Tobi Adebayo-Rowling
{{Short description|English footballer (born 1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Tobi Adebayo-Rowling
| image = Tobi Adebayo-Rowling (cropped).jpg
| caption = Adebayo-Rowling in 2016
| fullname = Olutobi Adebayo-Rowling{{cite web |url=http://www.theposh.com/team/player-profile/olutobi-adebayo-rowling/21 |title=Olutobi Adebayo-Rowling |website=Peterborough United |accessdate=8 August 2015}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|11|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Camden Town, England
| height =
| position = Full-Back / Winger
| currentclub = Rochdale
| clubnumber = 14
| youthyears1 = 2012–2013
| youthclubs1 = Brighton & Hove Albion
| youthyears2 = 2013–2015
| youthclubs2 = Eastbourne Borough
| youthyears3 = 2015
| youthclubs3 = Peterborough United
| years1 = 2015–2016
| clubs1 = Peterborough United
| caps1 = 5
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2016–2017
| clubs2 = Sligo Rovers
| caps2 = 60
| goals2 = 0
| clubs3 = Cork City
| years3 = 2017–2018
| caps3 = 1
| goals3 = 0
| clubs4 = Bromley
| years4 = 2018
| caps4 = 10
| goals4 = 0
| clubs5 = → Eastbourne Borough (loan)
| years5 = 2018
| caps5 = 2
| goals5 = 0
| clubs6 = Eastbourne Borough
| years6 = 2018–2020
| caps6 = 55
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2020–2022
| clubs7 = Ebbsfleet United
| caps7 = 39
| goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2022–2024
| clubs8 = Notts County
| caps8 = 30
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2024–
| clubs9 = Rochdale
| caps9 = 19
| goals9 = 0
| club-update = 12 January 2025
}}
Olutobi Adebayo-Rowling (born 16 November 1996){{cite web |title=Tobi Adebayo-Rowling |url=http://www.11v11.com/players/tobi-adebayo-rowling-248941/|publisher=11v11 |accessdate=1 December 2015}} is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for {{English football updater|Rochdale}} side Rochdale.
Career
=Peterborough United=
Signed on a youth contract in 2012 by Brighton & Hove Albion but was released 12 months later. He then signed a youth contract with Eastbourne Borough. Spotted by a Peterborough United scout, he then transferred as a youth to Peterborough United, before signing professional contract terms with the club in March 2015. In March 2015, Adebayo-Rowling signed a two-year professional contract for Peterborough United from the Peterborough United youth academy, where he would work with first team coach Dave Robertson, the former boss of the Brighton youth team.{{cite web|url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/11856066.Posh_sign_ex_Borough_youngster/|title=Posh sign ex-Borough youngster|publisher=The Argus|date=14 March 2015|accessdate=8 August 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theposh.com/news/2015/march/young-posh-quartet-commit-future/|title=Young Posh Quartet Commit Future|publisher=Peterborough United F.C.|date=10 March 2015|accessdate=19 December 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218204822/https://www.theposh.com/news/2015/march/young-posh-quartet-commit-future/|archivedate=18 December 2017|url-status=dead}} A month later, Adebayo-Rowling was initially given a number 31 shirt when he appeared as an unused substitute on 3 April 2015, in a 2–0 loss against Scunthorpe United.{{cite news|title=Scunthorpe United 2-0 Peterborough United|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32081660|publisher=BBC Sport|date=3 April 2015|accessdate=19 December 2017}}
Ahead of the 2015–16 season, Adebayo-Rowling was given a number 19 shirt, having switched from 31 shirt.{{cite news|title=Who's the new Posh number 19?|url=https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/football/posh/who-s-the-new-posh-number-19-1-6837018|publisher=Peterborough Today|date=7 July 2015|accessdate=19 December 2017}} On 8 August 2015, he made his first team debut, playing the entire game in a 2–0 away defeat against Rochdale for the club's first game of the 2015-2016 League One season.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33744213|title=Rochdale 2–0 Peterborough|publisher=BBC Sport|date=8 August 2015|accessdate=8 August 2015}} He continued to hold his place in the right-back position, appearing four times throughout August.{{cite news|title=PREVIEW: Posh could hand Forrester a debut in the New Den|url=https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/football/posh/preview-posh-could-hand-forrester-a-debut-in-the-new-den-1-6932417|publisher=Peterborough Today|date=31 August 2015|accessdate=19 December 2017}} However, after Robertson's sacking, he soon lost his first team place following the arrival of Manager Graham Westley and never played again after that, although he appeared once as an unused substitute in November 2015.{{cite news|title=POSH PREVIEW: Boss confident his entertainers will soon be pulling in bigger crowds|url=https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/football/posh/posh-preview-boss-confident-his-entertainers-will-soon-be-pulling-in-bigger-crowds-1-7080626|publisher=Peterborough Today|date=24 November 2015|accessdate=19 December 2017}} In February 2016, it was announced that his contract was ended by mutual consent.{{cite web|url=https://www.theposh.com/news/2016/february/adebayo-rowling-joins-sligo/|title=Adebayo-Rowling Joins Sligo Rovers|publisher=Peterborough United F.C.|date=1 February 2016|accessdate=19 December 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218204811/https://www.theposh.com/news/2016/february/adebayo-rowling-joins-sligo/|archivedate=18 December 2017|url-status=dead}}
=Sligo Rovers=
Shortly after his release by Peterborough United, Adebayo-Rowling moved to Ireland when he joined League of Ireland side Sligo Rovers on 1 February 2016.{{cite web|url=http://sligorovers.com/news/16/feb/tobi-adebayo-rowling-signs|title=Tobi Adebayo-Rowling signs|publisher=Sligo Rovers F.C.|date=1 February 2016|accessdate=19 December 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218205935/http://sligorovers.com/news/16/feb/tobi-adebayo-rowling-signs|archivedate=18 December 2017|url-status=dead}}
Adebayo-Rowling made his Sligo Rovers debut, starting the whole game in the right-back position, in a 2–0 loss against Shamrock Rovers in the opening game of the season.{{cite news|title=Stunning free kick from last season's Young Player of the Year helps Shamrock Rovers win=|url=http://www.the42.ie/sligo-0-2-shamrock-rovers-match-report-2644318-Mar2016/|publisher=The 42.ie|date=5 March 2016|accessdate=19 December 2017}} He was then named in the League of Ireland Team of the Week on Matchday 13 following a 1–0 win over Bohemians.{{cite news|title=Galway United well-represented in our League of Ireland Team of the Week|url=http://www.the42.ie/league-of-ireland-team-of-the-week-16-2771840-May2016/|publisher=The 42.ie|date=16 May 2016|accessdate=19 December 2017}} Adebayo-Rowling's performances resulted him in signing a contract extension for another season.{{cite news|title= Bit O'Red sign Daniel Kearns|url=http://www.sligotoday.ie/details.php?id=41417|publisher=Sligo Today|date=6 July 2016|accessdate=19 December 2017}} He was also named League of Ireland Team of the Week on Matchday 30 following his performance, in a 3–0 win over Dundalk on 8 October 2016.{{cite news|title=On-fire Maguire leads the line in a Cork-dominated LOI Team of the Week|url=http://www.the42.ie/league-of-ireland-team-of-the-week-17-3018923-Oct2016/|publisher=The 42.ie|date=8 October 2016|accessdate=19 December 2017}} Despite missing one game, due to suspension, Adebayo-Rowling went on to make a total of 32 appearances in all competitions, where he quickly established himself in the first team, playing at right-back.{{cite news|title=The Extra Time – Tobi Adebayo Rowling|url=http://www.extratime.ie/player/11121651/tobi_adebayo-rowling/|publisher=Extra Time|accessdate=19 December 2017}} At the end of the 2016 season, Adebayo-Rowling was voted the club's Young Player of the Year.{{cite news|title=10 League of Ireland players the scouts will be keeping an eye on in 2017|url=http://www.the42.ie/10-loi-players-the-scouts-will-be-keeping-an-eye-on-3253986-Feb2017/|publisher=The 42.ie|date=23 February 2017|accessdate=19 December 2017}}
{{cite news|title=Tony Fagan to receive Hall of Fame Award|url=http://www.sligotoday.ie/details.php?id=42898|publisher=Sligo Today|date=25 October 2017|accessdate=19 December 2017}}
Ahead of the 2017 season, Adebayo-Rowling spent two weeks training on his return to England at Crystal Palace and Portsmouth but no deal materialised.{{cite news|title=Sligo Rovers rally in pre-season|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/sport/soccer/rovers-rally-in-preseason-35371562.html|publisher=The Irish Independent|date=21 January 2017|accessdate=19 December 2017}} Despite this, Adebayo-Rowling continued to be a regular in the first team at Sligo Rovers and started every match {{cite news|title=Sligo Rovers waits on new saints, workers|url=http://www.sligotoday.ie/details.php?id=45354|publisher=Sligo Today|date=2 May 2017|accessdate=19 December 2017}}
{{cite news|title=Rovers conclude investigation after explicit video is leaked|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/rovers-conclude-investigation-after-explicit-video-is-leaked-35741648.html|publisher=The Irish Independent|date=27 May 2017|accessdate=19 December 2017}} He also struggled to recapture the sort of form from the previous season.{{cite news|title=McGrath nets hat-trick as Rovers hammered|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/sport/soccer/mcgrath-nets-hattrick-as-rovers-hammered-35717066.html|publisher=The Irish Independent|date=20 May 2017|accessdate=19 December 2017}} After returning from suspension, Adebayo-Rowling managed to regain his first team place, although he suffered setbacks later in the season.{{cite news|title=Sligo Rovers fall far short in 'six pointer'|url=http://www.sligotoday.ie/details.php?id=46714|publisher=Sligo Today|date=6 August 2017|accessdate=19 December 2017}}
{{cite news|title=Sligo Rovers travel to face Galway tonight|url=http://www.sligotoday.ie/details.php?id=47373|publisher=Sligo Today|date=22 September 2017|accessdate=19 December 2017}}
{{cite news|title=Sligo make their point to maintain Premier Division status|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/sligo-make-their-point-to-maintain-premier-division-status-36268586.html|publisher=The Irish Independent|date=27 October 2017|accessdate=19 December 2017}} Adebayo-Rowling went on to make 28 appearances in all competitions in the 2017 season.
=Cork City=
On 7 November 2017, Adebayo-Rowling signed for Cork City.{{cite news|title=Double-winners Cork secure the signature of promising defender Adebayo-Rowling|url=http://www.the42.ie/tobi-adebayo-rowling-cork-city-transfer-3684932-Nov2017/|publisher=The 42.ie|date=7 November 2017|accessdate=19 December 2017}}
=Bromley=
In June 2018, Adebayo-Rowling returned to England to sign for National League side Bromley.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bromleyfc.tv/site/adebayo-rowling-arrives/ |title=Adebayo-Rowling arrives |publisher=Bromley FC |accessdate=16 December 2021}}
=Ebbsfleet United=
On 24 July 2020, Adebayo-Rowling signed for National League South side Ebbsfleet United.{{Cite web |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend/sport/the-perfect-move-for-pacey-defender-230937/ |title=Ebbsfleet United sign former Peterborough youngster and Eastbourne Borough player Tobi Adebayo-Rowling |first=Luke |last=Cawdell |publisher=Kent Online |date=24 July 2020 |accessdate=16 December 2021}}
He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–2 defeat to Maidstone United on 23 November 2021.
=Notts County=
On 30 May 2022, Adebayo-Rowling signed for National League club Notts County on a two-year contract having turned down offers from several EFL clubs.{{cite web|url=https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2022/may/adebayo-rowling-signing-300522/|title=Signing: Adebyao-Rowling|website=www.nottscountyfc.co.uk|date=30 May 2022|accessdate=31 May 2022}}
=Rochdale=
On 4 June 2024, Adebayo-Rowling signed a one-year contract with Rochdale.{{cite web|url=https://rochdaleafc.co.uk/adebayo-rowling-joins-dale/|title=Adebayo-Rowling Joins Dale
|website=rochdaleafc.co.uk|date=4 June 2024|accessdate=29 June 2024}}
On 7 March 2025, Adebayo-Rowling signed a one-year contract extension until summer 2026.{{cite web|url=https://rochdaleafc.co.uk/adebayorowlingdealmarch2025/|title=Adebayo-Rowling Signs New Deal
|website=rochdaleafc.co.uk|date=7 March 2025|accessdate=14 April 2025}}
Personal life
His uncle is BBC Radio presenter Dotun Adebayo, who is the brother of Tobi's father {{cite news |date=30 November 2016 |title=EXCLUSIVE: I will choose Nigeria over England – Tobi Adebayo-Rowling |publisher=Soccer Blitz |url=http://soccerblitz.net/2016/11/30/exclusive-i-will-choose-nigeria-over-england-tobi-adebayo-rowling/}} Adebayo-Rowling attended Longhill High School in Rottingdean, just outside Brighton. He appeared on the 5Live's World Football Phone-in in 2023, discussing the history of the game alongside Dotun Adebayo and Tim Vickery.
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 14 March 2020.}}{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/tobi-adebayo-rowling/401964/|title = England - T. Adebayo-Rowling - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway}}
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|+ Club statistics | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="1"|Peterborough United | League One
|4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| rowspan="3"|Sligo Rovers
|2016 |32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
| 2017
|28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!60 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0 | |
| Cork City
|2018 |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2{{efn|One appearance and one goal in Munster Senior Cup, one appearance in President of Ireland's Cup}} | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| Bromley
|10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Eastbourne Borough (loan)
|2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Eastbourne Borough
|National League South |27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 5{{efn|Two appearances in Sussex Senior Challenge Cup, three appearances in FA Trophy}} | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20
|National League South |28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 7{{efn|Four appearances in Sussex Senior Challenge Cup, three appearances in FA Trophy}} | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 12 | 0 | 67 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!132 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 155 | 1 |
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Honours
References
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External links
- {{Soccerbase}}
- {{Soccerway|tobi-adebayo-rowling/401964}}
{{Rochdale A.F.C. squad}}
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Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Eastbourne Borough F.C. players
Category:Peterborough United F.C. players
Category:Sligo Rovers F.C. players
Category:Cork City F.C. players
Category:Ebbsfleet United F.C. players
Category:Notts County F.C. players
Category:Rochdale A.F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:League of Ireland players
Category:National League (English football) players
Category:English people of Nigerian descent
Category:Sportspeople of Nigerian descent
Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Camden