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

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Career

Adebisi was born in

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, Surrey; his family moved to

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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; he also went on loan to

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. He made his first team debut, aged 18, at

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in an

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second round tie against

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on 27 August 2019, and made his league debut, coming on as a 79th-minute substitute for

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, against

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at Gresty Road on 29 December 2019. A foot injury limited his appearances during the remainder of the 2019-20 season, but he was offered a new contract in June 2020, and signed a new two-year deal at the end of July 2020. In October 2021, he signed a new contract through to 2024. In December 2022, Adebisi suffered another foot injury in a 2–1 win at

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; this did not respond to treatment, and in March 2022 he required an operation that sidelined him for four months. 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

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. He scored in Crewe's last league game of the 2022–2023 season (a 2–2 draw at Newport County on 8 May 2023), then started the following season with goals in both of Crewe's opening league games, both also 2–2 draws, against

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and

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respectively. After helping the club reach the League 2 play-off final in May 2024, Adebisi was offered a new contract by Crewe.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Adebisi, Rio Living people English men's footballers English Football League players Northern Premier League players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Leek Town F.C. players 2000 births Men's association football defenders Footballers from the London Borough of Croydon People from Croydon Footballers from Northwich