Number 46 Height 1.76 m | Playing position Weight 70 kg | |
Full name Olamide Oluwatimilehin Baba Babatunde Oluwaka Shodipo Date of birth (1997-07-05) 5 July 1997 (age 19) Similar Abdenasser El Khayati, Jordan Cousins, Yeni N'Gbakoto, James Perch, Conor Washington Profiles | ||
Olamide shodipo 18 qpr fc rising star season 2014 2015
Olamide Oluwatimilehin Babatunde Oluwaka Shodipo (born 5 July 1997) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL League One side Port Vale, on loan from EFL Championship club Queens Park Rangers. He made his first team debut for QPR in August 2016, and has been capped by the Republic of Ireland at under-19 and under-21 levels. He joined Port Vale on loan in January 2017.
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- Olamide shodipo 18 qpr fc rising star season 2014 2015
- Queens Park Rangers
- International career
- Style of play
- References
Queens Park Rangers
Shodipo was born in Dublin, Ireland, before moving to London at a young age. He signed a two-year contract extension with Queens Park Rangers in April 2016. He made his senior debut in the opening game of the 2016–17 EFL Championship season on 7 August 2016, in a 3–0 win over Leeds United at Loftus Road; he was named in the starting lineup, and was later substituted in the 68th minute for Abdenasser El Khayati. Manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink later said that Shodipo had "that rawness... that streetness and that fight" and said "we will definitely be putting him in and around the team regularly". On 30 November, Shodipo signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract with QPR, tying him to the club until 2019. However new manager Ian Holloway left him out of the team in favour of new signing Kazenga LuaLua, explaining his decision by saying "every time I've put him on, unfortunately the team has let a goal in"; Holloway said "he would benefit massively from a loan spell", which he hoped would improve the defensive and tactical side of his game.
On 30 January 2017, Shodipo signed with EFL League One side Port Vale on loan until the end of the 2016–17 season.
International career
Also eligible to play for Nigeria, Shodipo made his debut for the Republic of Ireland under-19 team in October 2015, and made his debut for the under-21 team in September 2016.
Style of play
Speaking in January 2017, Ian Holloway praised Shodipo's dribbling and crossing skills though said he had work to do to improve his defensive game.