Joshua Oluwadurotimi Emmanuel (born 18 August 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays for Championship club Hull City.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joshua Oluwadurotimi Emmanuel[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1997-08-18) 18 August 1997 (age 24)[2] | ||
Place of birth | London, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Hull City | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2011 | West Ham United | ||
2011–2015 | Ipswich Town | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2019 | Ipswich Town | 23 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → Crawley Town (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Rotherham United (loan) | 31 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Bolton Wanderers | 27 | (0) |
2020– | Hull City | 34 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 8 November 2021 (UTC) |
Born in London,[3] Emmanuel was a schoolboy at West Ham before joining the youth setup at Ipswich.[4]
After progressing through the ranks at Ipswich Town, Emmanuel was called up by Manager Mick McCarthy for the first team on the pre-season tour of Ireland.[5] After being given a number 29 shirt ahead of the new season,[6] Emmanuel signed a professional contract at the club in August 2015,[7] and made his competitive Ipswich debut against Brentford on 8 August 2015 in the first match of the 2015–16 season, in which he set up a goal for Kévin Bru in a 2–2 draw.[8] He then had a handful of first team appearances throughout August before losing his first team place soon after.[9] After his loan spell at Crawley Town came to an end, it wasn't until on 29 April 2016 when he made another appearance for the side, in a 3–2 win over MK Dons.[10]
In the 2016–17 season, Emmanuel started the season on the substitutes bench and did not make his first appearance of the season until 24 September 2016 in a 1–0 loss to Leeds United.[11] However, he appeared in several matches before being demoted to the substitutes bench after Adam Webster, who recovered from his injury.[12] He then signed a two-year contract with the club, keeping him until 2019.[13] Towards the end of the 2016–17 season, Emmanuel then began playing in the right-midfield position.[14] By the end of the 2016–17 season, Emmanuel made the total of 17 appearances in all competitions.
To gain first team experience,[15] Emmanuel joined Crawley Town on loan on 26 November 2015,[16] where he made his debut for the club in a 3–1 loss against Carlisle United three days later.[17] He returned to Ipswich on 3 January 2016.[18]
Emmanuel joined Rotherham United on a season-long loan deal on 13 July 2017.[19] He made his Rotherham United debut, starting the match and playing the full 90 minutes, in a 2–0 loss against Fleetwood Town in the opening game of the season.[20] He went on to make 31 league appearances for Rotherham as the club earned promotion to the EFL Championship, and was voted the club's young player of the year.[21]
In August 2018 Emmanuel joined Shrewsbury Town on loan for the 2018–19 season.[22] He made 14 league appearances for the Shrews before returning to Ipswich on 18 January 2019, after being recalled from his loan spell.[23]
On 2 September 2019, Emmanuel joined Bolton Wanderers on a contract until the end of the season, following his release from Ipswich Town a few hours earlier.[24] He made his debut on 14 September, starting against Rotherham United in a 6–1 defeat.[25] On 26 June it was announced Emmanuel would be one of 14 senior players released at the end of his contract on 30 June.[26]
On 7 August 2020, it was announced that Emmanuel would join newly relegated League One club Hull City on a free transfer. Emmanuel signed a two-year deal, with an optional one-year extension.[27] Emmanuel played his first game for the club on 5 September 2020, in the first round of the EFL Cup away against Sunderland, which Hull won on penalties after a 0–0 draw.[28] On 18 May 2022, Hull City exersised an option for an additional year on his contract.[29]
Emmanuel is of Nigerian descent.[4] Growing up in Harlow, Essex, Emmanuel supported Arsenal and was raised as a Christian, crediting it for force in his life.[30] Emmanuel revealed that he used to play rugby when he was young and was even offered a trial at Saracens but made it clear he wanted to be a footballer and wouldn't consider rugby as an alternative.[4]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Ipswich Town | 2015–16[32] | Championship | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
2016–17[33] | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |||
2017–18[34] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2018–19[35] | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
2019–20[36] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
Crawley Town (loan) | 2015–16[32] | League Two | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Rotherham United (loan) | 2017–18[34] | League One | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 38 | 0 |
Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 2018–19[35] | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
Bolton Wanderers | 2019–20[36] | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
Hull City | 2020–21[37] | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
2021–22[38] | Championship | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
Total | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
Career Total | 131 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 158 | 0 |
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