Rio Adebisi
Personal information
Full name Rio Adesola Frederick Adebisi[1]
Date of birth (2000-09-27) 27 September 2000
Place of birth Croydon, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Crewe Alexandra
Number 3
Youth career
2012–2019 Crewe Alexandra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Crewe Alexandra 87 (4)
2019 → Leek Town (loan) 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:58, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

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

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 7 January 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leek Town (loan) 2018–19[14] NPL Division One West 51——2[lower-alpha 1]071
Crewe Alexandra 2019–20[15] League Two 2000102[lower-alpha 2]050
2020–21[16] League One 15000002[lower-alpha 2]0170
2021–22[17] League One 220101000240
2022–23[18] League Two 32220002[lower-alpha 2]0362
2023–24[19] League Two 262302000312
Crewe total 8746040601134
Career total 10256040801185
  1. ↑ Appearances in Northern Premier League Division One West play-offs
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in EFL Trophy

References

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