Fisayo Dele-Bashiru

German footballer (born 2001)

Fisayo Dele-Bashiru
Personal information
Full name Oluwafisayo Faruq Dele-Bashiru[1]
Date of birth (2001-02-06) 6 February 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Hamburg, Germany
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hatayspor
Number 17
Youth career
2009–2020 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Sheffield Wednesday 65 (5)
2023– Hatayspor 28 (5)
International career‡
2023– Nigeria 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:34, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:58, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Oluwafisayo Faruq Dele-Bashiru (born 6 February 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Süper Lig club Hatayspor. Born in Germany, he plays for the Nigeria national team.[3]

Club career

After playing for the Manchester City youth team, whom he joined at the age of 8,[4] he moved to Sheffield Wednesday in July 2020, signing for an undisclosed fee.[5][6]

He made his senior debut on 5 September 2020, in the EFL Cup, starting the game away to Walsall[7] and would make his first league appearance against Bristol City coming off the bench.[8] In February 2021 he suffered an ankle injury after coming off the bench against Brentford, and it was expected that he would be out-of-action for four-to-six weeks.[9]

He broke into the first team again during his second season, and in October 2021 he won the club's Player of the Month award,[10] as well as scoring his first senior goal in a game against Cambridge United.[11]

In September 2022 he was nominated for the EFL Cup Player of the Second Round, following a goal and assist against Rochdale, which he subsequently won.[12][13] Following promotion back to the EFL Championship Dele-Bashiru was offered a new contract to stay at the club.[14]

On 6 July 2023 it was confirmed he had joined Turkish club Hatayspor on a three-year contract.[15]

International career

In October 2023 he was called-up to the Nigeria national team.[16][17]

Personal life

Born in Germany, Dele-Bashiru moved to England at a young age and is of Nigerian descent.[18] His brother Tom Dele-Bashiru is also a footballer.[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 March 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Manchester City U21 2019–20[19] — — — 4[a] 0 4 0
Sheffield Wednesday 2020–21[7] Championship 8 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 13 0
2021–22[20] League One 24 1 2 0 1 0 5[b] 0 32 1
2022–23[21] League One 33 4 4 0 2 1 2[c] 0 41 5
Total 65 5 8 0 6 1 7 0 86 6
Hatayspor 2023–24 Süper Lig 28 5 3 1 — 0 0 31 6
Career total 93 10 11 1 6 1 11 0 121 12
  1. ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. ^ Four appearances in the EFL Trophy; one appearance in the League One Play-offs.
  3. ^ One appearance in the EFL Trophy; one appearance in the play-offs.

International

As of match played 16 October 2023
National team Year Apps Goals
Nigeria 2023 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Sheffield Wednesday

References

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Sheffield Wednesday" (PDF). English Football League. 11 September 2020. p. 63. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Fisayo Dele-Bashiru". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  3. ^ Fisayo Dele-Bashiru at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Fisayo Dele-Bashiru". Manchester City. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Fisayo Dele-Bashiru: Manchester City midfielder joins Sheffield Wednesday for undisclosed fee". 28 July 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Fisayo Dele-Bashiru completes Wednesday switch". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Games played by Fisayo Dele-Bashiru in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Report: Bristol City 2-0 Wednesday". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Dele-Bashiru injury blow". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Dele-Bashiru voted Owls Player of the Month". Sheffield Wednesday FC. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Keep building, keep working". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Carabao Cup Player of the Round". EFL. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Fisayo Dele-Bashiru awarded Carabao Cup Player of the Round for Round Two". EFL. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Owls retained list confirmed". Sheffield Wednesday FC. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  15. ^ "Welcome to our Family Fisayo Dele Bashiru" (in Turkish). Hatayspor. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  16. ^ "Turkish Based Fisayo Dele-Bashiru Gets First Super Eagles Call up". owngoalnigeria. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  17. ^ "Fisayo Dele-Bashiru: Meet Manchester City-trained star who is eligible for Germany and England but has chosen Nigeria". soccernet.ng. 14 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  18. ^ "Fisayo Dele-Bashiru Joins Elder Brother Tom-Dele Bashiru In Nigeria U20 Camp For WYC". 3 May 2019.
  19. ^ "Games played by Fisayo Dele-Bashiru in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  20. ^ "Games played by Fisayo Dele-Bashiru in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  21. ^ "Games played by Fisayo Dele-Bashiru in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  22. ^ Ian Woodcock (29 May 2023). "Barnsley 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
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