Fumnaya Shomotun

Fumnaya Israel Abidemi Taoreed Shomotun (born 29 May 1997) is a Nigeria-born footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Sevenoaks Town.

Fumnaya Shomotun
Personal information
Full name Fumnaya Israel Abidemi Taoreed Shomotun[1]
Date of birth (1997-05-29) 29 May 1997[2]
Place of birth Nigeria
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sevenoaks Town
Youth career
0000–2014 Brentford
2014–2015 Barnet
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Barnet 20 (1)
2015 → Staines Town (loan) 8 (0)
2017 → Margate (loan) 2 (0)
2018 → Wealdstone (loan) 9 (0)
2019 Wealdstone 1 (0)
2020 Hayes & Yeading United 4 (0)
2020 Wingate & Finchley 4 (0)
2022 Kingstonian 11 (1)
2022– Sevenoaks Town 17 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:14, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Career

Shomotun played youth football for Brentford[3][4] before joining Barnet in early 2014. He made his first-team debut on 16 December 2014, as a substitute in an FA Trophy replay against Concord Rangers.[5] Shomotun signed a one-year professional contract at the start of the 2015-16 season.[6] He joined Staines Town on loan in November 2015,[7] for whom he made eight appearances.[8] Shomotun made his Football League debut on 13 February 2016, coming on as an 84th-minute substitute for Chris Hackett in a 2-0 away win at Dagenham & Redbridge.[9] Shomotun joined Margate on loan on 13 January 2017.[10]

His contract was extended by Barnet at the end of the 2017–18 season after the club exercised an option.[11] Shomotun joined Wealdstone on loan on 7 September 2018.[12] He scored on his debut in the FA Cup against Great Wakering Rovers on 22 September.[13] He was released by the Bees at the end of the 2018-19 season.[14]

Shomotun joined Wealdstone on 15 November 2019.[15] He signed for Hayes & Yeading United on 1 January 2020.[16] Later that month he joined Wingate & Finchley.[17]

In July 2022, Shomotun joined Kingstonian.[18]

Career statistics
As of 15 February 2020
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Barnet 2014–15 Conference Premier 0000001[lower-alpha 1]010
2015–16[19] League Two 101000000101
2016–17[20] 4000002[lower-alpha 2]060
2017–18[21] 6000001[lower-alpha 2]070
2018–19[22] National League 0000000000
Barnet total 201000040241
Staines Town (loan) 2015–16 Isthmian League Premier Division 8000000080
Margate (loan) 2016–17 National League South 2000000020
Wealdstone (loan) 2018–19 National League South 9032001[lower-alpha 1]1133
Wealdstone 2019–20 National League South 1000000010
Hayes & Yeading United 2019–20 SFL Premier Division South 4000000040
Wingate & Finchley 2019–20 Isthmian League Premier Division 4000000040
Career total 471320041565
  1. Appearance in the FA Trophy
  2. Appearances in the Football League Trophy

References
  1. "The website for the English football association, the Emirates FA Cup and the England football team".
  2. "Fumnaya Shomotun". 11v11. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  3. BRENTFORD YT 2 BRIGHTON YT 2
  4. COVENTRY CITY YT 5 BRENTFORD YT 2
  5. Barnet vs. Concord Rangers 2 - 6
  6. Barnet sign eight youth team players to pro deals
  7. Shomotun joins Staines Town on loan
  8. "Appearances - Fumnaya Shomotun". Archived from the original on 2016-06-25. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
  9. Dagenham & Redbridge 0 – 2 Barnet
  10. PLAYER NEWS | Shomotun Joins Blues on 28 Day Loan
  11. "John Akinde: Barnet put striker on transfer list after relegation to National League". BBC Sport. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  12. Loan | Fumnaya Shomotun joins Wealdstone
  13. Wealdstone ease past Rovers in FA Cup
  14. "Squad News | Eight departures confirmed". Archived from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  15. #FumIsBack
  16. @HYUFC_Official (1 January 2020). "PLAYER NEWS 1 👀We are delighted to welcome attacking player Funmaya Shomotun who joins us from @WealdstoneFC. Fun…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. "Wingate & Finchley | Appearances | Fumnaya Shomotun | Football Web Pages".
  18. "Another trio joins the K's". www.kingstonian.com. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  19. "Games played by Fumnaya Shomotun in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  20. "Games played by Fumnaya Shomotun in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  21. "Games played by Fumnaya Shomotun in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  22. "Games played by Fumnaya Shomotun in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
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