Rinsola Babajide

Omorinsola Omowunmi Ajike Babajide (born 17 June 1998), known as Rinsola Babajide, is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish Liga F club UDG Tenerife. She previously played for Liverpool, Millwall Lionesses and Watford Ladies Football Club, Brighton & Hove Albion. she represented England at Under 21 level before switching allegiance to represent the Super Falcons [2]

Rinsola Babajide
Babajide with Liverpool in 2020
Personal information
Full name Omorinsola Omowunmi Ajike Babajide[1]
Date of birth (1998-06-17) 17 June 1998
Place of birth London, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.74 m)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 UDG Tenerife
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Crystal Palace
2015–2016 Millwall Lionesses 31 (7)
2017–2018 Watford 15 (3)
2018–2022 Liverpool 45 (10)
2021–2022 → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 3 (0)
2022–2023 Real Betis 38 (9)
2023– UDG Tenerife 0 (0)
International career
2016–2017 England U19 9 (0)
2017–2018 England U20 6 (0)
2019 England U21 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:53, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Babajide was Liverpool's second highest goal scorer in the 2018/19 WSL season with two campaign goals.

Babajide was then Liverpool's joint-second WSL goal scorer in the 2019/20 season with one single league goal. She didn't feature for Liverpool in the second half of the 2020/21 Championship season after refusing to train[3] with the first team squad and was then subsequently moved down into the age group development squad away from the first team.[4]

Club career

Millwall Lionesses

She joined Millwall Lionesses Ladies from Crystal Palace Ladies in January 2015,[5] but made her professional debut on March 18 against the London Bees in a FA WSL match which ended in a draw.[6]

Watford Ladies

In February 2017, Babajide completed a transfer to Watford Ladies.[7] She scored her first competitive goal for the club in a 3–2 loss to London Bees in a FA WSL Spring Series fixture.[8] Babajide finished as Watford's joint top scorer in the 2017 Spring Series, with three goals.[9]

Liverpool Women

Her transfer to Liverpool was announced on 25 January 2018.[10] Babajide was part of the squad that saw Liverpool relegated to the Championship in 2020.[11]

Brighton & Hove Albion WFC

On 26 July 2021, Brighton & Hove Albion Women Football Club announced the signing of Rinsola on a season-long loan deal from Liverpool Women.[12]

On 3 July 2023, after an 18-month spell with Real Betis, Babajide joined fellow Liga F side UDG Tenerife on a two-year deal.[13]

International career

In August 2018, Babajide was part of the England U20s squad that claimed bronze at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[14] In September 2020 she was included in a training camp for the England senior team.[15][16]

Due to her family background, Babajide is also eligible to represent Nigeria.[17] She was called up in October 2023.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 11 May 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League League Cup[lower-alpha 1] FA Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental[lower-alpha 3] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Millwall Lionesses 2015 FA WSL 2 1735210—235
2016 1441020—174
Total 317623000409
Watford 2017 FA WSL 2 93—00—93
2017–18 604000—100
Total 153400000193
Liverpool 2017–18 FA WSL 400000—40
2018–19 1741100—185
Total 214110000225
Career total 671411330008117
  1. Includes the FA WSL Cup
  2. Includes the FA Women's Cup
  3. Includes the UEFA Women's Champions League

Honours

England U20s

Individual

References
  1. "List of Players – England" (PDF). FIFA. 24 September 2016. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  2. "Nigeria call up former England starlet Rinsola Babajide for 2024 Olympics qualifiers". espn.co.uk. 14 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Babajide requests to leave Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  4. "I understand Liverpool forward Rinsola Babajide is now training with the U21s". Twitter. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  5. Aloia, Andrew; Garry, Tom (18 March 2015). "Women's Super League Two 2015 club-by-club season preview". BBC. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  6. Christopher-Browne, Philippa (20 March 2015). "BABAJIDE: IT WAS A GOOD FIRST GAME". millwall.fawsl.com. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  7. Matthews, Anthony (10 February 2017). "Watford Ladies announce signing of six players ahead of Spring Series opener at Aston Villa". Watford Observer. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  8. Kingsley, Igho (27 February 2017). "Babajide Scores First Competitive Goal For Watford Before Linking Up With England Squad". allnigeriasoccer.com. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  9. "Ladies sign England U20 international Babajide". a Liverpool Football Club. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  10. "Rinsola Babajide: Liverpool Ladies sign England U20 striker from Watford Ladies". BBC Sport. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  11. "Liverpool's relegated women underfunded and in disarray". The Guardian. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  12. "Babajide joins Albion on loan". www.brightonandhovealbion.com. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  13. "Rinsola Babajide apuntala el ataque de la UDG Tenerife" (in Spanish). UD Granadilla Tenerife. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  14. "ENGLAND WIN BRONZE MEDAL AT FIFA U20 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP". The FA. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  15. FULL MATCH | England vs England | Lionesses Training Match. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  16. Veevers, Nicholas (9 September 2020). "With eight new faces in the England squad, find out a bit more about each of them". The Football Association.
  17. "Photo confirmation : Liverpool's Nigeria-eligible winger joins Real Betis Feminas".
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