Temitope Ayoluwa "Tope" Obadeyi (born 29 October 1989) is an English professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a winger for

Banbury United Banbury United Football Club is a football club based in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Spencer Stadium. History The club was established in 1931 as Spencer Sports Club, a works team of the Sp ...

. Obadeyi has previously played for

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...

Swindon Town Swindon Town Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club has played home matches at ...

Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in the dale on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough ...

Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of English football. The club plays its home games at the New Meadow, having mo ...

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Rio Ave Rio Ave Futebol Clube, commonly known as Rio Ave (), is a Football in Portugal, Portuguese professional Association football, football club based in Vila do Conde, that competes in the Primeira Liga. The club is named after the Ave River, which ...

Bury Bury may refer to: *The burial of human remains *-bury, a suffix in English placenames Places England * Bury, Cambridgeshire, a village * Bury, Greater Manchester, a town, historically in Lancashire ** Bury (UK Parliament constituency) (1832–19 ...

Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the team are competing in League One, the third tier of English football. They have played at Home Park, ...

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Dundee United Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the city of Dundee. The club name is usually abbreviated to Dundee United. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1 ...

and

Sochaux Sochaux () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Geography Sochaux lies east of Montbéliard, and southeast of Paris. Population Inhabitants are known as ''Sochaliens''. Economy Soc ...

Early life

Obadeyi was born in

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and is of

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descent. During his time at Four Dwellings High School in Birmingham, Obadeyi's strike partner was

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and the two were reunited in February 2011 when the latter moved to Bolton on loan from

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for the remainder of the season.

Career

Obadeyi made his

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debut for Bolton as a substitute in the club's 0–1 home

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defeat by

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on 28 December 2008. In August 2009, Obadeyi signed for

on a one-month loan and scored his first goal in a 2–1 victory over

Southend United Southend United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of English football. Southend are known as ...

on 29 August. On 11 September his loan was extended by another month, and again on 15 October for a final month under the 93-day emergency loan limit. In January 2010, Obadeyi went on loan again, this time to

for the rest of the season. He scored his first goal for Rochdale against Dagenham & Redbridge on 20 February 2010. The third loan of his career was made on 22 October 2010 when he joined

on an initial one-month loan. On 24 November, the loan was extended until 8 January 2011, but following the end of that period, the club decided not to extend it any further. On 7 July 2011, Obadeyi signed a one-year extension to his contract at Bolton, and on 8 November joined

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team

on loan until 26 December, making his debut the following day in a 4–3 win over

Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they adop ...

in the

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. Obadeyi made his league debut for Chesterfield on 19 November in the 5–2 loss away to

Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The history of Oldham Athletic ...

and made six appearances overall before returning to Bolton. On 14 March 2012 he began a second loan spell at

. The loan lasted a month and he scored once. However, at the end of the 2011–12 season, following Bolton's relegation from the Premier League, Obadeyi was released and subsequently joined

at the start of June 2012. Obadeyi made 12 appearances in the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

during the 2012–13 season without scoring as Rio Ave finished sixth in the league table. His one goal for the club came in December 2012 against

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in the

Taça da Liga The Taça da Liga (), known outside Portugal as Portuguese League Cup, is an annual football club competition organised by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) for teams competing in the Primeira Liga and LigaPro, the top two tier ...

. Obadeyi left Rio Ave at the end of the campaign. He signed a one-year contract with

in August 2013. He played in two league games and one cup tie before joining

on loan in November until January 2014. Obadeyi made ten appearances for the club in all competitions during the loan, which was interrupted by a hamstring injury, and scored one goal against

York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league sys ...

. On 20 February 2014, Obadeyi joined

for a second loan spell with the

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...

club. Obadeyi established himself as Argyle's preferred choice on the left side of midfield, before his loan expired. He was released by Bury at the end of the season, Obadeyi signed a three-year contract with

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club

in July 2014. After two seasons with the club he signed for

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club

in July 2016, joining on a one-year contract. On 31 January 2017, Obadeyi joined

club

on a contract until the end of the 2016–17 season. He was released by Oldham at the end of the 2017–18 season, following their relegation. On 25 July 2018, Obadeyi signed with

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

club

on a two-year contract. He left

in June 2020. On 4 February 2022, Obadeyi rejoined

on a short-term contract until the end of the 2021–22 season, the contract not extended following relegation. Obadeyi signed for Ilkeston Town in October 2022. On 26 November 2022, Obadeyi joined

National League North The National League North, formerly Conference North, is a division of the National League in England, immediately below the National League division. Along with the National League South, it is at the second level of the National League Sy ...

club Gloucester City. Scoring the 93 minute winning goal in a 4-3 thriller against Chorley, sending the Tigers to the National League North Playoffs. In June 2023, Obadeyi signed for

Career statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Obadeyi, Tope 1989 births Living people Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands English men's footballers England men's youth international footballers Men's association football forwards Coventry City F.C. players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Swindon Town F.C. players Rochdale A.F.C. players Shrewsbury Town F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Rio Ave F.C. players Bury F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Kilmarnock F.C. players Dundee United F.C. players Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players Ilkeston Town F.C. players Gloucester City A.F.C. players Banbury United F.C. players Premier League players English Football League players Ligue 2 players Primeira Liga players Southern Football League players National League (English football) players Scottish Professional Football League players English sportspeople of Nigerian descent English people of Yoruba descent Yoruba sportspeople English expatriate men's footballers English expatriate sportspeople in France