Personal information | |||
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Full name | David Oluwatosin Osho Olufemi[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 13 May 1994||
Place of birth | Hackney, London, England | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) |
Full-back Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Concord Rangers | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2013 | Colchester United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2016 | Colchester United | 24 | (0) |
2016 | Hayes & Yeading United | 3 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Haringey Borough | 29 | (2) |
2019– | Concord Rangers | 12 | (?) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:12, 21 September 2019 (UTC) |
David Oluwatosin Osho "Tosin" Olufemi (born 13 May 1994) is an English footballer who plays as a winger or full-back for National League South club Concord Rangers.
Olufemi progressed through the Colchester United Academy, breaking into the first-team in 2013. He made 26 appearances for Colchester between 2013 and his release in the summer of 2016. He then joined Hayes & Yeading United before joining Haringey Borough, and then to Concord Rangers in 2019.
Born in Hackney, London,[3] Olufemi came through the ranks at Colchester United's Academy, primarily as a winger who could also play at full-back.[4] He began to feature in the clubs' reserve team in 2011, where he scored in a 6–0 win against Stevenage Reserves in their first game of the season on 7 September,[5] helping the side win the last-ever Football Combination North Division title that season.[6]
Alongside fellow Academy products Bradley Hamilton, Drey Wright, Ryan Melaugh and Shaun Phillips, Olufemi signed a two-year professional development contract with the club in May 2012.[7] He then featured a number of times for the first-team in their 2012–13 pre-season campaign, where he scored twice in a 6–0 victory over Heybridge Swifts in the opening fixture on 14 July.[8] He scored again in pre-season, this time for a young Colchester United XI against Needham Market in a 3–1 away defeat on 31 July.[9] Olufemi was selected for the matchday squad for the first time in Colchester's trip to Bournemouth on 15 December, although he was an unused substitute in the U's 1–0 defeat.[10] He made his first-team debut in a League One match away at Bury on 16 March 2013. He came on as a 70th-minute substitute for goalscorer Clinton Morrison in the 2–1 victory,[11] impressing manager Joe Dunne with his performance.[12] His appearance at Bury was to be his only game of the season.[13]
Olufemi once again appeared alongside the first-team for their opening 2013–14 pre-season fixture, which again saw them come up against Heybridge Swifts. He played in the second half of the 2–1 win on 10 July 2013.[14] With captain Brian Wilson missing much of pre-season through injury, Olufemi was handed his chance to impress at full-back,[15] where he featured in a friendly 2–0 win at Bishop's Stortford on 13 July,[16] as well as providing the assist for Colchester's goal in their 2–1 home reverse to Premier League West Ham United on 16 July, sending in a cross for Jabo Ibehre to head home a consolation goal.[17] He also faced further Premier League opposition when he started against Tottenham Hotspur on 19 July in a 0–0 draw.[18]
Before making any first-team appearances in the 2013–14 season, Olufemi was offered a three-year contract extension to see him through to the summer of 2016 with the club on 20 August 2013.[4] Following this, he was called into action to replace Ryan Dickson at left-back who was suffering from illness.[19] He subsequently made his first start for the club in a 1–1 home draw with Carlisle United on 23 August, playing the full 90 minutes and hitting the bar with a fine strike in the second half.[20] With Dickson returning for the U's next match on 31 August, Olufemi was required to cover Brian Wilson at right-back, who was also suffering from illness.[21] Colchester went on to lose the game 2–1 to league leaders Leyton Orient.[22] Olufemi then made his third consecutive start in a third different position, this time playing as a winger alongside Clinton Morrison and Gavin Massey in a 4–1 Football League Trophy defeat to Dagenham & Redbridge.[23] He continued his run in the first-team squad in an injury depleted side during a 2–0 defeat to Coventry City on 8 September.[24]
On the back of his excellent start to the season, manager Dunne described Olufemi as a "great example for all the younger players coming through [the Academy]", praising his "determination" and his "attitude and drive".[25] A thigh injury then ruled him out of contention[26] until 30 October, when he returned to action in the Essex Senior Cup, scoring in the 4–0 win over Great Wakering Rovers.[27] He made his return to first-team action as a second-half substitute for Gavin Massey in a 1–1 draw with Preston North End on 23 November.[28] Olufemi ended the campaign with 14 appearances to his name.[29]
After beginning to establish himself in the first-team in the latter stages of 2013–14 season, Olufemi featured regularly in pre-season for the 2014–15 season, featuring in the second-half team selection in Colchester's 8–0 win against Heybridge on 15 July 2014[30] and starting in a 2–1 friendly defeat at Southend United on 22 July,[31] However, he suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon injury during a friendly with Bishop's Stortford on 30 July, leaving the player out of action for at least six months.[32] In October 2014, it was reported that he was making good progress in his recovery after the removal of a wedge from his boot cast. At this stage, he was targeting a comeback ready for the Christmas period.[33] He returned to action with the development squad in their 2014–15 Professional U21 Development League match against Charlton Athletic on 9 February 2015, coming on as a second-half substitute in the 0–0 draw.[34]
Olufemi finally made his Colchester United first-team comeback on 26 September 2015 when he replaced the injured Kane Vincent-Young in the starting line-up of his side's 2–1 win against Swindon Town at the County Ground, playing the full 90-minutes. It was his first start since April 2014.[35] After making eleven appearances during the season,[36] the club announced that Olufemi would be leaving Colchester after seven years following the expiry of his contract.[37][38]
Olufemi joined recently relegated Southern League Premier Division side Hayes & Yeading United ahead of the 2016–17 season on 2 August 2016.[39] He made his debut on 6 August in Hayes & Yeading's 2–1 defeat by Frome Town.[40]
Olufemi began playing for Isthmian League Division One North side Haringey Borough in November 2016.[41]
Olufemi was transferred with Michael O'Donoghue to Concord F.C. for the beginning of the 2019-20 National League South in England.[42]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Colchester United | 2012–13[13] | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2013–14[29] | League One | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
2014–15[43] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2015–16[36] | League One | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
Total | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
Hayes & Yeading United | 2016–17[44] | Southern League Premier Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Haringey Borough | 2016–17[41] | Isthmian League Division One North | 25 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | Isthmian League Division One North | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2018–19[45] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Concord Rangers F.C.[42] | 2019–20 | National League South | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Career total | 64 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0 |