Sam_Folarin
Sam Folarin
English footballer
Samuel Oluwatimilehin Adetokunbo Folarin (born 23 September 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL League Two club Harrogate Town.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Oluwatimilehin Adetokunbo Folarin[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-09-23) 23 September 2000 (age 23)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Lambeth, England | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Harrogate Town | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2017 | Wandsworth Town | ||
| 2017–2018 | Tooting & Mitcham United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 5 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Middlesbrough | 2 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Queen of the South (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2022– | Harrogate Town | 49 | (7) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:51, 7 January 2024 (UTC) | |||
Folarin originally played at right-wingback when he was at Tooting & Mitcham United but was converted to a striker/right winger after moving to Middlesbrough.[3] Sam and his teammate, Abraham Odho, actually played for Tooting & Mitcham United together in 2019, and they now play for Harrogate Town together in 2024.[citation needed]
Folarin started his career in the youth ranks at Wandsworth Town before moving to Tooting & Mitcham United in search of senior first team football.[4] After a breaking into the first-team in the 2018–19 season, he was offered a trial at Charlton Athletic but was not signed by the London club. After a subsequent trial at Middlesbrough, Folarin was offered a contract along with team-mate Isaiah Jones.[5]
On 15 September 2020, Folarin debuted for Middlesbrough in the EFL Cup in a 2–0 defeat versus Barnsley at the Riverside Stadium.[6]
On 26 January 2022, Folarin joined Scottish Championship club Queen of the South on loan, for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[7]
In August 2022, he joined Harrogate on a full-time basis.[8]
- As of 1 May 2022[9]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tooting & Mitcham United | 2018–19[10] | Isthmian League South Central | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Middlesbrough | 2019–20[11] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020–21[12] | Championship | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | ||
| Queen of the South (loan) | 2021–22 | Scottish Championship | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Career total | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
- "Notification of shirt numbers: Middlesbrough" (PDF). English Football League. p. 41. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- "Sam Folarin". mfc.co.uk. Middlesbrough F.C. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- "Tooting To Teesside For Middlesbrough's Sam Folarin". nonleaguedaily.com. Non League Daily. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- "An Interview... With Sam Folarin". fwgconsultants.org. FWG Consultants. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- "Tooting & Mitcham To Keep Faith With Blooding Youths After Deals Done With Charlton And Middlesbrough For Trio". londonnewsonline.co.uk. London News Online. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- "Middlesbrough 0–2 Barnsley". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- "Sam Folarin loaned to Queen of the South". Middlesbrough FC. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- "Harrogate Town AFC - Sam Folarin". www.harrogatetownafc.com. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- Sam Folarin at Soccerway
- "Tooting & Mitcham United – Appearances – Sam Folarin – 2018–2019". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- "Games played by Sam Folarin in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- "Games played by Sam Folarin in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 December 2020.