Jonathan Afolabi

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Jonathan Afolabi
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-14) 14 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Kortrijk
Number 9
Youth career
Shamrock Rovers
St Joseph's Boys
2016–2019 Southampton
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2022 Celtic 0 (0)
2020 → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 6 (2)
2020–2021 → Dundee (loan) 19 (3)
2021–2022 → Ayr United (loan) 14 (1)
2022 → Airdrieonians (loan) 12 (2)
2022–2023 Bohemians 37 (15)
2024– Kortrijk 13 (1)
International career‡
Republic of Ireland U17
2017–2019 Republic of Ireland U19 16 (6)
2019–2021 Republic of Ireland U21 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:03, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:47, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

Jonathan Afolabi (born 14 January 2000) is an Irish footballer who plays as a striker for Kortrijk in the Belgian Pro League. His previous clubs include Celtic, Dunfermline Athletic, Dundee, Ayr United, Airdrieonians and Bohemians.

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Club career

Early career

Born and raised in Tallaght, Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland, Afolabi played his youth football with Mark Celtic, Shamrock Rovers, Lourdes Celtic, and St Joseph's Boys before earning a move to the Academy of Premier League club Southampton. [1]

Celtic

On 21 August 2019, Afolabi joined Scottish Premiership Champions Celtic. [2]

After various loan spells, his contract was not renewed on expiry at the end of June 2022. [3]

Dunfermline Athletic (loan)

On 27 January 2020, Afolabi signed for Dunfermline Athletic of the Scottish Championship on loan until the end of the season. [4] His debut in senior football came on 1 February 2020, in a 3–2 win away to Queen of the South. [5] He made six appearances for the club, scoring twice, before the season was ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [6]

Dundee (loan)

On 29 September 2020, Afolabi joined Dundee on a season-long loan. [7] He scored his first goal for the club at home in the league against Greenock Morton. He scored against Hearts and Ayr United in crucial games for Dundee as they won the promotion playoffs in the 2020–21 season. [8]

Ayr United (loan)

On 2 August 2021, Afolabi signed for Ayr United on loan until the end of the season. [9]

Airdrieonians (loan)

On 11 February 2022, Afolabi was recalled from Ayr and was immediately sent on loan to Scottish League One side Airdrieonians for the rest of the season. [10]

Bohemians

On 5 August 2022, Afolabi returned home to Dublin, signing for League of Ireland Premier Division club Bohemians. [11] Afolabi was awarded the League of Ireland Player of the Month award for July 2023, after scoring nine total goals over seven consecutive games. [12] [13] He finished the 2023 League of Ireland Premier Division season as the joint-top league goalscorer and was named in the PFAI Team of the Year. He opened the scoring in the 2023 FAI Cup final but the Bohs lost the game to St Patrick's Athletic. [14]

Kortrijk

On 29 December 2023, it was announced that Afolabi would be joining Belgian Pro League side Kortrijk for an undisclosed fee, from 1 January 2024 on a contract until June 2026. [15] Afolabi made his debut on 20 January 2024, coming on as a substitute in a league victory away to Standard Liège. [16] Afolabi scored his first goal for De Kerels in a league draw away to Club Brugge. [17]

International career

Afolabi was born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. [18] Afolabi has played for the Republic of Ireland right up to under-21 level. On 31 July 2019 he was named in the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament, alongside Ferran Torres and Félix Correia in the forward positions. [19] He scored his first goal for the Republic of Ireland U21s on 26 March 2021 in a 2–1 friendly win over Wales U21 in Wrexham. [20]

On 8 September 2023, he received his first call up to the senior Republic of Ireland squad when he was included in the extended squad for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifier at home to the Netherlands, [21] but did not make the final squad. [22] [23]

Career statistics

As of match played on 21 April 2024 [24]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Southampton 2016–17 [25] Premier League 0000001 [lower-alpha 3] 010
2017–18 [26] Premier League0000002 [lower-alpha 3] 020
2018–19 [27] Premier League0000002 [lower-alpha 3] 020
Total0000005050
Celtic 2019–20 [28] Scottish Premiership 0000—0000
2020–21 [29] Scottish Premiership00——0000
2021–22 [30] Scottish Premiership00——0000
Total0000000000
Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 2019–20 [28] Scottish Championship 6200——62
Dundee (loan) 2020–21 [29] Scottish Championship1932110—224
Ayr United (loan) 2021–22 [30] Scottish Championship14110100 [lower-alpha 4] 0161
Airdrieonians (loan) 2021–22 [30] Scottish League One 122——3 [lower-alpha 5] 1153
Bohemians 2022 [31] League of Ireland Premier Division 3011——41
2023 [32] League of Ireland Premier Division341555—1 [lower-alpha 6] 04020
Total37156600104421
Kortrijk 2023–24 [32] Belgian Pro League 131——0 [lower-alpha 7] 0131
2024–25 [33] Belgian Pro League0000——00
Total13100–00131
Career total1012497209112132

Honours

Dundee

Bohemians

Individual

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