Lateef Elford-Alliyu

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Lateef Elford-Alliyu

| image = Lateef Elford-Alliyu.jpg

| caption =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|6|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ibadan, Nigeria

| height = {{height|m=1.73}}{{cite web|url = http://www.premierleague.com/page/PlayerProfile/0,,12306~47701,00.html|title = Premier League Player Profile|accessdate = 27 April 2011|publisher = Premier League|archive-date = 2 October 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121002225002/http://www.premierleague.com/page/PlayerProfile/0,,12306~47701,00.html|url-status = dead}}

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

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| youthyears1 = 2006–2010 | youthclubs1 = West Bromwich Albion

| years1 = 2010–2012 | clubs1 = West Bromwich Albion | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2010 | clubs2 = → Hereford United (loan) | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2010 | clubs3 = → Keflavík (loan) | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2010–2011 | clubs4 = → Tranmere Rovers (loan) | caps4 = 16 | goals4 = 5

| years5 = 2012 | clubs5 = → Tranmere Rovers (loan) | caps5 = 4 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2012 | clubs6 = → Bury (loan) | caps6 = 13 | goals6 = 2

| years7 = 2012 | clubs7 = Bury | caps7 = 5 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2013 | clubs8 = Crawley Town | caps8 = 6 | goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2013 | clubs9 = Tamworth | caps9 = 11 | goals9 = 2

| years10 = 2013–2015| clubs10 = Valletta | caps10 = 35 | goals10 = 16

| years11 = 2015–2016| clubs11 = Coventry City | caps11 = 0 | goals11 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2009 | nationalteam1 = England U17 | nationalcaps1 = 9 | nationalgoals1 = 1

| club-update = 21:06, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

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Lateef Elford-Alliyu (born 1 June 1992) is a Nigerian-English professional footballer who plays as a striker and is currently unattached.

Playing career

=West Bromwich Albion=

'Pan' as he was known to his teammates at West Bromwich Albion was catapulted into the limelight after scoring from the half-way line in a pre-season friendly against Stafford Rangers aged 15. Having made his way through the youth teams at West Bromwich Albion, he featured regularly for their Under 18 team before joining Hereford United on loan in late January 2010.{{cite web |title=Hereford Sign West Brom Duo |url=http://www.lfe.org.uk/news/hereford-sign-west-brom-duo |work=League Football Education |date=27 January 2010 |accessdate=25 November 2010 }} He made his debut in the Football League for his loan club on 30 January 2010 in a 2–0 defeat to Port Vale,{{cite news |url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/sport/Port-Vale-2-Hereford-Utd-0/article-1782853-detail/article.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913090241/http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/sport/Port-Vale-2-Hereford-Utd-0/article-1782853-detail/article.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 September 2012 |title=Port Vale 2 Hereford Utd 0 |first=Steve |last=Shaw |newspaper=The Sentinel |date=30 January 2010 |accessdate=18 February 2010 }} this being his sole appearance for the club. On 24 February 2010 he returned to his parent club after the end of his loan period.{{cite news |url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12875_5977179,00.html |title=Elford-Alliyu returns to West Brom | work=Sky Sports | date=24 February 2010}} After regularly appearing for the Baggies' reserve side, he joined Icelandic top flight side Keflavík Football Club on 14 May 2010 until the middle of June on loan along with fellow West Bromwich Albion player Kayleden Brown.{{cite web|title=Baggies trio go to Iceland |url=http://www.wba.co.uk/page/News/0,,10366~2051255,00.html |work=West Bromwich Albion F.C. |date=14 May 2010 |accessdate=25 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617052124/http://www.wba.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10366~2051255%2C00.html |archive-date=17 June 2010 }}

=Tranmere Rovers=

He joined Tranmere Rovers on loan on 25 November 2010.{{cite web |title=WBA Striker Joins Rovers on Loan |url=http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10365~2230056,00.html |work=Tranmere Rovers F.C. |date=25 November 2010 |accessdate=25 November 2010 }} His debut for the club came on 11 December in a 1–2 home defeat to Leyton Orient.{{cite news |title=Tranmere 1–2 Leyton Orient |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/9254944.stm |work=BBC Sport |date=11 December 2010 |accessdate=18 December 2010 }} His loan period was then extended until 4 January 2011{{cite news |title=Tranmere Rovers extend Lateef Elford-Alliyu loan deal|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/9317702.stm |work=BBC Sport |date=23 December 2010 |accessdate=26 December 2010 }} and then to early February.{{cite web |url=http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10365~2259700,00.html |title= Tranmere Extend Elford-Alliyu Loan |date=6 January 2011 |work= Tranmere Rovers |accessdate=6 January 2011}} He scored his first goal for the club on 8 January against Walsall.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/9344069.stm |title= Tranmere 3–3 Walsall |date=8 January 2011 |work= BBC Sport |publisher= British Broadcasting Corporation |accessdate=8 January 2011}} He scored his first brace of his career in a 2–1 win over Plymouth Argyle on 12 February 2011.{{cite news|title=Plymouth 1 – 3 Tranmere|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/9387848.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=11 February 2011|accessdate=16 January 2013}}

After picking up an injury which would keep him out for the rest of the season he returned on 24 March 2011 to his parent club for treatment, ending his loan period.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/9434932.stm |title= Lateef Elford-Alliyu out for the rest of the season |date=24 March 2011 |work= BBC Sport |publisher= British Broadcasting Corporation |accessdate=3 April 2011}} He rejoined Tranmere for a second loan spell in January 2012, for an initial one-month period.{{cite news|title=Tranmere Rovers sign West Brom's Lateef Elford-Alliyu on loan|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16576412|publisher=BBC Sport|date=16 January 2012|accessdate=16 January 2013}}

=Bury=

On 20 February 2012, Elford-Alliyu joined Football League One side Bury on loan until the end of the season.{{cite news |url= http://www.buryfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10422~2617568,00.html |title= Baggies striker joins |date= 20 February 2012 |work= Bury FC |publisher= Bury FC |accessdate= 20 February 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120222232318/http://www.buryfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0%2C%2C10422~2617568%2C00.html |archive-date= 22 February 2012 |url-status= dead |df= dmy-all }} Five days later on 25 February 2012, Elford-Alliyu scored on his debut in a 1–1 draw against Leyton Orient. His second goal came on 24 March 2012, in a 1–1 draw against Preston North End.

On 16 May 2012, Elford-Alliyu was released by West Bromwich Albion; the club having decided not to exercise its one-year option on his contract.{{cite news|url=http://www.wba.co.uk/page/News/0,,10366~2774175,00.html |title=Albion reveal who's staying and who's going |date=16 May 2012 |work=WBA FC |publisher=WBA FC |accessdate=16 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519061233/http://www.wba.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10366~2774175%2C00.html |archive-date=19 May 2012 }} On 3 July 2012, Elford-Alliyu signed for Bury on a one-year deal.{{cite news|title=Adam Lockwood, Marcus Marshall and Lateef Elford-Alliyu join Bury|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18703707|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=2 January 2013}} However, Elford-Alliyu made only five appearances and his first team opportunities was limited under new manager Kevin Blackwell, who is Richie Barker successor after he went to manage Crawley Town, which later became his future club.

=Crawley Town=

After a year at Gigg Lane, Elford-Alliyu signed for Crawley Town on a free transfer.{{cite web|title=Lateef Elford-Alliyu joins Crawley after Bury release striker|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football-20882421|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=2 January 2013}} He made his debut for the club, coming on as a substitute for Mike Jones, in a FA Cup third round match as Crawley Town lose 3–1 against Reading;{{cite news|title=Crawley 1 – 3 Reading|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20863516|publisher=BBC Sport|date=5 January 2013|accessdate=16 January 2013}} on 12 January 2013, he made his league debut, coming on as a substitute for Nicky Adams in a 2–0 loss against Tranmere Rovers.

=Tamworth=

On 31 August 2013, Elford-Alliyu signed a one-year deal with Conference National side Tamworth, following his release from Crawley Town.

=Coventry City=

After spending the 2014–15 season with Maltese side Valletta, Elford-Alliyu signed a four-month contract with Coventry City on 1 September 2015.{{cite news|title=Coventry City sign former West Bromwich Albion striker Lateef Elford-Alliyu following successful trial|url=http://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/article/transfer-coventry-city-lateef-elford-alliyu-deadline-day-2662862.aspx|publisher=Coventry City|date=1 September 2015|accessdate=1 September 2015}}

International career

He made 9 appearances for the England national under-17 football team in 2009 scoring one goal including going to the European championship making two starts and one substitute appearance.