Joseph Olaleye

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Joseph Olaleye
Personal information
Full name Joseph Mayoma Olaleye
Date of birth (1996-11-22) 22 November 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Nigeria
Position(s) Winger / Striker
Team information
Current team
 TRAU
Number 9
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019– TRAU 48 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:35, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Joseph Mayoma Olaleye (born 22 November 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for I-League club TRAU. [1]

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Club career

Born in Nigeria, Olaleye made his senior debut with I-league club TRAU, [2] in the 2019–20 season and has secured 11 appearances for the Indian side primarily playing as right midfielder and centre-forward. [3] Joseph also assisted Joel Sunday to score a goal against Mohun Bagan but they faced a decimating defeat of 1-3 due to well anticipated goals of Spaniards Fran González and Joseba Beitia. Also, Senegalese Baba Diawara contributed a goal to the Kolkata based side. [4]

Initially signed by the Indian side TRAU, he had appearance for the senior squad and played for I-League 2nd Division side (erstwhile) in the 2018–19 season whereby the Nigerian has played up to the standards and made the club enable to acquire the promotion in the I-League whereby he secured 7 goals in 13 games. [5] [6] The Nigerian possess a decent chemistry with Princewill Emeka, who emerged as the leading goalscorer in the 2018–19 campaign. [7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 May 2022 [8]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
TRAU 2018–19 I-League 2nd Division 13700—137
2019–20 I-League 11000—110
2020–21 15200—150
2021–22 9000—90
Career total4890000489

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    References

    1. ↑ "TRAU FC extend contract of Joseph Mayoma Olaleye!". ArunFoot. 28 August 2021.
    2. ↑ Saha, Aniket (8 January 2021). "I-League 2020-21 Team Profile: TRAU FC". footballexpress.in. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
    3. ↑ "Joseph Mayoma Olaleye". www.flashscore.com.au. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
    4. ↑ "TRAU FC 1 FT 3 Mohun Bagan". www.espn.in. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
    5. ↑ "TRAU FC win 2nd Division League, earn promotion to I-League". www.goal.com. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
    6. ↑ "2nd Division League: Joseph Mayowa scores twice as TRAU FC thrash Lonestar Kashmir FC 4-1". www.e-pao.net. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
    7. ↑ "TRAU FC Scoring Stats". www.espn.in. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
    8. ↑ Joseph Olaleye at Soccerway
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