| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Asher Chris Ofega Agbinone | ||
| Date of birth | 28 September 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Croydon, England | ||
| Position(s) | Winger, forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Gillingham (on loan from Crystal Palace) | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2024 | Crystal Palace | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024– | Crystal Palace | 2 | (0) |
| 2025– | → Gillingham (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:43, 4 February 2025 (UTC) | |||
Asher Chris Ofega Agbinone (born 28 September 2005) is an English footballer who plays as a winger or forward for EFL League Two side Gillingham on loan from Premier League team Crystal Palace.
Agbinone was born in Croydon [1] on 28 September 2005. He is of Nigerian and Congolese ancestry. [2] [3] Agbinone joined the Crystal Palace Academy at the age of nine, going on to play for the Eagles at various age levels. [4]
Agbinone signed his first professional contract with Crystal Palace in 2022 while playing for the under-18 team. [5] Shortly thereafter in March 2023, Agbinone was awarded with Crystal Palace’s club goal of the month award for a long-distance effort he scored against the Tottenham Hotspur under-18s team. In the following season, Agbinone would go on to appear for Palace’s under-18 and under-21 teams, including an appearance in the FA Youth Cup. Agbinone went on to score 9 goals in 20 youth team appearances in the 2023–24 season. [6]
Agbinone earned a place in the Crystal Palace first team in the summer of 2024, as he was called up to join the senior squad for pre-season matches in the United States. [7] During this tour, Agbinone scored his first senior pre-season goal in a 3–1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland.
On 21 October 2024, Agbinone made his Premier League debut for the Eagles, coming on as a substitute in the second half of a 1–0 away loss against Nottingham Forest. [8]
On 10 January 2025, Agbinone was loaned to EFL League Two team Gillingham for the remainder of the 2024–25 season. [9]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Crystal Palace | 2024–25 | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| Gillingham (loan) | 2024–25 | EFL League Two | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||