Elijah Adebayo

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Elijah Adebayo
Elijah Adebayo at Borehamwood (cropped).jpg
Adebayo with Luton Town in 2021
Personal information
Full name Elijah Anuoluwapo Oluwaferanmi Oluwatomi Oluwalana Ayomikulehin Adebayo [1]
Date of birth (1998-01-07) 7 January 1998 (age 27) [2]
Place of birth Brent, England [3]
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Luton Town
Number 11
Youth career
2007–2016 Fulham
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2019 Fulham 0 (0)
2016 → Slough Town (loan) 6 (1)
2017 → Bognor Regis Town (loan) 6 (5)
2018 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 7 (2)
2018–2019 → Swindon Town (loan) 25 (5)
2019 → Stevenage (loan) 2 (0)
2019–2021 Walsall 55 (18)
2021– Luton Town 154 (43)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:11, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

Elijah Anuoluwapo Oluwaferanmi Oluwatomi Oluwalana Ayomikulehin Adebayo (born 7 January 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Luton Town.

Contents

Career

Fulham

Adebayo joined Fulham at under-9 level, and spent loan spells with Slough Town and Bognor Regis Town. [2] [4] He moved on loan to Cheltenham Town in January 2018. [5]

On 7 July 2018, Adebayo joined League Two side Swindon Town on a season-long loan. [6] On 31 January 2019 he moved on loan to Stevenage. [7]

He was released by Fulham at the end of the 2018–19 season. [8] Following his release he signed for Walsall in June 2019. [9]

Luton Town

On 1 February 2021, Adebayo signed for Championship side Luton Town for an undisclosed fee. [10] He scored on his first start in a 1–1 draw against Millwall on 23 February 2021. [11] In October 2022 he took time away due to off-field problems. [12] He suffered racist abuse in October 2022, the third time in 12 months, [13] and again in October 2023. [14]

On 30 January 2024, Adebayo became the first Luton Town player to score a hat-trick in the Premier League in a 4–0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion. [15]

After picking up an injury in February, Adebayo scored on his return to the team on 3 May 2024, at home to Everton. [16]

Personal life

Adebayo was born in England and is of Nigerian descent. [17]

Style of play

Primarily a forward, Adebayo has also played as a central defender. [18]

Career statistics

As of match played 18 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fulham 2016–17 [19] Championship 0000000000
2017–18 [20] Championship0000000000
2018–19 [21] Premier League 000000—00
Total0000000000
Slough Town (loan) 2016–17 [4] Southern League Premier Division6100—5 [a] 5116
Cheltenham Town (loan) 2017–18 [20] League Two 7200000072
Swindon Town (loan) 2018–19 [21] League Two25520102 [b] 0305
Stevenage (loan) 2018–19 [21] League Two2000000020
Walsall 2019–20 [22] League Two30820104 [b] 0378
2020–21 [23] League Two251010101 [b] 02810
Total55183020506518
Luton Town 2020–21 [23] Championship185———185
2021–22 [24] Championship401611001 [c] 04217
2022–23 [25] Championship42742003 [c] 14910
2023–24 [26] Premier League27103020—3210
2024–25 [27] Championship2751010—295
Total1544393304117047
Career total249691436016628578
  1. ↑ Four appearances and three goals in FA Trophy, one appearance and two goals in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup
  2. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Championship play-offs

Honours

Luton Town

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  6. ↑ "McCormick, Smith and Adebayo join Swindon". BBC Sport. 7 July 2018. Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "Ilias Chair of QPR and Elijah Adebayo of Fulham join Stevenage Borough on loan". BBC Sport. 31 January 2019. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
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  13. ↑ "Luton report more racist abuse aimed at Adebayo". Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023– via www.bbc.co.uk.
  14. ↑ "Adebayo 'tired' of racist abuse after fresh incident". Archived from the original on 15 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023– via www.bbc.co.uk.
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