Jonathan Afolabi (born 14 January 2000) is an Irish footballer who plays as a striker for Bohemians. His previous clubs include Celtic, Dunfermline Athletic, Dundee, Ayr United and Airdrieonians.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Jonathan Afolabi | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-01-14) 14 January 2000 (age 22) | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bohemians | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Shamrock Rovers | |||
| St Joseph's Boys | |||
| 2016–2019 | Southampton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2022 | Celtic | 0 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) | 6 | (2) |
| 2020–2021 | → Dundee (loan) | 19 | (3) |
| 2021–2022 | → Ayr United (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2022 | → Airdrieonians (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2022– | Bohemians | 3 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| Republic of Ireland U17 | |||
| 2017–2019 | Republic of Ireland U19 | 16 | (6) |
| 2019–2021 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 5 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:00, 19 August 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:47, 2 June 2021 (UTC) | |||
Born and raised in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Afolabi played his youth football with Shamrock Rovers, Lourdes Celtic, and St Joseph's Boys before earning a move to the Academy of Premier League club Southampton.[1]
On 21 August 2019, Afolabi joined Scottish Premiership Champions Celtic.[2]
After various loan spells, his contract was not renewed on expiry at the end of June 2022.[3]
On 27 January 2020, Afolabi signed for Dunfermline Athletic of the Scottish Championship on loan until the end of the season.[4] His debut in senior football came on 1 February 2020, in a 3–2 win away to Queen of the South.[5] He made 6 appearances for the club, scoring 2 goals before the season was ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
On 29 September 2020, Afolabi joined Dundee on a season-long loan.[7] He scored his first goal for the club at home in the league against Greenock Morton He scored against Hearts and Ayr United in crucial games for Dundee as they won the promotion playoffs in the 2020/21 season.[8]
On the 2nd August 2021, Afolabi signed for Ayr United on loan until the end of the season.[9]
On 11 February 2022, Afolabi was recalled from Ayr and was immediately sent on loan to Scottish League One side Airdrieonians for the rest of the season.[10]
On 5 August 2022, Afolabi returned home to Dublin, signing for League of Ireland Premier Division club Bohemians.[11]
Afolabi was born in Ireland to Nigerian parents.[12] Afolabi has played for the Republic of Ireland right up to Under-21 level. On 31 July 2019 he was named in the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament, alongside Ferran Torres & Félix Correia in the forward positions.[13] He scored his first goal for the Republic of Ireland U21s on 26 March 2021 in a 2–1 friendly win over Wales U21 in Wrexham.[14]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Southampton | 2016–17 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Celtic | 2019–20 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dunfermline Athletic (loan) | 2019–20 | Scottish Championship | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 2 | ||
| Dundee (loan) | 2020–21 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 22 | 4 | ||
| Ayr United (loan) | 2021–22 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
| Airdrieonians (loan) | 2021–22 | Scottish League One | 12 | 2 | — | — | 3[lower-alpha 6] | 1 | 15 | 3 | ||
| Bohemians | 2022 | League of Ireland Premier Division | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 54 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 68 | 11 | ||
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FAI Under 19 International Player of the Year | |
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