Joseph Olaleye
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Mayoma Olaleye | ||
| Date of birth | 22 November 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Nigeria | ||
| Position(s) | Winger / Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | TRAU | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | TRAU | 48 | (9) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 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]
Club career[edit]
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]
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
- As of 4 May 2022[8]
| 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 | ||
References[edit]
- ^ "TRAU FC extend contract of Joseph Mayoma Olaleye!". ArunFoot. 28 August 2021.
- ^ Saha, Aniket (8 January 2021). "I-League 2020-21 Team Profile: TRAU FC". footballexpress.in. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "Joseph Mayoma Olaleye". www.flashscore.com.au. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "TRAU FC 1 FT 3 Mohun Bagan". www.espn.in. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "TRAU FC win 2nd Division League, earn promotion to I-League". www.goal.com. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "2nd Division League: Joseph Mayowa scores twice as TRAU FC thrash Lonestar Kashmir FC 4-1". www.e-pao.net. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "TRAU FC Scoring Stats". www.espn.in. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ Joseph Olaleye at Soccerway