nigerian football player

Temitayo Olufisayo Olaoluwa Aina ( give birth 8 October 1996 ) is a professional football player who plays as a wing-back or Right back for Serie A club Torino, and the Nigeria national team. He is a versatile Defender .

Club career [edit ]

Chelsea [edit ]

early career

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Ola Aina signed for Chelsea as an under-11 and made his youth team debut as a schoolboy in the 2012–13 season and went on to start in both legs of the semi-final and final of the FA Youth Cup. In his youth career, he has besides represented Chelsea in the under-18s, under-19s, and under-21 levels. [ 3 ] On 19 July 2014, Aina made his first-team debut in a pre-season friendly against AFC Wimbledon, after Todd Kane ‘s injury. Aina started the match and was substituted at half-time for Branislav Ivanović as Chelsea went on to win 3–2. [ 4 ] Before the 2015–16 season, he was included in the pre-season tour, playing three matches in the International Champions Cup. After impressing Chelsea director José Mourinho, Aina was included in the first-team squad for the campaign. Although he spent the integral season training full-time with the first-team, he continued his role in the under-21s and under-19s sides. [ 3 ] On 23 September 2015, Aina was included in the match-day team against Walsall in the fourth round off of the League Cup, although he was an fresh substitute. [ 5 ] due to a miss of first-team opportunities, Aina refused a new condense despite his current contact ending at the conclusion of the season. [ 6 ]

2016–17 season [edit ]

On 6 July 2016, he signed a new four-year sign, ending the rumor of him leaving the London side. [ 7 ] After signing a newly contract, Aina was included in the travel squad to Austria and the United States. He went on to play in all six pre-season matches. On 23 August 2016, Aina was given his professional introduction by director Antonio Conte in a 3–2 victory over Bristol Rovers in the EFL Cup, being replaced by John Terry in the 77th moment. [ 8 ] On 15 October 2016, he made his Premier League debut in a 3–0 victory over reigning champions Leicester City, replacing goalscorer Victor Moses in the 82nd infinitesimal. [ 9 ]

loan to Hull City [edit ]

On 11 July 2017, Chelsea announced that they had loaned Aina to Championship side Hull City. [ 10 ] He made his debut on the open day of the season, 5 August 2017, away to Aston Villa, in a 1–1 draw. [ 11 ] He scored the lone goal in a 1–0 frustration of Blackburn Rovers in the third-round of the FA Cup on 6 January 2018. [ 12 ]

turin [edit ]

On 14 August 2018, Aina joined italian club Torino on a season-long lend after signing a new three-year distribute with Chelsea. [ 13 ] He made his Serie A debut a few days by and by in Torino ‘s 0–1 opening sidereal day kill at home to Roma, coming on as a stand-in in place of mate right-back Lorenzo De Silvestri who went off injure after just 25 minutes. [ 14 ] Aina scored his first goal for Torino in a match against Udinese on 2 February 2019. [ 15 ] Aina made 30 Serie A appearances in what was a strong season for Il Toro, whose seventh identify finish up secured a Europa League qualifying position. [ 16 ] On 11 June 2019, Torino triggered Aina ‘s choice to permanently transfer from Chelsea for a report tip of £9 million. [ 17 ] He was a regular again during his second temper in Turin, playing 37 times in all competitions. [ 16 ]

2020–21 season : loan to Fulham [edit ]

On 11 September 2020, Aina returned to the Premier League, signing for Fulham on an initial season-long lend with an choice to make the deal permanent wave. [ 16 ] On 2 November, Aina scored his first goal for the cabaret, and in the Premier League, in a 2–0 home win over West Brom, shooting into the top-left corner from outside the penalty area. [ 18 ] The hit was belated selected as the goal of the month by the Premier League. [ 19 ] Aina became the third base Fulham actor to win the Budweiser Goal of the Month award, after Jean Michaël Seri and André Schürrle both won the prize in 2018–19. [ 19 ]

International career [edit ]

England youth teams [edit ]

Aina has represented England at under-16, under-17, under-18, under-19 and England under-20 levels .

nigeria [edit ]

Aina with Nigeria against Argentina, Uzomedia On 28 March 2017, Aina was pictured aboard Chuba Akpom of Arsenal after discussions with Nigeria Football Federation president, Amaju Pinnick. [ 20 ] In May 2017, Aina pledged his international future to Nigeria and obtained a nigerian passport in preparation to making the switch from England to Nigeria. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] In the same month, he was called up for the inaugural prison term to play for Nigeria. [ 23 ] In May 2018 he was named in Nigeria ‘s preliminary 30 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. [ 24 ] however, he did not make the final 23. [ 25 ] He was late recalled into the team and played a major character in the team ‘s reservation for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations held in Egypt. He played the first couple against tournament debutant Burundi, assisting the only goal of the match .

career statistics [edit ]

baseball club [edit ]

As of match played 22 December 2021[26]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chelsea 2015–16 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016–17 Premier League 3 0 1 0 2 0 — — 6 0
Total 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Hull City (loan) 2017–18 Championship 44 0 2 1 0 0 — — 46 1
Torino (loan) 2018–19 Serie A 30 1 2 0 — — — 32 1
Torino 2019–20 Serie A 32 0 2 0 — 3 0 — 37 0
2021–22 Serie A 16 0 2 0 — — — 18 0
Total 78 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 87 1
Fulham (loan) 2020–21 Premier League 31 2 1 0 1 0 — — 33 2
Career total 148 3 10 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 164 4

International [edit ]

As of matches played on 17 November 2019[27]
Nigeria
Year Apps Goals
2017 3 0
2018 4 0
2019 10 0
Total 17 0

personal life [edit ]

Aina has a buddy, Jordan, who is presently playing for Fulham Academy. [ 28 ]

Honours [edit ]

club [edit ]

Chelsea Youth [ 29 ]

individual [edit ]

References [edit ]