Fisayo Dele-Bashiru
Personal information
Full name Oluwafisayo Faruq Dele-Bashiru[1]
Date of birth (2001-02-06) 6 February 2001
Place of birth Hamburg, Germany
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hatayspor
Number 17
Youth career
2009–2020 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Sheffield Wednesday 65 (5)
2023– Hatayspor 19 (4)
International career‡
2023– Nigeria 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:24, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:58, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Oluwafisayo Faruq Dele-Bashiru (born 6 February 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Süper Lig club Hatayspor. Born in Germany, he plays for the Nigeria national team.[3]

Club career

After playing for the Manchester City youth team, whom he joined at the age of 8,[4] he moved to Sheffield Wednesday in July 2020, signing for an undisclosed fee.[5][6]

He made his senior debut on 5 September 2020, in the EFL Cup, starting the game away to Walsall[7] and would make his first league appearance against Bristol City coming off the bench.[8] In February 2021 he suffered an ankle injury after coming off the bench against Brentford, and it was expected that he would be out-of-action for four-to-six weeks.[9]

He broke into the first team again during his second season, and in October 2021 he won the club's Player of the Month award,[10] as well as scoring his first senior goal in a game against Cambridge United.[11]

In September 2022 he was nominated for the EFL Cup Player of the Second Round, following a goal and assist against Rochdale, which he subsequently won.[12][13] Following promotion back to the EFL Championship Dele-Bashiru was offered a new contract to stay at the club.[14]

On 6 July 2023 it was confirmed he had joined Turkish club Hatayspor on a three-year contract.[15]

International career

In October 2023 he was called-up to the Nigeria national team.[16][17]

Personal life

Born in Germany, Dele-Bashiru moved to England at a young age and is of Nigerian descent.[18] His brother Tom Dele-Bashiru is also a footballer.[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of 16 January 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester City U21 2019–20[19] ———4[lower-alpha 1]040
Sheffield Wednesday 2020–21[7] Championship 80203000130
2021–22[20] League One 24120105[lower-alpha 2]0321
2022–23[21] League One 33440212[lower-alpha 3]0415
Total 655806170866
Hatayspor 2023–24 Süper Lig 19421—00215
Career total 8491016111011111
  1. ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Four appearances in the EFL Trophy; one appearance in the League One Play-offs.
  3. ↑ One appearance in the EFL Trophy; one appearance in the play-offs.

International

As of match played 16 October 2023
National teamYearAppsGoals
Nigeria 202310
Total10

Honours

Sheffield Wednesday

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Sheffield Wednesday" (PDF). English Football League. 11 September 2020. p. 63. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "Fisayo Dele-Bashiru". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  3. ↑ Fisayo Dele-Bashiru at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Fisayo Dele-Bashiru". Manchester City. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Fisayo Dele-Bashiru: Manchester City midfielder joins Sheffield Wednesday for undisclosed fee". 28 July 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ↑ "Fisayo Dele-Bashiru completes Wednesday switch". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Games played by Fisayo Dele-Bashiru in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  8. ↑ "Report: Bristol City 2-0 Wednesday". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  9. ↑ "Dele-Bashiru injury blow". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Dele-Bashiru voted Owls Player of the Month". Sheffield Wednesday FC. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  11. ↑ "Keep building, keep working". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  12. ↑ "Carabao Cup Player of the Round". EFL. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  13. ↑ "Fisayo Dele-Bashiru awarded Carabao Cup Player of the Round for Round Two". EFL. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  14. ↑ "Owls retained list confirmed". Sheffield Wednesday FC. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  15. ↑ "Welcome to our Family Fisayo Dele Bashiru" (in Turkish). Hatayspor. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  16. ↑ "Turkish Based Fisayo Dele-Bashiru Gets First Super Eagles Call up". owngoalnigeria. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  17. ↑ "Fisayo Dele-Bashiru: Meet Manchester City-trained star who is eligible for Germany and England but has chosen Nigeria". soccernet.ng. 14 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  18. ↑ "Fisayo Dele-Bashiru Joins Elder Brother Tom-Dele Bashiru In Nigeria U20 Camp For WYC". 3 May 2019.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Fisayo Dele-Bashiru in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Fisayo Dele-Bashiru in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Fisayo Dele-Bashiru in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  22. ↑ Ian Woodcock (29 May 2023). "Barnsley 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 May 2023.


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