Tobi Adebayo-Rowling

Tobi Adebayo-Rowling
Personal information
Full name Olutobi Adebayo-Rowling
Date of birth (1996-11-16) 16 November 1996
Place of birth Camden Town, England
Playing position Full-Back / Winger
Club information
Current team
Sligo Rovers
Number 2
Youth career
2012–2013 Brighton & Hove Albion
2013–2015 Eastbourne Borough
2015 Peterborough United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Peterborough United 4 (0)
2016- Sligo Rovers 32 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:42, 15 August 2015 (UTC).


Olutobi "Tobi" Adebayo-Rowling[1] (born 16 November 1996)[2] is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Sligo Rovers.

Career

Signed on a youth contract in 2012 by Brighton & Hove Albion, after being released 12 months later he then signed a youth contract with Eastbourne Borough. Spotted by a Peterborough United scout, he then transferred as a youth to Peterborough United, before signing professional contract terms with the club in March 2015.[3]

In March 2015, Adebayo-Rowling signed a two-year professional contract for Peterborough United from the Peterborough United youth academy, where he would work with first team coach Dave Robertson, the former boss of the Brighton youth team.[3][4] On 8 August 2015 he made his first team debut, playing the entire game in a 2–0 away defeat against Rochdale for the club's first game of the 2015-2016 League One season.[5]

Personal life

His uncle is BBC radio presenter Dotun Adebayo, who is the brother of Tobi's father (a barrister). Adebayo-Rowling attended Longhill High School in Rottingdean, just outside Brighton.

Career statistics

As of match played 28 October 2016.[6]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Peterborough United 2015–16 League One 4000100050
Sligo Rovers 2016 League of Ireland 320201000350
Career total 360202000400

    References

    1. "Olutobi Adebayo-Rowling". Peterborough United. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
    2. "Tobi Adebayo-Rowling". 11v11. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
    3. 1 2 http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/11856066.Posh_sign_ex_Borough_youngster/
    4. "Posh sign ex-Borough youngster". The Argus. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
    5. "Rochdale 2–0 Peterborough". BBC Sport. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
    6. http://ie.soccerway.com/players/tobi-adebayo-rowling/401964/
        7. I will choose Nigeria over England – Tobi Adebayo-Rowling
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