Tayo Adaramola

Omotayo Daniel "Tayo" Adaramola (born 14 November 2003)[1] is an Irish footballer who plays as a left-back for Crystal Palace, and for the Republic of Ireland U19 national team. He made his debut for the Ireland under-19s in 2021.[2]

Tayo Adaramola
Personal information
Full name Omotayo Daniel Adaramola
Date of birth (2003-11-14) 14 November 2003
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Crystal Palace
Number 38
Youth career
St. Kevin's Boys
St. Mochta's
2015– Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Crystal Palace 2 (0)
2022 → Coventry City (loan) 1 (0)
International career‡
2019 Republic of Ireland U17 3 (0)
2021–2022 Republic of Ireland U19 6 (0)
2022– Republic of Ireland U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:30, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:04, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

Early life

Originally from Dublin, Adaramola was born to Nigerian parents on 14 November 2003.[3] He made his start in football at Dublin clubs St. Kevin's Boys and St. Mochta's,[4] later joining the Crystal Palace academy at the under-12 level after moving with his family to London to improve his chances of becoming a professional footballer.[1] Before signing with Palace, Adaramola also had trials with Charlton and West Ham.[5]

Club career

Adaramola signed his first professional contract with Crystal Palace in 2020, going on to play for the club's under-18 and under-23 sides throughout the 2020–2021 season. In February 2022, Adaramola made his senior debut for Crystal Palace, coming on as a substitute in the second half of an FA Cup win over Hartlepool United.[6] He made his first start for the club against Stoke City in the fifth round of the FA Cup on 1 March 2022.[7] After playing with the Crystal Palace first team for a preseason tour of Singapore and Australia during the summer of 2022, Adaramola completed a loan move to Coventry City of the EFL Championship for the 2022–23 season,[8] but returned to Crystal Palace on 2 September.[9]

Career statistics
As of match played 10 August 2022
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Crystal Palace U21s 2021–22[10] Professional Development League —1[lower-alpha 1]010
Crystal Palace 2021–22[10] Premier League 002000—20
2022–23[11] 000000—00
Total 0020000030
Coventry City (loan) 2022–23[11] EFL Championship 000010—10
Career totals 0020101040
  1. Appearance in the EFL Trophy

International career

Eligible to play for the Republic of Ireland and Nigeria, Adaramola was first called up to the Republic of Ireland U17s in 2020. He made his debut for the Republic of Ireland U19s in a friendly match against the Sweden U19s on 8 October 2021, and in May 2022 he received his first Under-21 call-up. On 6 June 2022, Adaramola made his debut for the Republic of Ireland U21 team in a 3–1 win over Montenegro U21 at Tallaght Stadium.[12]

References
  1. "Tayo Adaramola". Crystal Palace F.C. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  2. "Adaramola Latest Academy Player to Earn International Call-up". Crystal Palace F.C. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  3. "Tayo Adaramola Showed On Friday Why He Is Ireland's Next Superstar". Balls.ie. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  4. "Former Mochta's and Kevin's player signs pro contract with Crystal Palace". Dublin Gazette. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  5. "Crystal Palace's Adaramola Admits He Was Turned Down By Charlton". all Nigeria soccer. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  6. "First-half goals enough to ease Palace past Hartlepool". Dudley News. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  7. "Vieira praises Dublin teenager after he impresses in first start for Crystal Palace". The 42. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  8. "Tayo Adaramola Makes Season-Long Championship Loan". cpfc.co.uk. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  9. "Tayo Adaramola returns to Palace - News". Crystal Palace F.C. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  10. "Games played by Tayo Adaramola in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  11. "Games played by Tayo Adaramola in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  12. Diallo, Raf (6 June 2022). "Ireland see off Montenegro to boost Euro U-21 dreams". www.rte.ie.
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