Fisayo Dele-Bashiru

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Fisayo Dele-Bashiru
Personal information
Full name Oluwafisayo Faruq Dele-Bashiru [1]
Date of birth (2001-02-06) 6 February 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Lazio
Number 7
Youth career
2009–2020 Manchester City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2023 Sheffield Wednesday 65 (5)
2023–2025 Hatayspor 36 (8)
2024–2025 → Lazio (loan) 20 (3)
2025– Lazio 2 (0)
International career‡
2023– Nigeria 7 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:11, 31 August 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:57, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

Oluwafisayo Faruq Dele-Bashiru (born 6 February 2001) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Lazio and the Nigeria national team.

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Club career

After playing for the Manchester City youth team, whom he joined at the age of 8, [3] he moved to Sheffield Wednesday in July 2020, signing for an undisclosed fee. [4] [5]

He made his senior debut on 5 September 2020, in the EFL Cup, starting the game away to Walsall [6] and would make his first league appearance against Bristol City coming off the bench. [7] In February 2021 he suffered an ankle injury after coming off the bench against Brentford, and it was expected that he would be out-of-action for four-to-six weeks. [8]

He broke into the first team again during his second season, and in October 2021 he won the club's Player of the Month award, [9] as well as scoring his first senior goal in a game against Cambridge United. [10]

In September 2022, he was nominated for the EFL Cup Player of the Second Round, following a goal and assist against Rochdale, which he subsequently won. [11] [12] Following promotion back to the EFL Championship Dele-Bashiru was offered a new contract to stay at the club. [13]

On 6 July 2023, it was confirmed he had joined Turkish club Hatayspor on a three-year contract. [14] He scored eight goals in his first Süper Lig season, finishing as the club's joint-top scorer along with Carlos Strandberg, [15] including a crucial goal on the final matchday in a 2–0 win over Rizespor, securing his club's survival in the top tier. [16]

On 6 July 2024, he joined Italian side Lazio on loan with an obligation to buy. [17] He scored his first goal for the club in the UEFA Europa League on 25 September 2024 in a 3–0 victory over Dynamo Kyiv, [18] and scored his first Serie A goal on 24 November 2024 in the 3–0 victory over Bologna. [19] The clause in his contract was confirmed to be activated – for a figure of €5.4 million – in the club's half-yearly report released in March 2025. [20]

International career

In October 2023, Dele-Bashiru was called up to the Nigeria national team. [21] [22] He scored in his second appearance for Nigeria during their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against South Africa. [23] [24] [25]

Personal life

Born in Nigeria, Dele-Bashiru moved to England at a young age. [26] His brother Tom Dele-Bashiru is also a footballer. [4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 31 August 2025 [27]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester City U21 2019–20 [28] ————4 [a] 040
Sheffield Wednesday 2020–21 [6] Championship 802030——130
2021–22 [29] League One 2412010—5 [b] 0321
2022–23 [30] League One3344021—2 [c] 0415
Total6558061—70866
Hatayspor 2023–24 [31] Süper Lig 36831———399
Lazio (loan) 2024–25 [32] Serie A 20310—8 [d] 2—295
Lazio 2025–26 [33] Serie A2000———20
Lazio total22310—82—315
Career total12316121618211016020
  1. ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Four appearances in EFL Trophy, one appearance in League One play-offs
  3. ↑ One appearance in EFL Trophy, one appearance in League One play-offs
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 6 June 2025 [34]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Nigeria 202310
202452
202510
Total72
Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dele-Bashiru goal. [34]
List of international goals scored by Fisayo Dele-Bashiru
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
17 June 2024 Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, NigeriaFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1–11–1 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
211 October 2024Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, NigeriaFlag of Libya.svg  Libya 1–01–0 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Sheffield Wednesday

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Sheffield Wednesday" (PDF). English Football League. 11 September 2020. p. 63. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "Fisayo Dele-Bashiru". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Fisayo Dele-Bashiru". Manchester City. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Fisayo Dele-Bashiru: Manchester City midfielder joins Sheffield Wednesday for undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. 28 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Fisayo Dele-Bashiru completes Wednesday switch". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Games played by Fisayo Dele-Bashiru in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "Report: Bristol City 2–0 Wednesday". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  8. ↑ "Dele-Bashiru injury blow". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  9. ↑ "Dele-Bashiru voted Owls Player of the Month". Sheffield Wednesday FC. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  10. ↑ "Keep building, keep working". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  11. ↑ "Carabao Cup Player of the Round". EFL. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  12. ↑ "Fisayo Dele-Bashiru awarded Carabao Cup Player of the Round for Round Two". EFL. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  13. ↑ "Owls retained list confirmed". Sheffield Wednesday FC. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  14. ↑ "Welcome to our Family Fisayo Dele Bashiru" (in Turkish). Hatayspor. 6 July 2023. Archived from the original on 17 June 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  15. ↑ "Trendyol Süper Lig Gol Krallığı" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation.
  16. ↑ "ÖZET | Atakaş Hatayspor 2–0 Çaykur Rizespor" (in Turkish). beIN SPORTS. 27 May 2024.
  17. ↑ "Oluwafisayo Faruq Dele-Bashiru è un nuovo calciatore biancoceleste" (in Italian). SS Lazio. 6 July 2024.
  18. ↑ "Lazio Make Short Work of Dynamo Kyiv in Europa League Opener". The Laziali. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  19. ↑ "Zaccagni Inspires Again as Soaring Lazio Put Three Past 10-Man Bologna". The Laziali. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  20. ↑ "Lazio Reveal Figures of Tchaouna, Noslin, Dele-Bashiru & Castrovilli Signings". The Laziali. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  21. ↑ "Turkish Based Fisayo Dele-Bashiru Gets First Super Eagles Call up". owngoalnigeria. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  22. ↑ "Fisayo Dele-Bashiru: Meet Manchester City-trained star who is eligible for Germany and England but has chosen Nigeria". soccernet.ng. 14 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  23. ↑ "Takeaways from Nigeria's draw against South Africa in World Cup qualifier". ESPN.com. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  24. ↑ "Nigeria 1 – 1 South Africa". FIFA.com. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  25. ↑ "Nigeria vs. South Africa 1 – 1". soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  26. ↑ "Fisayo Dele-Bashiru Joins Elder Brother Tom-Dele Bashiru In Nigeria U20 Camp For WYC". 3 May 2019.
  27. ↑ Fisayo Dele-Bashiru at Soccerway . Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  28. ↑ "Games played by Fisayo Dele-Bashiru in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  29. ↑ "Games played by Fisayo Dele-Bashiru in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  30. ↑ "Games played by Fisayo Dele-Bashiru in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  31. ↑ "Games played by Fisayo Dele-Bashiru in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  32. ↑ "Games played by Fisayo Dele-Bashiru in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  33. ↑ "Games played by Fisayo Dele-Bashiru in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  34. 1 2 "Fisayo Dele-Bashiru". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  35. ↑ "Starting Lineups - Barnsley 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday 29.05.2023". Sky Sports. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
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