Emmanuel Ilesanmi

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Emmanuel Ilesanmi
Personal information
Full name Emmanuel Tobiloba Ilesanmi [1]
Date of birth (2004-11-17) 17 November 2004 (age 20)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Harrogate Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2024 Harrogate Town 3 (0)
2023 → Scarborough Athletic (loan) 2 (0)
2023 → Basford United (loan) 4 (0)
2024–2025 Derby County 0 (0)
2025 → Torquay United (loan) 2 (0)
2025 → Torquay United (loan) 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:49, 16 May 2025 (UTC)

Emmanuel Tobiloba Ilesanmi (born 17 November 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward.

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He started his career at Harrogate Town, making his debut in 2021, and spending time on loan at non-league clubs Scarborough Athletic and Basford United. In July 2024, Ilesanmi signed with Derby County, initially as an under-21 player. After two loan spells at Torquay United, Ilesanmi left Derby in the summer of 2025.

Career

Harrogate Town

Ilesanmi is a graduate of the Harrogate Town Academy, and in making his first-team debut on 5 October 2021 in the EFL Trophy, became the first Academy graduate to play for the first-team. [2] [3] He moved on loan to Scarborough Athletic in January 2023, [4] [5] and to Basford United in August 2023, [6] for whom he made 4 league appearances. [7]

He was released by Harrogate at the end of the 2023–24 season. [8] He made 6 appearances in total for Harrogate's first team. [9]

Derby County

In July 2024, Ilesanmi signed with Derby County, initially as an under-21 player. [10] In January 2025 he signed on loan for Torquay United. [11] After a short period of injury during which he returned to home club Derby County, Ilesanmi returned on loan to Torquay United on 25 March 2025. [12] He was released by the Rams at the end of the 2024–25 season. [13]

References

  1. ↑ "SQUAD LIST 2024/25 & U21 REGISTERED CONTRACT PLAYERS" (PDF). English Football League. 11 February 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "Introduction of academy product Ilesanmi the one bright spot for Harrogate Town during U's defeat". Harrogate Advertiser. 5 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Harrogate Town's academy aces won't be getting 'carried away' after first-team debuts". www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "Harrogate Town transfer news: Scarborough Athletic sign academy product on loan". Yorkshire Post. 16 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "New Signing Emmanuel Ilesanmi". www.scarboroughathletic.com.
  6. ↑ "LOAN SIGNING: EMMANUEL ILESANMI". www.basfordunited.com.
  7. ↑ "Basford United | Appearances | Emmanuel Ilesanmi | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  8. ↑ "Released and retained list confirmed". www.harrogatetownafc.com.
  9. ↑ Emmanuel Ilesanmi at Soccerbase
  10. ↑ "ACADEMY NEWS: Quartet join up with Rams under-21s". Derby County. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "Emmanuel Ilesanmi Signs On Loan - Torquay United". 23 January 2025.
  12. ↑ "Emmanuel Ilesanmi Returns In Loan Move - Torquay United". 25 March 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  13. ↑ "CLUB UPDATE: Derby County Retained List - 2024/25 Season". www.dcfc.co.uk. 15 May 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.


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