Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1996-10-18) 18 October 1996 (age 28) | ||
Place of birth | London, England | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Akragas | ||
Youth career | |||
Junior Hammers | |||
Elite Pro Sports | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Barking | |||
Newham | |||
Tottenham Phoenix | |||
Ware | |||
2016 | AO Tympakiou | 10 | (2) |
2017 | NK Bravo | ||
2017–2018 | El Porvenir | 2 | (0) |
2019 | Nybergsund | 16 | (1) |
2020 | Årdal | 0 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Jiskra Domažlice | 3 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Jiskra Domažlice B | 3 | (3) |
2021 | → Viktoria Otrokovice (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Tomori Berat | 11 | (5) |
2023 | Monasterace | ||
2023– | Akragas | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 December 2023 |
David Olaoye (born 18 October 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie D club Akragas.
Career
Olaoye spent his youth career with Junior Hammers and Elite Pro Sports. He began his senior career with English non-league sides Barking, Newham, Tottenham Phoenix and Ware. In 2016, he joined Greek regional side AO Tympakiou; amid interest from Sheffield United. After twelve total appearances and two goals in Greece, Olaoye departed to subsequently join NK Bravo of Slovenia in January 2017. His stay lasted a further six months, but four of those were spent off-field due to a notable ligament injury. In August 2017, Primera C Metropolitana side El Porvenir signed Olaoye; signing a two-year contract.
He made his debut on 20 November versus Berazategui, becoming the first English professional to play in Argentine football. He left El Porvenir in June 2018, subsequently having a trial with UAI Urquiza. The trial came to an end due injury to his rib cage which occurred in training, which left him sidelined for over a month. In 2019, Olaoye switched Argentina for Norway after agreeing terms with Nybergsund of the 3. divisjon. He scored on his second appearance against Verdal, though received a red card later in the match. Olaoye moved across the division to join Årdal for 2020. He didn't appear competitively for them, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and departed midway through the year to sign for Jiskra Domažlice in the Czech Republic.
Olaoye initially featured for Jiskra Domažlice's B team in the fifth tier, scoring twice on his debut versus Baník Stříbro on 12 September. His first appearance for their senior side came on 19 September against Admira Prague, as he was substituted on for the final minutes of a 4–2 win in the Bohemian Football League.
Personal life
Olaoye grew up in Forest Gate, London with Nigerian parents. He supports Arsenal. Two of his three brothers, Daniel & Jonathan, are also footballers.
Career statistics
- As of 10 October 2020.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
AO Tympakiou | 2016–17 | A1 Division | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | |
El Porvenir | 2017–18 | Primera C Metropolitana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Nybergsund | 2019 | 3. divisjon | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
Årdal | 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jiskra Domažlice | 2020–21 | Bohemian Football League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Jiskra Domažlice B | 2020–21 | Plzeň Championship | 3 | 3 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
Career total | 34 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 37 | 6 |
References
- ^ "David Olaoye profile". BDFA. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "Meet David Olaoye, the first English professional to play in Argentina". ESPN. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "Meet David Olaoye: The young Brit playing professionally in Argentina". These Football Times. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- "El Valiente fight back to beat Bethune in cup clash". Hackney Gazette. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- "La historia de David Olaoye, un afro inglés suelto en Gerli". Clarín. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- "Prihodi/Odhodi: Zima je prinesla novosti". NK Bravo. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- "Seje Registracijske komisije Nogometna zveza Slovenije z dne 17.02.2017" (PDF). Football Association of Slovenia. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "ΕΠΣ Ηρακλείου: OLAOYE DAVID". epsirak. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- "Neymar is my role model - Meet David Olaoye, the ambitious Englishman making history in Argentina". Goal. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- "El extraño caso de David Olaoye: jugó en Europa, se formó en una academia de David Beckham y firmó con El Porvenir". Infobae. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- "En Inglaterra aún no perdonan a Maradona". Olé. 19 August 2017. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- "David Olaoye, de Gerli al mundo". TyC Sports. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- "Acá están, estos son". Solo Ascenso. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- "David Olaoye: an Englishman in Argentina". These Football Times. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- "David klar for spill i 2019". Nybergsund. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- "Meet The 22-Year Old Footballer Who Has Played In Five Countries". Sport Bible. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ "David Olaoye - Profil - Norges Fotballforbund". NFF. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- "David Na Střelnici". Jiskra Domažlice. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "David Olaoye - player detail". Kdesehraje. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- "It's Forest Gate to first Englishman to play in Argentina for footballer Olaoye". Newham Recorder. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- "David Olaoye, el futbolista inglés que juega en El Porvenir". TN. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
External links
- David Olaoye at BDFA (in Spanish)
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Footballers from London
- English people of Nigerian descent
- Sportspeople of Nigerian descent
- English men's footballers
- English expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
- Expatriate men's footballers in Albania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- English expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- English expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
- English expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- English expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- English expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- English expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Black British sportsmen
- Men's association football forwards
- Primera C Metropolitana players
- Norwegian Third Division players
- Bohemian Football League players
- Moravian-Silesian Football League players
- Kategoria e Parë players
- Barking F.C. players
- London APSA F.C. players
- Ware F.C. players
- Club El Porvenir footballers
- Nybergsund IL-Trysil players
- Årdal FK players
- TJ Jiskra Domažlice players
- FC Zlínsko players
- FK Tomori Berat players
- ASD Akragas 2018 players
- 21st-century English sportsmen