Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mustapha Oluwatosin Olagunju [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 1 January 2002||
Place of birth | Plumstead, England [3] | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.89 m) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Crawley Town (on loan from Huddersfield Town) | ||
Number | 50 | ||
Youth career | |||
XYZ Academy | |||
Kent Football United | |||
2018–2020 | Huddersfield Town | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020– | Huddersfield Town | 0 | (0) |
2020 | → Tadcaster Albion (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2020 | → Welling United (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2021 | → Port Vale (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2023–2024 | → Ebbsfleet United (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2024– | → Crawley Town (loan) | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:26, 13 February 2024 (UTC) |
Mustapha Oluwatosin Olagunju (born 1 January 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL League Two club Crawley Town, on loan from EFL Championship club Huddersfield Town.
Olagunju turned professional at Huddersfield Town in August 2019. He has since played on loan for Tadcaster Albion, Welling United, Port Vale, Ebbsfleet United and Crawley Town.
Born in Plumstead, London, Olagunju started his football career at the XYZ Academy, before moving to Kent Football United and then Huddersfield Town after impressing the "Terriers" in a trial game against Barnsley. [4] He joined Huddersfield as an attacking midfielder but was converted to playing at centre-back under the stewardship of Leigh Bromby and Emyr Humphreys. [5] He was promoted into Dean Whitehead's U19 team after starting 31 games for the U17 side. [6] He turned professional at the club in August 2019, signing a two-year contract. [6] Manager Danny Cowley invited him to train with the first-team at a camp in Dubai in November 2019. [4]
On 10 January 2020, he moved to Tadcaster Albion of the Northern Premier League Division One West on a one-month loan to gain first-team experience. [7] He started two games for the "Brewers". [8] He joined Welling United on loan on 30 October 2020, along with Jaheim Headley. [9] He made his National League South debut the next day in a 2–1 defeat at Eastbourne Borough. [10] He played a total of seven games for the "Wings". [2]
Olagunju made his senior debut for Huddersfield Town on 9 January 2021, when he started in their 3–2 FA Cup Third Round defeat to Plymouth Argyle at Kirklees Stadium after manager Carlos Corberán rested all 11 players who started the previous Championship fixture. [11] He was booked in the fifth minute and substituted after 77 minutes. [12] On 1 February 2021, he joined League Two side Port Vale on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season. [13] [14] He made his EFL debut on 20 February, in a 1–1 draw at Leyton Orient, and manager Darrell Clarke said that "he did all right". [15] In April 2021, he signed a new contract at Huddersfield Town to keep him at the club until June 2024. [16] However, he sustained a major knee injury – a complicated fracture to his kneecap – in July 2021 and spent the following 20 months in recovery. [17] [18] He played a reserve team game in February 2023, stating after the match that "I have to keep building on that and keep improving as I get back in touch with the game". [19]
On 24 October 2023, he joined National League side Ebbsfleet United on a three-month loan deal. [20] He returned to Huddersfield in January 2024 at the end of his loan spell having played nine games and missed six due to injury. [21] [22] On 1 February 2024, he joined League Two club Crawley Town on loan until the end of the 2023–24 season in what Huddersfield academy manager Jon Worthington called "a really interesting challenge". [22]
Olagunju is an aggressive centre-back who plays on the front foot and is comfortable in possession. [6]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Huddersfield Town | 2020–21 [24] | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2021–22 [25] | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2022–23 [26] | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2023–24 [27] | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Tadcaster Albion (loan) | 2020–21 [8] | Northern Premier League Division One North West | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Welling United (loan) | 2020–21 [2] | National League South | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
Port Vale (loan) | 2020–21 [24] | EFL League Two | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
Ebbsfleet United (loan) | 2023–24 [2] | National League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
Crawley Town (loan) | 2023–24 [27] | EFL League Two | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Career total | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
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