Favour Fawunmi

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Favour Fawunmi
Personal information
Full name Favour Daniel Ayobamide Fawunmi [1]
Date of birth (2006-04-26) 26 April 2006 (age 19)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Stoke City
Number 56
Youth career
2020–2025 West Ham United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2025– Stoke City 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:53, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

Favour Daniel Ayobamide Fawunmi (born 26 April 2006) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club Stoke City. [2]

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Career

West Ham United

Fawunmi was in the West Ham United youth academy having joined at U15 level. [3] He signed scholarship terms ahead of the 2022–23 season in which was a member of their FA Youth Cup winning team. [4] He signed a short-term contract upon the conclusion of his scholarship contact as he recovered from injury, but declined the offer of a new contract during the 2024–25 season and left the club on 31 January 2025. [5] [6]

Stoke City

Fawunmi joined EFL Championship club Stoke City on 7 February 2025, signing a two-and-a-half year contract, after a brief trial. [7] He was immediately included in the Stoke match-day squad for their FA Cup fourth round tie against Cardiff City on 8 February 2025 and made his debut as a second-half substitute as Stoke lost on penalties following a 3–3 draw. [8]

Personal life

He is of Nigerian descent. [9]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 August 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
West Ham United U21 2024–25 [10] 2 [a] 020
Stoke City 2024–25 [10] Championship 00100010
2025–26 [11] Championship 00002020
Total0010200030
Career total0010200050
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy

References

  1. "CLUB LIST OF REGISTERED PLAYERS" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  2. "Favour Fawunmi". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  3. Smith, Peter (7 February 2025). "Stoke City swoop for West Ham trialist after star turn in front of Mark Robins and Jon Walters". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  4. Smith, Dom (1 February 2025). "Favour Fawunmi joins Stoke after West Ham exit". Evening Standard. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  5. Smith, Dom (1 February 2025). "Favour Fawunmi leaves West Ham with PAOK ready to swoop". Evening Standard. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  6. Sadiq, Ansser (7 February 2025). "WEST HAM CONFIRM FAWUNMI AND TARIMA HAVE LEFT THIS WEEK". Tribal Football. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  7. "Stoke sign former Hammers youngster Fawunmi". BBC Sport. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  8. "Stoke City 3–3 Cardiff City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  9. "Confirmed: West Ham United part ways with left-footed Nigerian forward". All Nigeria Soccer. February 6, 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  10. 1 2 "Games played by Favour Fawunmi in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  11. "Games played by Favour Fawunmi in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.