Fisayo Dele-Bashiru

Oluwafisayo Faruq Dele-Bashiru (born 6 February 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays for League One club Sheffield Wednesday, as a midfielder.

Fisayo Dele-Bashiru
Personal information
Full name Oluwafisayo Faruq Dele-Bashiru[1]
Date of birth (2001-02-06) 6 February 2001
Place of birth Hamburg, Germany
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sheffield Wednesday
Number 17
Youth career
2009–2020 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Sheffield Wednesday 65 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:04, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Career

After playing for the Manchester City youth team, whom he joined at the age of 8,[3] he moved to Sheffield Wednesday in July 2020, signing for an undisclosed fee.[4][5]

He made his senior debut on 5 September 2020, in the EFL Cup, starting the game away to Walsall[6] and would make his first league appearance against Bristol City coming off the bench.[7] 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.[8]

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,[9] as well as scoring his first senior goal in a game against Cambridge United.[10]

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.[11][12]

Career statistics
As of 7 May 2023.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester City U21 2019–20[13] ———4[lower-alpha 1]040
Sheffield Wednesday 2020–21[6] Championship 80203000130
2021–22[14] League One 24120105[lower-alpha 2]0321
2022–23[15] League One 33440211[lower-alpha 1]0405
Total 655806160856
Career total 6558061100896
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. Four appearances in the EFL Trophy; one appearance in the League One Play-offs.

Personal life

Born in Germany, Dele-Bashiru moved to England at a young age and is of Nigerian descent.[16] His brother Tom Dele-Bashiru is also a footballer.[4]

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". Manchester City. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  4. "Fisayo Dele-Bashiru: Manchester City midfielder joins Sheffield Wednesday for undisclosed fee". 28 July 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. "Fisayo Dele-Bashiru completes Wednesday switch". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  6. "Games played by Fisayo Dele-Bashiru in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  7. "Report: Bristol City 2-0 Wednesday". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  8. "Dele-Bashiru injury blow". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  9. "Dele-Bashiru voted Owls Player of the Month". Sheffield Wednesday FC. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  10. "Keep building, keep working". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  11. "Carabao Cup Player of the Round". EFL. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  12. "Fisayo Dele-Bashiru awarded Carabao Cup Player of the Round for Round Two". EFL. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  13. "Games played by Fisayo Dele-Bashiru in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  14. "Games played by Fisayo Dele-Bashiru in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  15. "Games played by Fisayo Dele-Bashiru in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  16. "Fisayo Dele-Bashiru Joins Elder Brother Tom-Dele Bashiru In Nigeria U20 Camp For WYC". 3 May 2019.


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