Solomon-Otabor with Birmingham City in 2016
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Viv Efosa Solomon-Otabor | ||
Date of birth | 2 January 1996 | ||
Place of birth | London, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Playing position | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Birmingham City | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
– | Hampton & Richmond Borough | ||
– | Crystal Palace | ||
2012–2014 | Birmingham City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014– | Birmingham City | 25 | (1) |
2014 | → Oxford City (loan) | 13 | (1) |
2017 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 4 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:58, 7 May 2017 (UTC). |
Viv Efosa Solomon-Otabor (born 2 January 1996) is a footballer who plays for Birmingham City. A winger, he made his senior debut while on loan at Conference North club Oxford City in 2014, and first played for Birmingham in the League Cup in August 2015. He was born in London to Nigerian parents.
Solomon-Otabor was born in London to parents originally from Edo State, Nigeria. He is the nephew of Nigerian international footballer Thompson Oliha, and his father, Victor-Banks Otabor, played domestically for Bendel Insurance, NNPC and Eagle Oil. He attended Bishop Thomas Grant School, Streatham, and supported Manchester United as a boy.
As a youngster, Solomon-Otabor played football with Hampton & Richmond Borough, and was a member of Crystal Palace's academy, before taking up a scholarship with Birmingham City in July 2012. In February 2014, he joined Conference North club Oxford City on a youth loan until the end of the season. He played 12 league matches, 7 as a member of the starting eleven, and scored once, in a 2–0 win away to Gloucester City, as Oxford City finished 20th.