 23 September 2002) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Carlisle United, on loan from Norwich City.

Club career[]

Omotoye played for Cray Wanderers before joining Norwich City.[3] On 17 October 2019, he signed his first professional contract with Norwich City.[4] On 7 October 2020, he scored a hat-trick for the under-21 side in a 5–0 win over Newport County in the EFL Trophy.[5] On 2 December 2020, Omotoye made his professional debut for Norwich City, coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 loss to Luton Town.[6] In January 2021, Omotoye signed on loan at Swindon Town in League One for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.[7] In August 2021, he joined League Two side Leyton Orient on a season-long loan deal.[8] On 5 January 2022, Omotoye joined Carlisle United on loan until the end of the season following his recall from Leyton Orient.[9]

International career[]

Omotoye has represented Belgium at under-16 level, playing in friendlies against Portugal and Ukraine in November 2017.[10]

Personal life[]

Omotoye was born in Belgium to Nigerian parents[10] but raised in England.[11] In 2019, he decided that Nigeria was the country he wanted to play international football for.[10]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 18 December 2021[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Norwich City U23 2020–21 — — — — 3[a] 4 3 4
Norwich City 2020–21 Championship 3 0 1 0 0 0 — 4 0
Swindon Town 2020–21 League One 6 0 — — — 6 0
Leyton Orient (loan) 2021–22 League Two 4 0 0 0 0 0 4[a] 0 8 0
Career total 13 0 1 0 0 0 7 4 21 4
  1. ^ a b Appearances in EFL Trophy

References[]

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Norwich City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 47. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Tyrese Omotoye". Norwich City F.C. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Flown from the nest - Tyrese Omotoye". ex-canaries.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Tom Dickson-Peters and Tyrese Omotoye sign first professional contracts at Norwich City". Norwich City F.C. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Youthful Newport County AFC slump to 5-0 EFL Trophy defeat at hands of Norwich U-21s". southwalesargus.co.uk. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Luton Town 3-1 Norwich City". BBC. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Swindon Town: Norwich City striker Tyrese Omotoye joins on loan". BBC. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  8. ^ "NORWICH CITY STRIKER TYRESE OMOTOYE SIGNS ON LOAN". Leyton Orient F.C. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  9. ^ "LOAN: Canary swoops in to Brunton Park". www.carlisleunited.co.uk. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  10. ^ a b c "Norwich City Striker Pledges International Future To Nigeria Over Belgium And". allnigeriasoccer.com. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  11. ^ "'He works so hard' - City U21s boss thrilled for hat-trick hero Omotoye". pinkun.com. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  12. ^ Tyrese Omotoye at Soccerway
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