| Joseph Olaleye | |
| Fullname: | Joseph Mayoma Olaleye |
| Birth Date: | 22 November 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Nigeria |
| Position: | Winger / Striker |
| Currentclub: | TRAU |
| Clubnumber: | 9 |
| Years1: | 2019– |
| Clubs1: | TRAU |
| Caps1: | 48 |
| Goals1: | 9 |
| Club-Update: | 19:35, 4 May 2022 (UTC) |
Joseph Mayoma Olaleye (born 22 November 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for I-League club TRAU.[1]
Born in Nigeria, Olaleye made his senior debut with I-league club TRAU,[2] in the 2019–20 season and has secured 11 appearances for the Indian side primarily playing as right midfielder and centre-forward.[3] Joseph also assisted Joel Sunday to score a goal against Mohun Bagan but they faced a decimating defeat of 1-3 due to well anticipated goals of Spaniards Fran González and Joseba Beitia. Also, Senegalese Baba Diawara contributed a goal to the Kolkata based side.[4]
Initially signed by the Indian side TRAU, he had appearance for the senior squad and played for I-League 2nd Division side (erstwhile) in the 2018–19 season whereby the Nigerian has played up to the standards and made the club enable to acquire the promotion in the I-League whereby he secured 7 goals in 13 games.[5] [6] The Nigerian possess a decent chemistry with Princewill Emeka, who emerged as the leading goalscorer in the 2018–19 campaign.[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| TRAU | 2018–19 | I-League 2nd Division | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 7 | ||
| 2019–20 | I-League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 48 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 9 | |||