Rinsola Babajide

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Rinsola Babajide
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Babajide with Liverpool in 2020
Personal information
Full name Omorinsola Omowunmi Ajike Babajide [1]
Date of birth (1998-06-17) 17 June 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth London, England [2]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 UDG Tenerife
Number 7
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Crystal Palace
2015–2016 Millwall Lionesses 31 (7)
2017–2018 Watford 15 (3)
2018–2022 Liverpool 45 (10)
2021–2022 → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 3 (0)
2022–2023 Real Betis 38 (9)
2023– UDG Tenerife 0 (0)
International career‡
2016–2017 England U19 9 (0)
2017–2018 England U20 6 (0)
2019 England U21 8 (2)
2023– Nigeria 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:53, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 October 2023

Omorinsola Omowunmi Ajike Babajide (born 17 June 1998), known as Rinsola Babajide, is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish Liga F club UDG Tenerife. A former England youth international up to under-21 level, she made her senior Nigeria debut in October 2023. [3]

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She previously played for Liverpool, Millwall Lionesses, Watford and Brighton & Hove Albion.

Club career

Millwall Lionesses

She joined Millwall Lionesses from Crystal Palace in January 2015, [4] but made her professional debut on March 18 against the London Bees in a FA WSL match which ended in a draw. [5]

Watford

In February 2017, Babajide completed a transfer to Watford Ladies. [6] She scored her first competitive goal for the club in a 3–2 loss to London Bees in a FA WSL Spring Series fixture. [7] Babajide finished as Watford's joint top scorer in the 2017 Spring Series, with three goals. [8]

Liverpool

Her transfer to Liverpool was announced on 25 January 2018. [9] Babajide was part of the squad that saw Liverpool relegated to the Championship in 2020. [10]

Babajide was Liverpool's second highest goal scorer in the 2018/19 WSL season with two campaign goals.

Babajide was then Liverpool's joint-second WSL goal scorer in the 2019/20 season with one single league goal. She didn't feature for Liverpool in the second half of the 2020/21 Championship season after refusing to train [11] with the first team squad and was then subsequently moved down into the age group development squad away from the first team. [12]

Brighton & Hove Albion

On 26 July 2021, Brighton & Hove Albion Women Football Club announced the signing of Rinsola on a season-long loan deal from Liverpool Women. [13]

On 3 July 2023, after an 18-month spell with Real Betis, Babajide joined fellow Liga F side UDG Tenerife on a two-year deal. [14]

International career

England

In August 2018, Babajide was part of the England U20s squad that claimed bronze at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. [15] In September 2020 she was included in a training camp for the England senior team. [16] [17]

Nigeria

Due to her Nigerian parents, Babajide was also eligible to represent Nigeria. [18] She received her first call up in October 2023 and made her debut on 25 October 2023, starting in a 1–1 draw with Ethiopia during 2024 Olympic qualifying. [19]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 May 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueLeague Cup [lower-alpha 1] FA Cup [lower-alpha 2] Continental [lower-alpha 3] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Millwall Lionesses 2015 FA WSL 2 1735210—235
2016 1441020—174
Total317623000409
Watford 2017 FA WSL 2 93—00—93
2017–18 604000—100
Total153400000193
Liverpool 2017–18 FA WSL 400000—40
2018–19 1741100—185
Total214110000225
Career total671411330008117

Honours

England U20s

Individual

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  2. ↑ "Rinsola Babajide on IWD and fighting racism". Olympics.
  3. ↑ "Nigeria call up former England starlet Rinsola Babajide for 2024 Olympics qualifiers". espn.co.uk. 14 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
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