Isaac Olaofe

Isaac Olaofe

Olaofe with Stockport County in 2023.
Personal information
Full name	Isaac Tanitoluwaloba Aduraoluwatimileyin Olaofe [1]
Date of birth	(1999-11-21) 21 November 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth	Lewisham, England
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Stockport County
Number	25
Youth career
0000–2019	Millwall
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2023	Millwall	2	(0)
2020	→ Sutton United (loan)	5	(1)
2020	→ St Johnstone (loan)	2	(0)
2020–2021	→ Sutton United (loan)	37	(14)
2021–2022	→ Sutton United (loan)	27	(8)
2023–	Stockport County	61	(22)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:37, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Isaac Tanitoluwaloba Aduraoluwatimileyin Olaofe (born 21 November 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays for Stockport County as a striker.

Career

Olaofe began his career with Millwall. ^[2]

He moved on loan to Sutton United in February 2020. ^[3] He made his debut on 22 February 2020 in a 2–2 home draw with Barrow, and scored his first goal in his final game for the club, a 1–1 draw with Hartlepool United on 14 Match 2020. ^[4] He scored 1 goal in 5 league games for the club. ^[5]

He moved on loan to Scottish club St Johnstone in July 2020, ^{[6] [7]} He said he was looking forward to working with St Johnstone manager Callum Davidson, who had previously been the assistant manager at Millwall. ^{[8] [9]} He made his debut for the club in a 0–3 defeat away at Rangers on 12 August 2020. ^[10] On 5 October 2020, Olaofe returned to Millwall, having his loan terminated by mutual consent having only made two substitute appearances for the Scottish club. ^[11]

Later that month he returned to Sutton United on loan. ^[12] He scored his first goals back at the club with a hat-trick in a 5–1 defeat of King's Lynn Town on 14 November 2020. ^[13] On 23 May 2021 in the penultimate match of the season, Olaofe scored his 14th of the season, the third in a 3–0 victory over Hartlepool United, a win that saw Sutton move 5 points clear of Torquay United with just one match remaining, meaning Sutton were crowned champions and promoted to the Football League for the first time in their history. ^[14] Olaofe was Sutton's top scorer for the season (16 goals in all competitions) and won the Young Player of the Year award. ^[15]

In June 2021, Olaofe signed a new contract with Millwall. ^[16] He returned to Sutton United on loan on 31 August 2021. ^[17]

On 30 December 2022, it was announced that Olaofe would join Stockport County once the transfer window opened on 1 January 2023, for an undisclosed fee. ^[18] On 23 September, Olaofe scored a hat-trick against Wrexham in a 5–0 rout. ^[19]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 April 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		EFL Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Millwall	2019–20 [4]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2020–21 [10]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2021–22 [20]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2022–23 [21]	Championship	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
Sutton United (loan)	2019–20 [22]	National League	5	1	0	0	—		—		5	1
St Johnstone (loan)	2020–21 [10]	Scottish Premiership	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Sutton United (loan)	2020–21 [22]	National League	37	14	1	0	—		3 [lower-alpha 1]	2	41	16
Sutton United (loan)	2021–22 [20]	League Two	27	8	2	0	0	0	5 [lower-alpha 2]	1	34	9
Stockport County	2022–23 [21]	League Two	18	2	1	0	0	0	3 [lower-alpha 3]	1	22	3
	2023–24 [23]	League Two	43	20	2	0	1	0	2 [lower-alpha 2]	1	48	21
	Total		61	22	3	0	1	0	5	2	70	24
Career total			134	45	6	0	2	0	13	5	155	50

1. Appearances in FA Trophy
2. Appearances in EFL Trophy
3. Appearances in League Two play-offs

Honours

Sutton United

• National League: 2020–21 ^[24]
• EFL Trophy runner-up: 2021–22 ^[25]

Stockport County

• EFL League Two: 2023–24 ^[26]

Individual

• Sutton United Young Player of the Season: 2020–21 ^[15]

References

1. "EFL Squad Numbering" (PDF). English Football League. p. 43. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
2. "Isaac Olaofe". www.millwallfc.co.uk.
3. "Isaac Olaofe joins Sutton United on loan". www.millwallfc.co.uk.
4. "Games played by Isaac Olaofe in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
5. "Isaac Olaofe".
6. "St Johnstone: Millwall's Isaac Olaofe and Danny McNamara sign on loan". BBC Sport. 14 July 2020.
7. Nicolson, Eric (14 July 2020). "St Johnstone complete loan signing double from Millwall".
8. Bannerman, Gordon (24 July 2020). "St Johnstone new boy Isaac 'Tanto' Olaofe opens up on furthering his football education in Scotland and working with Callum Davidson again".
9. Gallagher, Matthew (23 July 2020). "Isaac Olaofe ready to learn as Millwall loanee looks to shine for St Johnstone". Daily Record.
10. "Games played by Isaac Olaofe in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
11. "Olaofe returns to Lions". www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
12. "Isaac Oloafe returns ahead of Weymouth trip". 9 October 2020.
13. "Sutton United 5–1 King's Lynn Town". BBC Sport. 14 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
14. "Sutton United 3–0 Hartlepool United: Us win National League title". BBC Sport. 23 May 2021.
15. @suttonunited (30 May 2021). "Our end of season awards took place at GGL last night. 🏆 Club player of the year - Craig Eastmond 🏆 Players play…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
16. "Millwall academy graduates extend Lions stay". www.millwallfc.co.uk. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
17. "Sutton re-sign Millwall striker Olaofe". BBC Sport.
18. "Stockport County sign Millwall striker Olaofe". BBC Sport. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
19. "Stockport County 5-0 Wrexham: Olaofe gives Stockport big win". BBC . 23 September 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
20. "Games played by Isaac Olaofe in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
21. "Games played by Isaac Olaofe in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
22. Isaac Olaofe at Soccerway
23. "Games played by Isaac Olaofe in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
24. Phillips, Owen (23 May 2021). "Sutton win National League to reach EFL". BBC Sport . Retrieved 2 July 2021.
25. Chris Peddy (3 April 2022). "Rotherham beat Sutton after extra time to win EFL Trophy". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
26. "Join us in League One next season". Stockport County. 7 May 2024.