Sam Folarin
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Samuel Oluwatimilehin Adetokunbo Folarin[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 23 September 2000||
Place of birth | Lambeth, England | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Harrogate Town | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Youth career | |||
2013–2017 | Wandsworth Town | ||
2017–2018 | Tooting & Mitcham United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 5 | (0) |
2019–2022 | Middlesbrough | 2 | (0) |
2022 | → Queen of the South (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2022– | Harrogate Town | 49 | (7) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:51, 7 January 2024 (UTC) |
Samuel Oluwatimilehin Adetokunbo Folarin (born 23 September 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL League Two club Harrogate Town.
Style of play
Folarin originally played at
Club career
Folarin started his career in the youth ranks at Wandsworth Town before moving to Tooting & Mitcham United in search of senior first team football.[4] After a breaking into the first-team in the 2018–19 season, he was offered a trial at Charlton Athletic but was not signed by the London club. After a subsequent trial at Middlesbrough, Folarin was offered a contract along with team-mate Isaiah Jones.[5]
On 15 September 2020, Folarin debuted for Middlesbrough in the EFL Cup in a 2–0 defeat versus Barnsley at the Riverside Stadium.[6]
On 26 January 2022, Folarin joined Scottish Championship club Queen of the South on loan, for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[7]
In August 2022, he joined Harrogate on a full-time basis.[8]
Career statistics
- As of 1 May 2022[9]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Tooting & Mitcham United | 2018–19[10] | Isthmian League South Central | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Middlesbrough | 2019–20[11] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
2020–21[12] | Championship | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | ||
Queen of the South (loan) | 2021–22
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Scottish Championship | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Career total | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
References
- ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Middlesbrough" (PDF). English Football League. p. 41. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "Sam Folarin". mfc.co.uk. Middlesbrough F.C. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ "Tooting To Teesside For Middlesbrough's Sam Folarin". nonleaguedaily.com. Non League Daily. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ "An Interview... With Sam Folarin". fwgconsultants.org. FWG Consultants. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ "Tooting & Mitcham To Keep Faith With Blooding Youths After Deals Done With Charlton And Middlesbrough For Trio". londonnewsonline.co.uk. London News Online. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ "Middlesbrough 0–2 Barnsley". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ "Sam Folarin loaned to Queen of the South". Middlesbrough FC. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Harrogate Town AFC - Sam Folarin". www.harrogatetownafc.com. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ^ Sam Folarin at Soccerway
- ^ "Tooting & Mitcham United – Appearances – Sam Folarin – 2018–2019". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "Games played by Sam Folarin in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ "Games played by Sam Folarin in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 December 2020.