| Olufela Olomola | |
| Full Name: | Olufela Oladele Ayodeji Olomola[1] |
| Birth Date: | 5 September 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Brent, England |
| Height: | 1.7m (05.6feet)[2] |
| Position: | Winger/Forward |
| Currentclub: | Bromley |
| Clubnumber: | 29 |
| Youthclubs1: | Arsenal |
| Youthyears2: | 2014–2016 |
| Youthclubs2: | Southampton |
| Years1: | 2016–2018 |
| Clubs1: | Southampton |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs2: | → Yeovil Town (loan) |
| Caps2: | 21 |
| Goals2: | 7 |
| Years3: | 2018–2021 |
| Clubs3: | Scunthorpe United |
| Caps3: | 11 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs4: | → Yeovil Town (loan) |
| Caps4: | 17 |
| Goals4: | 3 |
| Years5: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs5: | → Carlisle United (loan) |
| Caps5: | 27 |
| Goals5: | 5 |
| Years6: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs6: | Hartlepool United |
| Caps6: | 12 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2022 |
| Clubs7: | → Yeovil Town (loan) |
| Caps7: | 8 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Years8: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs8: | Wealdstone |
| Caps8: | 47 |
| Goals8: | 7 |
| Years9: | 2023– |
| Clubs9: | Bromley |
| Caps9: | 29 |
| Goals9: | 11 |
| Club-Update: | 22:32, 1 October 2024 (UTC) |
Olufela Oladele Ayodeji Olomola (born 5 September 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or as a forward for side Bromley.
Known to teammates as "Fela", Olomola holds both British and Nigerian citizenship.[3]
Born in London, England to Nigerian parents, Olomola is a former Arsenal youth graduate. He scored five goals in 26 appearances for the Southampton under-18s during the 2014–15 campaign. The following season, Olomola was appointed captain of the under-18s side ahead of the 2015–16 season. He was promoted to the Southampton under-21 squad later that season. Olomola was named as an unused substitute by first-team boss Ronald Koeman in Saints' 1–1 home draw against Sunderland on 5 March 2016.[4] He made a fine start to the 2016–17 campaign, scoring a brace in Southampton's 4–1 away drubbing of Liverpool at Prenton Park in the first match of the U23 Premier League 2 (Division 2) Championship.[5]
Olomola made his professional debut for Southampton on 26 October 2016, coming on in the 26th minute for Jay Rodriguez in a 1–0 EFL Cup win over Sunderland.[6] [7]
On 9 July 2017, Olomola joined League Two club Yeovil Town on loan until January 2018.[8]
Olomola then returned from loan to help the Saints U23s reach the Southampton FA Senior Cup final.[9] [10]
On 21 May 2018, following his release by Southampton, Olomola signed for League One side Scunthorpe United on a three-year contract.[11]
On 31 August 2018, Olomola returned to Yeovil Town on loan until January 2019.[12]
On 29 July 2019, Olomola joined Carlisle United on a season-long loan deal until the end of the 2019–20 campaign.[13]
He scored his first goal for Scunthorpe on 10 November 2020 in an EFL Trophy group game against Mansfield Town.[14]
He was one of 17 players released by Scunthorpe at the end of the 2020–21 season.[15]
On 21 July 2021, Olomola signed for Hartlepool United following a successful trial.[16] He made his Hartlepool debut in a 1–0 victory against Crawley Town.[17]
On 11 February 2022, Olomola returned to National League side Yeovil Town for a third loan spell, until the end of the 2021–22 season.[18] Due to a high number of injuries in the Hartlepool team, Olomola was recalled by Pools on 21 April 2022.[19] At the end of the 2021–22 season, Olomola was released by Hartlepool.[20]
On 20 July 2022, Olomola joined National League side Wealdstone, following his departure from Hartlepool.[21] Olomola made an immediate impact for Wealdstone scoring on his debut after 16 minutes in a 3-2 victory against Bromley on 6 August 2022.[22]
Olomola joined fellow National League side, Bromley, on 6 October 2023 for an undisclosed fee.[23] He scored 10 league goals for Bromley in his first season with the club and came on as a substitute in the club's 2024 National League play-off final victory at Wembley Stadium.[24]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Southampton | 2016–17 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Southampton U23 | 2016–17 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| Yeovil Town (loan) | 2017–18 | League Two | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 7 | |
| Scunthorpe United | 2018–19 | League One | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | League Two | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Total | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | |||
| Yeovil Town (loan) | 2018–19 | League Two | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 3 | |
| Carlisle United (loan) | 2019–20 | League Two | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 6 | |
| Hartlepool United | 2021–22 | League Two | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 1 | |
| Yeovil Town (loan) | 2021–22[25] | National League | 8 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | |||
| Wealdstone | 2022–23 | National League | 39 | 7 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 42 | 10 | ||
| 2023–24 | National League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 47 | 7 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 50 | 10 | ||||
| Bromley | 2023–24 | National League | 28 | 10 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | 36 | 11 | ||
| 2024–25 | League Two | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Total | 29 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 40 | 13 | |||
| Career total | 172 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 215 | 45 | |||
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