Emmanuel Adegboyega

Emmanuel Adegboyega
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-09-16) 16 September 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Dundalk, Ireland
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Dundee United
(on loan from Norwich City)
Number 16
Youth career
2021 Drogheda United
2022 Dundalk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023 Drogheda United 22 (1)
2023– Norwich City 0 (0)
2024 → Walsall (loan) 13 (3)
2024– → Dundee United (loan) 16 (2)
International career‡
2024 Republic of Ireland U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:42, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:22, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Emmanuel Adegboyega (born 16 September 2003) is an Irish professional footballer who plays for Scottish Premiership club Dundee United on loan from EFL Championship club Norwich City, as a defender.[2]

Club career

Born in Dundalk,[1] Adegboyega played for the youth academies of Drogheda United and Dundalk, before returning to Drogheda United by signing for their first team in January 2023.[3] He scored his first senior goal in March 2023 in a 1–0 win away to UCD,[4][5] and earned a Man of the Match award in a derby game against former club Dundalk in June 2023.[6]

Adegboyega signed for English club Norwich City in August 2023,[7][8][9] initially playing for the under-21 team,[10] and he moved on loan to Walsall in January 2024.[11][12] Having scored three goals in four appearances to help his side into play-off contention, he was named EFL Young Player of the Month for February 2024.[13]

In August 2024, he moved on loan to Scottish Premiership club Dundee United.[14][15]

International career

Adegboyega made his debut for the Republic of Ireland U21 team in a 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group A fixture as they drew 1–1 with Norway on 11 October 2024.[16]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 December 2024[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Drogheda United 2023 LOI Premier Division 22 1 0 0 — 0 0 22 1
Norwich City 2023–24 Championship 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0
2024–25 0 0 — — — 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walsall (loan) 2023–24 League Two 13 3 1 0 — — 14 3
Dundee United (loan) 2024–25 Scottish Premiership 16 2 0 0 2 0 — 18 2
Career total 51 6 1 0 2 0 0 0 54 6
  1. ^ Includes FAI Cup, FA Cup, Scottish Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup, Scottish League Cup

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b "Emmanuel Adegboyega". worldfootball.net.
  2. ^ a b Emmanuel Adegboyega at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Drogheda United announce the capture of defender Emmanuel Adegboyega from Dundalk". Independent.ie. 23 January 2023.
  4. ^ Buttner, Paul (10 March 2023). "Adegboyega on the mark as Drogheda overcome UCD". www.rte.ie.
  5. ^ Buttner, Paul (10 March 2023). "Teenage centre-back nabs winner as Drogheda United move up to fourth". The 42.
  6. ^ "Lessons to learn from Louth derby loss says Drogheda United's Emmanuel Adegboyega". Independent.ie. 26 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Norwich City complete signing of Emmanuel Adegboyega". Norwich City.
  8. ^ "Norwich City confirm deal for Irish defender". Norwich Evening News. 3 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Ex Drogheda United and Dundalk ace Emmanuel Adegboyega raring to go at Norwich City". www.independent.ie. 7 August 2023.
  10. ^ "City summer arrival could be their next star in the making". Eastern Daily Press. 6 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Walsall sign Norwich defender Adegboyega on loan" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  12. ^ Team, Extratime. "Emmanuel Adegboyega joins Walsall on loan from Norwich City". extratime.com.
  13. ^ a b "Walsall's Emmanuel Adegboyega named the EFL's Young Player of the Month". www.efl.com. 15 March 2024.
  14. ^ "EMMANUEL ADEGBOYEGA ARRIVES ON LOAN FROM NORWICH CITY". Dundee United Football Club.
  15. ^ "City defender Adegboyega makes Scottish loan move". The Pink Un. 7 August 2024.
  16. ^ https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/international-soccer/i-couldnt-have-made-it-this-far-without-god-emmanuel-adegboyega-keeps-faith-after-u-21-debut-as-italy-await/a864064212.html