Andrew Omobamidele

Andrew Omobamidele

Omobamidele with Ireland U19 in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Abiola Omobamidele[1]
Date of birth	(2002-06-23) 23 June 2002 (age 22)[2]
Place of birth	Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Strasbourg (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
Number	2
Youth career
2014–2019	Leixlip United
2019–2021	Norwich City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2021–2023	Norwich City	50	(2)
2023–	Nottingham Forest	11	(0)
2025–	→ Strasbourg (loan)	0	(0)
International career‡
2019	Republic of Ireland U17	3	(1)
2019	Republic of Ireland U18	2	(0)
2019	Republic of Ireland U19	4	(2)
2021	Republic of Ireland U21	1	(0)
2021–	Republic of Ireland	10	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:38, 24 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2024

Andrew Abiola Omobamidele (born 23 June 2002) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Strasbourg, on loan from Nottingham Forest, and the Republic of Ireland national team.

Omobamidele was born in Leixlip, County Kildare, to an Irish mother and a Nigerian father.^[4] As a youth, he played for the Dublin District Schoolboys League representative side alongside fellow future Irish international Gavin Bazunu.^[4]

On 23 December 2020, Omobamidele signed a new professional contract with Norwich City.^[5]

He made his debut for Norwich on 16 January 2021 as a substitute in a 2–1 Championship league win against Cardiff City.^[6][2] Omobamidele's first start for Norwich was on in a 1–1 draw to Preston North End on 2 April 2021, when he played the full 90 minutes and was awarded Man of the Match.^[7] On 11 September 2021, he made his Premier League debut, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 loss to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.^[8] On 31 October 2021, Omobamidele scored his first Premier League goal, which was also his first goal in senior football, heading home the equaliser from a corner in an eventual 2–1 loss to Leeds United at Carrow Road.^[9]

On 1 September 2023, Omobamidele signed with Premier League club Nottingham Forest until 2028,^[10] for a fee reported to be £11 million.^{[11][12][13][14]} He scored a debut goal for Forest in an FA Cup 3rd round replay against Blackpool, which Forest won 3-2 after extra time.^[15] He made his league debut for Forest on 20 January 2024, in a 3-2 defeat to Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium.

On 24 January 2025, Omobamidele joined Ligue 1 club Strasbourg on loan for the remainder of the season.^[16]

On 24 May 2021, Omobamidele received his first call up to the Republic of Ireland senior squad for the summer friendlies against Andorra and Hungary.^[17]

He made his international debut on 1 September 2021, as a 36th minute substitute for the injured Dara O'Shea in a 2022 World Cup qualifier against Portugal at the Estádio Algarve in Faro.^[18][19]

As of match played 28 August 2024

As of match played 10 September 2024^[25]

Norwich City

• EFL Championship: 2020–21^{[citation needed]}

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Andrew Omobamidele.

• Profile at the Nottingham Forest F.C. websit
• Andrew Omobamidele at Soccerway
• Andrew Omobamidele – UEFA competition record (archive)