Sam Tinubu

Samuel Ayomide Tinubu (born 28 September 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Sam Tinubu

Personal information
Full name	Samuel Ayomide Tinubu[1]
Date of birth	(2004-09-28) 28 September 2004 (age 20)[2]
Place of birth	Enfield, London, England[3]
Position(s)	Midfielder[4]
Youth career
0000–2021	Stevenage
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2021–2023	Stevenage	1	(0)
2023	→ Biggleswade Town (loan)	18	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:27, 28 July 2023 (UTC)~

Career

Stevenage

Tinubu started his career at Stevenage, signing a full-time academy scholarship contract in July 2021.^[4] He signed his first professional contract with the club on 2 October 2021.^[4] Tinubu made his first-team debut, his only appearance for the club, in Stevenage's 3–0 away defeat to Oldham Athletic on 16 October 2021, coming on as an 80th-minute substitute in the match.^[3][5] In doing so, he broke Liam Smyth's record (17 years and 37 days) of Stevenage's youngest debutant in the Football League and also became the club's second youngest ever debutant, at the age of 17 years and 18 days old.^[2][6]

Tinubu joined Southern League Division One Central club Biggleswade Town on an initial one-month loan agreement on 27 January 2023.^[7] The move meant he would be managed by Robbie O'Keefe, who was academy manager at Stevenage whilst Tinubu was playing in the club's academy.^[7] Tinubu debuted for Biggleswade in a 1–0 away victory against Barton Rovers a day later and scored his first goal in senior football in a 4–2 home victory against Ware on 14 February 2023.^[8] The loan agreement was extended until the end of the 2022–23 season and Tinubu scored three goals in 19 appearances during his time there.^[8][9] He was released by Stevenage in May 2023.^[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 22 April 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		EFL Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stevenage	2021–22[11]	League Two	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2022–23[12]	League Two	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Biggleswade Town (loan)	2022–23[8]	SFL Division One Central	18	3	0	0	—		1[a]	0	19	3
Career total			19	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	3

1. Appearance in Bedfordshire Senior Cup

References

1. "EFL – Club list of registered players" (PDF). English Football League. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
2. "Sam Tinubu – Youngest ever EFL player". Stevenage F.C. 16 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
3. "Soccerway – Sam Tinubu". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
4. "Sam Tinubu signs professional contract". Stevenage F.C. 2 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
5. "Oldham Athletic 3–0 Stevenage". BBC Sport. 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
6. "BoroGuide – Player Records". BoroGuide. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
7. "O'Keefe returns to Stevenage for loan signing". Southern Football League. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
8. "Aylesbury United – Samuel Tinubu". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
9. "Loan update: March 2023". Stevenage F.C. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
10. "Stevenage FC retained list 2022/23". Stevenage F.C. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
11. "Games played by Sam Tinubu in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
12. "Games played by Sam Tinubu in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2022.

External links

• Sam Tinubu at Soccerbase