Timi Odusina
Personal information
Full name Oluwarotimi Mark Odusina
Date of birth (1999-10-28) 28 October 1999
Place of birth Croydon, England
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Woking
(on loan from Bradford City)
Number 21
Youth career
Norwich City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Norwich City 0 (0)
2019 → AFC Fylde (loan) 8 (0)
2020 → Hartlepool United (loan) 8 (0)
2020–2022 Hartlepool United 59 (0)
2022– Bradford City 4 (0)
2023– → Woking (loan) 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:37, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Oluwarotimi "Timi" Odusina (born 28 October 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Woking on loan from Bradford City.

Career

Odusina signed his first professional contract with Norwich City in 2016.[1]

In January 2019, Odusina signed on loan with National League side AFC Fylde.[2] Odusina made eight league appearances for the club and was a part of the side that won the 2018–19 FA Trophy after beating Leyton Orient 1–0 at Wembley Stadium.[3]

The following season, Odusina moved on loan to fellow National League side Hartlepool United. After impressing on his loan deal, Odusina signed permanently with the North-East side at the start of the 2020–21 season[4] where he won promotion in his first full season with the club.[5]

Odusina made his first appearance in the Football League in August 2021 for Hartlepool in 1–0 win against Crawley Town.[6] At the end of his first season playing in the Football League, Odusina picked up Hartlepool United's Young Player of the Year award.[7]

In June 2022, Odusina rejected a new contract at Hartlepool and signed for fellow League Two club Bradford City.[8] On 15 September 2023, he joined National League side Woking on loan until January 2024.[9]

Personal life

Born in England, Odusina is of Nigerian descent.[10]

Career statistics

As of matches played 6 January 2024[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Norwich City U23 2016–17[12] ———1[lower-alpha 1]010
AFC Fylde (loan) 2018–19[11] National League 8000—60140
Hartlepool United 2019–20[11] National League 8000—0080
2020–21[11] National League 28010—3[lower-alpha 2]0320
2021–22[13] League Two 31040107[lower-alpha 1]0430
Total 6705010100830
Bradford City 2022–23[14] League Two 4000003[lower-alpha 1]070
2023–24[15] League Two 0000000000
Total 4000003070
Woking (loan) 2023–24[11] National League 8010—1[lower-alpha 3]0100
Career total 87060102101150
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearances in National League play-offs
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

Honours

AFC Fylde

Hartlepool United

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Canaries defender heads back to National League for another loan stint". The Pink'un. 23 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "AFC Fylde 1–0 Leyton Orient". Norwich City. 16 January 2019.
  3. 1 2 "AFC Fylde 1–0 Leyton Orient". BBC Sport. 19 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Pools sign Timi Odusina". Hartlepool United. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Hartlepool United 1–1 Torquay United". BBC Sport. 20 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Hartlepool United 1–0 Crawley Town". BBC Sport. 7 August 2021.
  7. 1 2 Joe Ramage (2 May 2022). "Hartlepool United's former Sunderland striker wins player of the year award with ex-Norwich City defender named young player of the year". Hartlepool Mail. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  8. ↑ Matty Jones (27 June 2022). "Timi Odusina leaves Hartlepool to make Bradford switch after rejecting new deal". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  9. ↑ O'Sullivan, Daniel (15 September 2023). "Timi Odusina Signs On Loan". Woking F.C. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "Official : Former Arsenal Youth-Teamer Odusina Returns To Norwich City :: All Nigeria Soccer – The Complete Nigerian Football Portal". allnigeriasoccer.com.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 Timi Odusina at Soccerway
  12. ↑ "Games played by Timi Odusina in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Timi Odusina in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Timi Odusina in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Timi Odusina in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
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