Sam Folarin

Sam Folarin
Personal information
Full name Samuel Oluwatimilehin Adetokunbo Folarin[1]
Date of birth (2000-09-23) 23 September 2000 (age 24)[2]
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 67 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:41, 29 November 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 right-wingback when he was at Tooting & Mitcham United but was converted to a striker/right winger after moving to Middlesbrough.[3] Sam and his teammate, Abraham Odho, actually played for Tooting & Mitcham United together in 2019, and they now play for Harrogate Town together in 2024.[citation needed]

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] In January 2021, Folarin scored his first senior goal against Brentford in the FA Cup.[7]

On 26 January 2022, Folarin joined Scottish Championship club Queen of the South on loan, for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[8]

In August 2022, he joined League Two Harrogate on a full-time basis.[9] On 17 May 2024, he signed a new one-year deal with Harrogate.[7]

Career statistics

As of 1 May 2022[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tooting & Mitcham United 2018–19[11] Isthmian League South Central 5 0 0 0 — 0 0 5 0
Middlesbrough 2019–20[12] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2020–21[13] Championship 2 0 1 1 1 0 — 4 1
Queen of the South (loan) 2021–22 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

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Middlesbrough" (PDF). English Football League. p. 41. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Sam Folarin". mfc.co.uk. Middlesbrough F.C. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Tooting To Teesside For Middlesbrough's Sam Folarin". nonleaguedaily.com. Non League Daily. 22 April 2020. Archived from the original on April 26, 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "An Interview... With Sam Folarin". fwgconsultants.org. FWG Consultants. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Middlesbrough 0–2 Barnsley". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Sam Folarin: Harrogate Town forward agrees new one-year contract". BBC Sport. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Sam Folarin loaned to Queen of the South". Middlesbrough FC. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Harrogate Town AFC - Sam Folarin". www.harrogatetownafc.com. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  10. ^ Sam Folarin at Soccerway
  11. ^ "Tooting & Mitcham United – Appearances – Sam Folarin – 2018–2019". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  12. ^ "Games played by Sam Folarin in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Games played by Sam Folarin in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 December 2020.