Emmanuel Adegboyega

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Emmanuel Adegboyega
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-09-16) 16 September 2003 (age 20)
Place of birth Dundalk, Ireland
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Norwich City
Youth career
2021 Drogheda United
2022 Dundalk
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023 Drogheda United 22 (1)
2023– Norwich City 0 (0)
2024 → Walsall (loan) 13 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:41, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Emmanuel Adegboyega (born 16 September 2003) is an Irish professional footballer who plays for English club Norwich City, as a defender. [2]

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Career

Born in Dundalk, [1] Adegboyega spent his early career with Drogheda United and Dundalk, returning to Drogheda United in January 2023. [3] He scored his first senior goal in March 2023, [4] [5] and earned a Man of the Match award in a derby game against former club Dundalk in June 2023. [6]

Adegboyega signed for English club Norwich City in August 2023, [7] [8] [9] initially playing for the under-21 team, [10] and he moved on loan to Walsall in January 2024. [11] [12] Having scored three goals in four appearances to help his side into play-off contention, he was named EFL Young Player of the Month for February 2024. [13]

Honours

Individual

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References

  1. 1 2 "Emmanuel Adegboyega". worldfootball.net.
  2. ↑ "Republic of Ireland - E. Adegboyega - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  3. ↑ "Drogheda United announce the capture of defender Emmanuel Adegboyega from Dundalk". Independent.ie. 23 January 2023.
  4. ↑ Buttner, Paul (10 March 2023). "Adegboyega on the mark as Drogheda overcome UCD". www.rte.ie.
  5. ↑ Buttner, Paul (10 March 2023). "Teenage centre-back nabs winner as Drogheda United move up to fourth". The 42.
  6. ↑ "Lessons to learn from Louth derby loss says Drogheda United's Emmanuel Adegboyega". Independent.ie. 26 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "Norwich City complete signing of Emmanuel Adegboyega". Norwich City.
  8. ↑ "Norwich City confirm deal for Irish defender". Norwich Evening News. 3 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Ex Drogheda United and Dundalk ace Emmanuel Adegboyega raring to go at Norwich City". www.independent.ie. 7 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "City summer arrival could be their next star in the making". Eastern Daily Press. 6 September 2023.
  11. ↑ "Walsall sign Norwich defender Adegboyega on loan" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  12. ↑ Team, Extratime. "Emmanuel Adegboyega joins Walsall on loan from Norwich City". extratime.com.
  13. 1 2 "Walsall's Emmanuel Adegboyega named the EFL's Young Player of the Month". www.efl.com. 15 March 2024.
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