Favour Fawunmi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Favour Daniel Ayobamide Fawunmi[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 26 April 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Newham, England | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Oldham Athletic (on loan from Stoke City) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2017–2020 | Barnet | ||
| 2020–2025 | West Ham United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025– | Stoke City | 2 | (0) |
| 2026 | → Leyton Orient (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2026– | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:58, 30 July 2026 (UTC) | |||
Favour Daniel Ayobamide Fawunmi (born 26 April 2006) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Oldham Athletic on loan from club Stoke City.[2]
Career
[edit]West Ham United
[edit]Fawunmi was in the West Ham United youth academy, having joined at U15 level.[3] He signed scholarship terms ahead of the 2022–23 season, in which he was a member of their FA Youth Cup winning team.[4] He signed a short-term contract upon the conclusion of his scholarship 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.[5][6]
Stoke City
[edit]Fawunmi joined EFL Championship club Stoke City on 7 February 2025, signing a two-and-a-half year contract, after a brief trial.[7] 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.[8] Fawunmi joined League One side Leyton Orient on 2 February 2026, for the remainder of the 2025–26 season.[9] His loan at Leyton Orient was cut short on 2 April 2026, due to a hamstring injury.[10]
On 30 July 2026, Fawunmi joined League Two club Oldham Athletic on a season-long loan deal.[11]
Personal life
[edit]He is of Nigerian descent.[12]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 21 March 2026
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| West Ham United U21 | 2024–25[13] | — | — | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Stoke City | 2024–25[13] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2025–26[14] | Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2026–27[15] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Leyton Orient (loan) | 2025–26[14] | League One | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Oldham Athletic (loan) | 2026–27[15] | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy
References
[edit]- ↑ "CLUB LIST OF REGISTERED PLAYERS" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
- ↑ "Favour Fawunmi". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ Smith, Peter (7 February 2025). "Stoke City swoop for West Ham trialist after star turn in front of Mark Robins and Jon Walters". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ Smith, Dom (1 February 2025). "Favour Fawunmi joins Stoke after West Ham exit". Evening Standard. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ↑ Smith, Dom (1 February 2025). "Favour Fawunmi leaves West Ham with PAOK ready to swoop". Evening Standard. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ Sadiq, Ansser (7 February 2025). "WEST HAM CONFIRM FAWUNMI AND TARIMA HAVE LEFT THIS WEEK". Tribal Football. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ "Stoke sign former Hammers youngster Fawunmi". BBC Sport. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ "Stoke City 3–3 Cardiff City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ "Young winger joins Orient on loan from Stoke City". Leyton Orient. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- ↑ "Favour Fawunmi returns from Leyton Orient loan". Stoke City. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
- ↑ "Fawunmi Signs For Latics". www.oldhamathletic.co.uk. 30 July 2026. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
- ↑ "Confirmed: West Ham United part ways with left-footed Nigerian forward". All Nigeria Soccer. February 6, 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- 1 2 "Games played by Favour Fawunmi in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- 1 2 "Games played by Favour Fawunmi in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- 1 2 "Games played by Favour Fawunmi in 2026/2027". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- 2006 births
- Living people
- Black British sportsmen
- 21st-century Black British people
- Footballers from the London Borough of Newham
- English men's footballers
- English people of Nigerian descent
- Men's association football wingers
- West Ham United F.C. players
- Stoke City F.C. players
- Leyton Orient F.C. players
- Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
- English Football League players
- 21st-century English sportsmen