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Rio Adebisi

Rio Adebisi

English footballer

Rio Adesola Frederick Adebisi (born 27 September 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Crewe Alexandra.

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Career

Adebisi was born in Croydon, Surrey; his family moved to Northwich, Cheshire in 2004. He joined Northwich side Barnton, playing mainly as an attacking box-to-box midfielder.

He joined Crewe Alexandra's Academy aged 12, progressing through the ranks to play under-23 games in 2018-19;[3] he also went on loan to Leek Town.[4] He made his first team debut, aged 18, at Gresty Road in an EFL Cup second round tie against Aston Villa on 27 August 2019,[3] and made his league debut, coming on as a 79th-minute substitute for Harry Pickering, against Scunthorpe United at Gresty Road on 29 December 2019.[5]

A foot injury limited his appearances during the remainder of the 2019-20 season, but he was offered a new contract in June 2020,[6] and signed a new two-year deal at the end of July 2020.[7] In October 2021, he signed a new contract through to 2024.[8] In December 2022, Adebisi suffered another foot injury in a 2–1 win at Morecambe; this did not respond to treatment, and in March 2022 he required an operation that sidelined him for four months.[9]

He returned to the first team in September 2022, and on 25 October 2022 scored his first Crewe goal, the equaliser in a 1–1 draw at AFC Wimbledon.[10] He scored in Crewe's last league game of the 2022–2023 season (a 2–2 draw at Newport County on 8 May 2023),[11] then started the following season with goals in both of Crewe's opening league games, both also 2–2 draws, against Mansfield Town and Swindon Town respectively.[12][13]

Career statistics

As of 2 April 2024.
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  1. Appearances in Northern Premier League Division One West play-offs
  2. Appearances in EFL Trophy

References

  1. [1]
    "Retained List 2018–19" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Rio Adebisi - Defender - First Team - Crewe Alexandra". www.crewealex.net. Crewe Alexandra F.C. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. [3]
    Morse, Peter (28 August 2019). "Interview: Rio Adebisi is a man in a hurry at Crewe Alex". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  4. [4]
    "BAKER ADDS ADEBISI". Leek Town. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Crewe Alexandra 3-1 Scunthorpe United". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  6. [6]
    Morse, Peter (10 June 2020). "Paul Green and Nicky Hunt released as Crewe Alex announce retained list". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  7. [7]
    Powell, Dave (28 July 2020). "Long term future of Crewe Alex starlet Rio Adebisi is resolved". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  8. [8]
    "Rio Adebisi Signs New Deal". CreweAlex.net. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  9. [9]
    "Adebisi Set For Operation". CreweAlex.net. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  10. [10]
    "AFC Wimbledon 1-1 Crewe Alexandra". BBC Sport. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  11. [11]
    "Newport County 2-2 Crewe Alexandra". BBC Sport. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  12. [12]
    "Crewe Alexandra 2-2 Mansfield Town". BBC Sport. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  13. [13]
    "Swindon Town 2-2 Crewe Alexandra". BBC Sport. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  14. [14]
    "Leek Town – Appearances – Rio Adebisi – 2018-2019". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  15. [15]
    "Games played by Rio Adebisi in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  16. [16]
    "Games played by Rio Adebisi in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  17. [17]
    "Games played by Rio Adebisi in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  18. [18]
    "Games played by Rio Adebisi in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  19. [19]
    "Games played by Rio Adebisi in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
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