Rio Adebisi
Rio Adesola Frederick Adebisi (born 27 September 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Crewe Alexandra.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rio Adesola Frederick Adebisi[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 27 September 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Croydon, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Crewe Alexandra | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2019 | Crewe Alexandra | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | Crewe Alexandra | 88 | (4) |
| 2019 | → Leek Town (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:40, 13 November 2023 (UTC) | |||
Career edit
Adebisi was born in Croydon, Surrey; his family moved to Northwich, Cheshire in 2004. He joined Northwich side Barnton, playing mainly as an attacking box-to-box midfielder.
He joined Crewe Alexandra's Academy aged 12, progressing through the ranks to play under-23 games in 2018-19;[3] he also went on loan to Leek Town.[4] He made his first team debut, aged 18, at Gresty Road in an EFL Cup second round tie against Aston Villa on 27 August 2019,[3] and made his league debut, coming on as a 79th-minute substitute for Harry Pickering, against Scunthorpe United at Gresty Road on 29 December 2019.[5]
A foot injury limited his appearances during the remainder of the 2019-20 season, but he was offered a new contract in June 2020,[6] and signed a new two-year deal at the end of July 2020.[7] In October 2021, he signed a new contract through to 2024.[8] In December 2022, Adebisi suffered another foot injury in a 2–1 win at Morecambe; this did not respond to treatment, and in March 2022 he required an operation that sidelined him for four months.[9]
He returned to the first team in September 2022, and on 25 October 2022 scored his first Crewe goal, the equaliser in a 1–1 draw at AFC Wimbledon.[10] He scored in Crewe's last league game of the 2022–2023 season (a 2–2 draw at Newport County on 8 May 2023),[11] then started the following season with goals in both of Crewe's opening league games, both also 2–2 draws, against Mansfield Town and Swindon Town respectively.[12][13]
Career statistics edit
- As of 13 November 2023.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Leek Town (loan) | 2018–19[14] | NPL Division One West | 5 | 1 | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Crewe Alexandra | 2019–20[15] | League Two | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020–21[16] | League One | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| 2021–22[17] | League One | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 2022–23[18] | League Two | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 36 | 2 | |
| 2023–24[19] | League Two | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | |
| Crewe total | 88 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 102 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 93 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 107 | 5 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Northern Premier League Division One West play-offs
- ^ a b c Appearances in EFL Trophy
References edit
- ^ "Retained List 2018–19" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "Rio Adebisi - Defender - First Team - Crewe Alexandra". www.crewealex.net. Crewe Alexandra F.C. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ a b Morse, Peter (28 August 2019). "Interview: Rio Adebisi is a man in a hurry at Crewe Alex". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "BAKER ADDS ADEBISI". Leek Town. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "Crewe Alexandra 3-1 Scunthorpe United". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ Morse, Peter (10 June 2020). "Paul Green and Nicky Hunt released as Crewe Alex announce retained list". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ Powell, Dave (28 July 2020). "Long term future of Crewe Alex starlet Rio Adebisi is resolved". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ^ "Rio Adebisi Signs New Deal". CreweAlex.net. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Adebisi Set For Operation". CreweAlex.net. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "AFC Wimbledon 1-1 Crewe Alexandra". BBC Sport. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ "Newport County 2-2 Crewe Alexandra". BBC Sport. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "Crewe Alexandra 2-2 Mansfield Town". BBC Sport. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Swindon Town 2-2 Crewe Alexandra". BBC Sport. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "Leek Town – Appearances – Rio Adebisi – 2018-2019". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
- ^ "Games played by Rio Adebisi in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "Games played by Rio Adebisi in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Games played by Rio Adebisi in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Games played by Rio Adebisi in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "Games played by Rio Adebisi in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2023.