Tyrese Omotoye
Personal information
Full name Tyrese Demola Huxley Omotoye[1]
Date of birth (2002-09-23) 23 September 2002[2]
Place of birth Hasselt, Belgium
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Forest Green Rovers
Number 23
Youth career
Cray Wanderers
0000–2020 Norwich City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Norwich City 3 (0)
2021 → Swindon Town (loan) 7 (0)
2021–2022 → Leyton Orient (loan) 4 (0)
2022 → Carlisle United (loan) 13 (0)
2023– Forest Green Rovers 35 (1)
International career
2017 Belgium U16 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:24, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Tyrese Demola Huxley Omotoye (born 23 September 2002) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League Two club Forest Green Rovers.

Club career

Omotoye played for Cray Wanderers before joining Norwich City.[3] On 17 October 2019, he signed his first professional contract with Norwich City.[4] On 7 October 2020, he scored a hat-trick for the under-21 side in a 5–0 win over Newport County in the EFL Trophy.[5] On 2 December 2020, Omotoye made his professional debut for Norwich City, coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 loss to Luton Town.[6] In January 2021, Omotoye signed on loan at Swindon Town in League One for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.[7] In August 2021, he joined League Two side Leyton Orient on a season-long loan deal.[8] On 5 January 2022, Omotoye joined Carlisle United on loan until the end of the season following his recall from Leyton Orient.[9] On 23 January 2023, Omotoye joined Forest Green Rovers on a permanent deal.[10]

International career

Omotoye has represented Belgium at under-16 level, playing in friendlies against Portugal and Ukraine in November 2017.[11]

Personal life

Omotoye was born in Belgium to Nigerian parents[11] but raised in England.[12] In 2019, he decided that Nigeria was the country he wanted to play international football for.[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 May 2022[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Norwich City U23 2020–21 ————3[lower-alpha 1]434
Norwich City 2020–21 Championship 301000—40
Swindon Town 2020–21 League One 60———60
Leyton Orient 2021–22 League Two 4000004[lower-alpha 1]080
Carlisle United 2021–22 League Two 130———130
Career total 260100074344
  1. 1 2 Appearances in EFL Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Norwich City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 47. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Tyrese Omotoye". Norwich City F.C. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Flown from the nest - Tyrese Omotoye". ex-canaries.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Tom Dickson-Peters and Tyrese Omotoye sign first professional contracts at Norwich City". Norwich City F.C. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "Youthful Newport County AFC slump to 5-0 EFL Trophy defeat at hands of Norwich U-21s". southwalesargus.co.uk. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Luton Town 3-1 Norwich City". BBC. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "Swindon Town: Norwich City striker Tyrese Omotoye joins on loan". BBC. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "NORWICH CITY STRIKER TYRESE OMOTOYE SIGNS ON LOAN". Leyton Orient F.C. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "LOAN: Canary swoops in to Brunton Park". www.carlisleunited.co.uk. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  10. ↑ "Tyrese Omotoye: Forest Green Rovers sign Norwich City forward". BBC. 23 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  11. 1 2 3 "Norwich City Striker Pledges International Future To Nigeria Over Belgium And". allnigeriasoccer.com. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  12. ↑ "'He works so hard' - City U21s boss thrilled for hat-trick hero Omotoye". pinkun.com. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  13. ↑ Tyrese Omotoye at Soccerway
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