Personal information | |||
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Full name | Olayinka Fredrick Oladotun Ladapo | ||
Date of birth | 1 February 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Romford, England | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Shrewsbury Town (on loan from Crystal Palace) |
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Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2012 | Colchester United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2014 | Colchester United | 6 | (0) |
2011 | → Thurrock (loan) | 2 | (1) |
2011 | → Chelmsford City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2012 | → Bishop's Stortford (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2013 | → Woking (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → Nuneaton Town (loan) | 6 | (2) |
2014 | Kidderminster Harriers | 3 | (0) |
2014 | → Hayes & Yeading United (loan) | 11 | (2) |
2014–2015 | → Grays Athletic (loan) | 26 | (17) |
2015–2016 | Margate | 49 | (23) |
2016– | Crystal Palace | 0 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 16 | (2) |
2017– | → Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 15 | (4) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:06, 17 April 2017 (UTC). |
Olayinka Fredrick Oladotun "Freddie" Ladapo (born 1 February 1993) is a professional footballer who plays for Shrewsbury Town, on loan from Crystal Palace, as a forward.
Ladapo, born in Romford, England, is a powerful and robust forward who at youth level scored close to a goal a game. He made appearances on loan and work experience for teams including Chelmsford City, Thurrock and Bishop's Stortford during his progression through Colchester United's Academy, before being offered a professional one-and-a-half-year contract with the club in March 2012.
Ladapo made his first appearance for Colchester in the 2012–13 season, coming on as a 68th-minute substitute for Gavin Massey in a 3–1 home defeat to Brentford on 26 December 2012. His second appearance came as a 66th-minute substitute for Clinton Morrison in a 0–0 away draw against Hartlepool United on 5 March 2013.
In June 2013, Ladapo signed a new one-year contract to keep him with Colchester for a further season, looking to add to his four first-team appearances he made during the 2012–13 season. He was then loaned out to Conference outfit Woking on 16 August 2013 for one month to bolster Garry Hill's strike-force. Ladapo was brought in to cover Giuseppe Sole's suspension following his sending-off in the previous match against Braintree Town, a 2–0 defeat.