Tobi Sho-Silva

Oluwatobi Fabian Shobowale Akintunde "Tobi" Sho-Silva (born 27 March 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays for Maidenhead United as a forward.[2]

Tobi Sho-Silva
Personal information
Full name Oluwatobi Fabian Shobowale Akintunde Sho-Silva[1]
Date of birth (1995-03-27) 27 March 1995
Place of birth Thamesmead, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger / Forward
Team information
Current team
 Maidenhead United
Number 14
Youth career
0000–2013 Charlton Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Charlton Athletic 0 (0)
2014 → Welling United (loan) 17 (1)
2014 → Welling United (loan) 3 (0)
2015–2016 → Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan) 5 (0)
2016–2017 Bromley 38 (11)
2017–2019 Dover Athletic 22 (1)
2018–2019 → Chelmsford City (loan) 4 (0)
2019 → Margate (loan) 10 (5)
2019–2020 FC Halifax Town 35 (5)
2020–2022 Sutton United 42 (4)
2022–2023 Carlisle United 21 (4)
2023– Maidenhead United 7 (1)
International career
2013 England U18 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:45, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

Career

After playing youth football for Charlton Athletic, Sho-Silva signed on loan for Welling United in January 2014.[3] The loan was extended a month later.[4] In May 2014 he signed a new contract with Charlton.[5] After returning to his parent club, he re-signed on loan for Welling United in September 2014.[6] He moved on loan to Inverness Caledonian Thistle in September 2015.[7] Following his release by the Addicks, Sho-Silva joined Bromley after a successful trial spell during pre-season.[8] At the end of the season, he departed the club, having scored 11 National League goals.[9]

In June 2017, Sho-Silva signed for Dover Athletic.[10] On 7 December 2018, Sho-Silva signed for Chelmsford City on a one-month loan deal.[11] In February 2019, Sho-Silva signed on loan for Margate.[12]

Sho-Silva was released by Dover at the end of the 2018–19 season and joined FC Halifax Town.[13] Sho-Silva joined Sutton United in August 2020[14] and was part of the team that won the National League and gained promotion to the Football League for the first time in the club's history.[15]

On 31 January 2022, Sho-Silva joined League Two side Carlisle United for an undisclosed fee on an 18-month contract.[16]

Sho-Silva joined Maidenhead United for the 2023–24 season.[17]

International career

Born in England, Sho-Silva is of Nigerian descent.[18] He has represented England at under-18 level, making only one appearance in a 1–0 loss to Belgium on 5 March 2013.[19]

Career statistics
As of match played 14 October 2023
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Charlton Athletic 2013–14[20] Championship 000000—00
2014–15[21] Championship 000000—00
2015–16[22] Championship 000000—00
Total 0000000000
Welling United (loan) 2013–14[20] Conference Premier 17100——171
Welling United (loan) 2014–15[21] Conference Premier 3000——30
Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan) 2015–16[22] Scottish Premiership 5000000050
Bromley 2016–17[23] National League 381110—1[lower-alpha 1]04011
Dover Athletic 2017–18[24] National League 14100—00141
2018–19[25] National League 8010—0090
Total 221100000231
Chelmsford City (loan) 2018–19 National League South 4000—0040
Margate (loan) 2018–19 Isthmian Premier 105——00105
FC Halifax Town 2019–20[26] National League 35510—4[lower-alpha 2]2407
Sutton United 2020–21[27] National League 35410—2[lower-alpha 1]0384
2021–22[28] League Two 7010004[lower-alpha 3]1121
Total 424200061505
Carlisle United 2021–22[28] League Two 134———134
2022–23[29] League Two 80200000100
Maidenhead United 2023–24[30] National League 7113—0084
Career total 20132830011322338
  1. Appearance in the FA Trophy
  2. 3 appearances and one goal in FA Trophy, one appearance and one goal in National League play-offs
  3. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Club

Sutton United

References
  1. "Professional retain lists & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. May 2013. p. 63. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  2. Tobi Sho-Silva at Soccerbase
  3. "Welling complete triple signing". BBC Sport.
  4. "Welling extend Sho-Silva loan spell". BBC Sport.
  5. "Tobi Sho-Silva Harry Gerard Charlton". Archived from the original on 3 May 2014.
  6. "Charlton Athletic's development squad striker Tobi Sho-Silva has rejoined Welling United on a month-long youth loan". Archived from the original on 9 September 2014.
  7. "Inverness sign Storey & Sho-Silva". BBC Sport.
  8. "Club secure signing of Tobi Sho-Silva". 5 August 2016.
  9. "Tobi Sho-Silva departs Club". 5 June 2017.
  10. Tobi Sho-Silva: Dover Athletic sign striker after departure from Bromley‚ bbc.com, 24 June 2017
  11. "Clarets sign Dover Athletic attacker". Chelmsford City F.C. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  12. "Margate sign forward Tobi Sho-Silva on loan from Dover Athletic". Kent Online. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  13. Hogwood, Cameron (9 July 2019). "Ex-Dover striker Tobi Sho-Silva joins National League club Halifax Town". Kent Online. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  14. Scargill, Tom (7 August 2020). "FC Halifax Town: Striker Sho-Silva joins Sutton". Halifax Courier. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  15. "Sutton United 3–0 Hartlepool United: U's win National League title". BBC Sport. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  16. "CONTRACT: Striker joins from Sutton". www.carlisleunited.co.uk. 31 January 2022.
  17. "Tobi Sho-Silva is a Magpie". www.maidenheadunitedfc.org. 4 August 2023.
  18. "Scottish league winning debut thrills Oluwatobi". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. 13 September 2015.
  19. "Addicks duo feature for England U18s". Charlton Athletic F.C. 6 March 2013. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  20. "Games played by Tobi Sho-Silva in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  21. "Games played by Tobi Sho-Silva in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  22. "Games played by Tobi Sho-Silva in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  23. "Games played by Tobi Sho-Silva in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  24. "Games played by Tobi Sho-Silva in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  25. "Games played by Tobi Sho-Silva in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  26. "Games played by Tobi Sho-Silva in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  27. "Games played by Tobi Sho-Silva in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  28. "Games played by Tobi Sho-Silva in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  29. "Games played by Tobi Sho-Silva in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  30. "Games played by Tobi Sho-Silva in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  31. Phillips, Owen (23 May 2021). "Sutton win National League to reach EFL". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
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