Joe Aribo
Nigerian footballer (born 1996) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Joseph Oluwaseyi Temitope Ayodele-Aribo MON (born 21 July 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Southampton and the Nigeria national team.
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Full name | Joseph Oluwaseyi Temitope Ayodele-Aribo[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1996-07-21) 21 July 1996 (age 27)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Camberwell, England | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Southampton | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Kinetic Academy | |||||||||||||||||
Staines Town | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Staines Town | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2019 | Charlton Athletic | 81 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2022 | Rangers | 92 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | Southampton | 56 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2019– | Nigeria | 34 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:53, 4 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:52, 11 February 2024 (UTC) |
He began his club career at Staines Town then spent four years with Charlton Athletic in the English Football League. In 2019 he signed for Rangers, where he won the Scottish Premiership in 2021 and the Scottish Cup a year later.
Born and raised in London, Aribo plays for the Nigeria national team, being eligible due to his heritage. He gained his first cap in 2019, and was part of their squad for the Africa Cup of Nations in 2021 and 2023, finishing as runner-up in the latter tournament.