Favour Fawunmi
{{short description|English association football player (born 2006)}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Favour Fawunmi
|fullname =
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|2006|04|26|df=y}}
|position = Winger
|currentclub = Stoke City
|clubnumber = 56
|youthyears1 = 2020–2025
|youthclubs1 = West Ham United
|years1 = 2025–
|clubs1 = Stoke City
|caps1 = 0
|goals1 = 0
|club-update = 13:53, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
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Favour Fawunmi (born 26 April 2006) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club Stoke City.{{cite web|title= Favour Fawunmi|website=Soccerway|accessdate=8 February 2025|url= https://uk.soccerway.com/players/favour-fawunmi/813500}}
Career
=West Ham United=
Fawunmi was in the West Ham United youth academy having joined at U15 level.{{cite web|first=Peter|last=Smith|date=7 February 2025|title= Stoke City swoop for West Ham trialist after star turn in front of Mark Robins and Jon Walters|accessdate=8 February 2025|url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/stoke-city-transfer-favour-fawunmi-9926220|website=Stoke Sentinel}} He signed scholarship terms ahead of the 2022–23 season in which was a member of their FA Youth Cup winning team.{{cite web|first=Dom|last=Smith|date=1 February 2025|title= Favour Fawunmi joins Stoke after West Ham exit |url= https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/fawunmi-stoke-west-ham-2025-b1209817.html#:~:text=Academy%20star%20Favour%20Fawunmi%20has,at%20the%20end%20of%20January. |website=Evening Standard|accessdate=7 February 2025}} He signed a short-term contract upon the conclusion of his scholarship contact as he recovered from injury, but declined the offer of a new contract during the 2024–25 season and left the club on 31 January 2025.{{cite web|first=Dom|last=Smith|date=1 February 2025|title= Favour Fawunmi leaves West Ham with PAOK ready to swoop|url= https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/fawunmi-west-ham-transfer-news-premier-league-2025-b1208523.html|website=Evening Standard|accessdate=8 February 2025}}{{cite web|url= https://www.tribalfootball.com/article/soccer-southern-league-premier-central-west-ham-confirm-fawunmi-and-tarima-have-left-this-week-324bf8a3-4ef5-4812-83a8-6cface7cf6ec|website=Tribal Football|accessdate=8 February 2025|title= WEST HAM CONFIRM FAWUNMI AND TARIMA HAVE LEFT THIS WEEK|first=
Ansser |last=Sadiq|date=7 February 2025}}
=Stoke City=
Fawunmi joined EFL Championship club Stoke City on 7 February 2025, signing a two-and-a-half year contract, after a brief trial.{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cm29ppm4n28o.amp|website=BBC Sport|accessdate=8 February 2025|title= Stoke sign former Hammers youngster Fawunmi|date=7 February 2025}} He was immediately included in the Stoke match-day squad for their FA Cup fourth round tie against Cardiff City on 8 February 2025 and made his debut as a second half substitute as Stoke lost on penalties following a 3–3 draw.{{cite web |title=Stoke City 3–3 Cardiff City |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cpwx0jr9445t |website=BBC Sport |access-date=8 February 2025}}
Personal life
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 8 February 2025}}
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| + 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Ham United U21
|2024–25{{Soccerbase season|id=175952|season=2024}} |colspan=1|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 2{{efn|name=EFLT|Appearances in EFL Trophy}} | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Stoke City
|0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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References
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{{Stoke City F.C. squad}}
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Category:Black British sportsmen
Category:21st-century Black British people
Category:English men's footballers
Category:English people of Nigerian descent
Category:Stoke City F.C. players
Category:West Ham United F.C. players