Emmanuel William Oluwarotimi Adebowale (born 19 September 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League Two club Crawley Town.
![]() Adebowale playing for Eastbourne Borough in July 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Emmanuel William Oluwarotimi Adebowale[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1997-09-19) 19 September 1997 (age 25)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Stratford, London, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Crawley Town | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2014 | West Ham United | ||
2014–2016 | Sheffield United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2016 | Sheffield United | 0 | (0) |
2015 | → Sheffield (loan) | ||
2016 | → Goole (loan) | ||
2016 | Hayes & Yeading United | 12 | (0) |
2017 | Bishop's Stortford | 11 | (1) |
2017–2019 | Dover Athletic | 2 | (0) |
2018 | → Bognor Regis Town (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2018 | → Eastbourne Borough (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Eastbourne Borough | 25 | (0) |
2020– | Crawley Town | 5 | (0) |
2021 | → Havant & Waterlooville (loan) | 8 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:21, 12 January 2022 (UTC) |
Adebowale started his career at West Ham United, before continuing his development at Sheffield United. He has played non-league football for Sheffield, Goole, Hayes & Yeading United, Bishop's Stortford, Dover Athletic, Bognor Regis Town and Eastbourne Borough. In January 2020, he signed a two-and-a-half year deal with League Two club Crawley Town. He spent the first half of the 2021–22 season on loan at Havant & Waterlooville.
Born in Stratford,[3] Adebowale was part of the youth setup at West Ham United before joining Sheffield United on a two-year scholarship in 2014.[3] During 2015–16 season, he spent time on loan at Sheffield and Goole.[4]
Following his scholarship at Sheffield United, Adebowale joined Hayes & Yeading United in September 2016 before leaving later that season to join Bishop's Stortford.[5]
On 27 July 2017, Adebowale signed for National League side Dover Athletic on a two-year deal.[6] He joined Bognor Regis Town on a one-month loan in January 2018.[7] On 30 November 2018, he joined Eastbourne Borough on a one-month loan.[8] After his contract at Dover expired, Adebowale joined National League South side Eastbourne Borough on 6 June 2019.[9]
On 31 January 2020, Adebowale signed for EFL League Two club Crawley Town for an undisclosed fee.[10] He made his debut for Crawley Town on 8 February 2020, starting in an away game against Salford City – his only Crawley appearance of the 2019–20 season.[11]
On 12 August 2021, he joined National League South club Havant & Waterlooville on a one-year loan deal.[12] He made his debut for the club in a 3–0 league win over Welling United on 15 August 2021,[2] and scored his first goal for the club the club with a "towering header" in their following game, a 2–1 win away to Hampton & Richmond Borough on 22 August.[13] In January 2022, it was announced that Adebowale had returned to Crawley, having made 8 appearances on loan at Havant.[14]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Hayes & Yeading United | 2016–17[15] | Southern League Premier Division | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
Bishop's Stortford | 2016–17[2] | National League South | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
Dover Athletic | 2017–18[2] | National League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2018–19[2] | National League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
Bognor Regis Town (loan) | 2017–18[2] | National League South | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
Eastbourne Borough (loan) | 2018–19[2] | National League South | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Eastbourne Borough | 2019–20[2] | National League South | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 5[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
Crawley Town | 2019–20[11] | League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2020–21[16] | League Two | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
Havant & Waterlooville (loan) | 2021–22[2] | National League South | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
Career total | 74 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 91 | 1 |
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