Personal information | |||
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Full name | Olutobi Adebayo-Rowling | ||
Date of birth | 16 November 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Camden Town, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Playing position | Full-Back / Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Sligo Rovers | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
2012–2013 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
2013–2015 | Eastbourne Borough | ||
2015 | Peterborough United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2016 | Peterborough United | 7 | (0) |
2016– | Sligo Rovers | 35 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:50, 11 March 2017 (UTC). |
Olutobi "Tobi" Adebayo-Rowling (born 16 November 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Sligo Rovers.
Signed on a youth contract in 2012 by Brighton & Hove Albion, after being released 12 months later he then signed a youth contract with Eastbourne Borough. Spotted by a Peterborough United scout, he then transferred as a youth to Peterborough United, before signing professional contract terms with the club in March 2015.
In March 2015, Adebayo-Rowling signed a two-year professional contract for Peterborough United from the Peterborough United youth academy, where he would work with first team coach Dave Robertson, the former boss of the Brighton youth team. On 8 August 2015 he made his first team debut, playing the entire game in a 2–0 away defeat against Rochdale for the club's first game of the 2015-2016 League One season.
His uncle is BBC radio presenter Dotun Adebayo, who is the brother of Tobi's father (a Nigerian barrister). Adebayo-Rowling attended Longhill High School in Rottingdean, just outside Brighton.