Anjola Popoola
{{Short description|English association football player (born 2007)}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Anjola Popoola
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Anjolaoluwa David Popoola {{cite web|url=https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gc-media-assets.gc.eflservices.co.uk/65dc2290-9c5a-11ef-91f1-ff97ab87010f.pdf|title=SQUAD LIST 2024/25 & U21 REGISTERED CONTRACT PLAYERS|publisher=English Football League|date=6 September 2024|accessdate=2 February 2025}}
| birth_place = Lagos, Nigeria
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Accrington Stanley
| clubnumber = 19
| youthyears1 = 2023–2025
| youthclubs1 = Accrington Stanley
| years1 = 2024–
| clubs1 = Accrington Stanley
| caps1 = 4
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2025
| clubs2 = → Clitheroe (loan)
| caps2 = 4
| goals2 = 0
| club-update = 10:56, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
}}
Anjolaoluwa David Popoola (born 19 July 2007) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for {{English football updater|AccringS}} club Accrington Stanley.
Early life
Popoola was born in Lagos, Nigeria.
Career
On 24 July 2023, EFL League Two side Accrington Stanley announced Popoola as one of nine youngsters to have signed a scholarship deal with the club.{{Cite web|url=https://www.accringtonstanley.co.uk/news/2023/july/update-nine-new-first-year-scholars-confirmed/|title=UPDATE: Nine new first-year scholars confirmed|date=24 July 2023|website=Accrington Stanley}}
On 10 October 2023, Popoola became the youngest player in the 21st century for Accrington after coming off the bench in the EFL Trophy for the 6 minutes of added time against Harrogate Town in a 5–3 win.{{Cite web|url=https://www.accringtonstanley.co.uk/news/2023/october/report-harrogate-town-v-stanley/|title=REPORT: Harrogate Town 3 Stanley 5|date=10 October 2023|website=Accrington Stanley}}
On 24 February 2024, Popoola made his EFL League Two debut, coming off the bench in the 80th minute against Crawley Town in a 1–0 loss.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68324253|title=Accrington Stanley 0–1 Crawley Town|date=24 February 2024|website=BBC Sport}} He made his second appearance three days later, on 27 February, coming off the bench in the 73rd minute against Walsall in a 2–1 loss.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67966558|title=Walsall 2–1 Accrington Stanley|date=27 February 2024|website=BBC Sport}} In June 2024, he signed a first professional contract. {{cite web|url=https://www.accringtonstanley.co.uk/news/2024/june/28/new-contract-anjola-signs-first-pro-deal/|title=NEW CONTRACT: Anjola signs first pro deal|website=www.accringtonstanley.co.uk|date=28 June 2024|accessdate=2 February 2025}}
On 31 January 2025, Popoola joined Northern Premier League Division One West side Clitheroe on an initial twenty-eight day loan. {{cite tweet|number=1885364922101436730|title=✍️Today, we have agreed on a 28-day loan with @ASFCofficial for their exciting goalscoring prodigy, Anjola Papoola! The 17-year-old has already made his first-team debut & recently signed a new contract. 𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 #CFC|user=ClitheroeFC|author-link=Clitheroe F.C.|date=31 January 2025|accessdate=2 February 2025}}
Career statistics
{{updated|updated 13 May 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3" |Accrington Stanley
|2023–24{{Soccerbase season|id=181986|season=2023}} | rowspan="1" |League Two |2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2024-25
|2 |0 |1 |0 |0 |0 |2 |1 |5 |1 | ||||||||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!4 !0 !1 !0 !0 !0 !3 !1 !8 !1 | ||||||||||
| Clitheroe (loan)
|4 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |4 |0 | ||||||||||
| colspan="3" |Career total
!8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
;Notes
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References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|anjola-popoola/898554}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Popoola, Anjola}}
Category:Footballers from Lagos
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Accrington Stanley F.C. players
Category:Clitheroe F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:21st-century English sportsmen
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