Fumnaya Shomotun
Personal information
Full name Fumnaya Israel Abidemi Taoreed Shomotun[1]
Date of birth (1997-05-29) 29 May 1997[2]
Place of birth Nigeria
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sevenoaks Town
Youth career
0000–2014 Brentford
2014–2015 Barnet
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Barnet 20 (1)
2015 → Staines Town (loan) 8 (0)
2017 → Margate (loan) 2 (0)
2018 → Wealdstone (loan) 9 (0)
2019 Wealdstone 1 (0)
2020 Hayes & Yeading United 4 (0)
2020 Wingate & Finchley 4 (0)
2022 Kingstonian 11 (1)
2022– Sevenoaks Town 33 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:57, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Fumnaya Israel Abidemi Taoreed Shomotun (born 29 May 1997) is a Nigeria-born footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Sevenoaks Town.

Career

Shomotun played youth football for Brentford[3][4] before joining Barnet in early 2014. He made his first-team debut on 16 December 2014, as a substitute in an FA Trophy replay against Concord Rangers.[5] Shomotun signed a one-year professional contract at the start of the 2015-16 season.[6] He joined Staines Town on loan in November 2015,[7] for whom he made eight appearances.[8] Shomotun made his Football League debut on 13 February 2016, coming on as an 84th-minute substitute for Chris Hackett in a 2-0 away win at Dagenham & Redbridge.[9] Shomotun joined Margate on loan on 13 January 2017.[10]

His contract was extended by Barnet at the end of the 2017–18 season after the club exercised an option.[11] Shomotun joined Wealdstone on loan on 7 September 2018.[12] He scored on his debut in the FA Cup against Great Wakering Rovers on 22 September.[13] He was released by the Bees at the end of the 2018-19 season.[14]

Shomotun joined Wealdstone on 15 November 2019.[15] He signed for Hayes & Yeading United on 1 January 2020.[16] Later that month he joined Wingate & Finchley.[17]

In July 2022, Shomotun joined Kingstonian.[18]

Career statistics

As of 15 February 2020
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Barnet 2014–15 Conference Premier 0000001[lower-alpha 1]010
2015–16[19] League Two 101000000101
2016–17[20] 4000002[lower-alpha 2]060
2017–18[21] 6000001[lower-alpha 2]070
2018–19[22] National League 0000000000
Barnet total 201000040241
Staines Town (loan) 2015–16 Isthmian League Premier Division 8000000080
Margate (loan) 2016–17 National League South 2000000020
Wealdstone (loan) 2018–19 National League South 9032001[lower-alpha 1]1133
Wealdstone 2019–20 National League South 1000000010
Hayes & Yeading United 2019–20 SFL Premier Division South 4000000040
Wingate & Finchley 2019–20 Isthmian League Premier Division 4000000040
Career total 471320041565
  1. 1 2 Appearance in the FA Trophy
  2. 1 2 Appearances in the Football League Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "The website for the English football association, the Emirates FA Cup and the England football team".
  2. 1 2 "Fumnaya Shomotun". 11v11. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  3. ↑ BRENTFORD YT 2 BRIGHTON YT 2
  4. ↑ COVENTRY CITY YT 5 BRENTFORD YT 2
  5. ↑ Barnet vs. Concord Rangers 2 - 6
  6. ↑ Barnet sign eight youth team players to pro deals
  7. ↑ Shomotun joins Staines Town on loan
  8. ↑ "Appearances - Fumnaya Shomotun". Archived from the original on 2016-06-25. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
  9. ↑ Dagenham & Redbridge 0 – 2 Barnet
  10. ↑ PLAYER NEWS | Shomotun Joins Blues on 28 Day Loan
  11. ↑ "John Akinde: Barnet put striker on transfer list after relegation to National League". BBC Sport. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  12. ↑ Loan | Fumnaya Shomotun joins Wealdstone
  13. ↑ Wealdstone ease past Rovers in FA Cup
  14. ↑ "Squad News | Eight departures confirmed". Archived from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  15. ↑ #FumIsBack
  16. ↑ @HYUFC_Official (January 1, 2020). "PLAYER NEWS 1 👀We are delighted to welcome attacking player Funmaya Shomotun who joins us from @WealdstoneFC. Fun…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. ↑ "Wingate & Finchley | Appearances | Fumnaya Shomotun | Football Web Pages".
  18. ↑ "Another trio joins the K's". www.kingstonian.com. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Fumnaya Shomotun in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Fumnaya Shomotun in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Fumnaya Shomotun in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Fumnaya Shomotun in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
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