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Full name: Oluwaseyi Babajide Ojo
Height: 1.85cm (5 ft 10 inches)
Date of birth: 19 June 1997 (Age 18)
Place of birth: Hemel Hempstead, England
Position: Winger
Oluwaseyi Babajide Ojo is a Nigerian Born Professional football Player who plays for English side Liverpool and currently represents England at youth team levels.
Born in Hemel Hempstead, England, his name
"Babajide" is a variant form of the Yoruba name: Babatunde, meaning "Father returns" or
"Father comes back to life"
He joined the MK Dons academy
when he was 10 years old.At age 13, Ojo had played for the Dons' U18 side and
was training with the first team squad. During his time at the club Ojo became
the first MK Dons trainee to receive an international cap at youth level.
On 11 November 2011, Liverpool beat
off competition from a host of Europe's top clubs including a multi-million
pound offer from Chelsea to sign him,
then 14, for an undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of £2 million. In
April 2014, Ojo was joint top scorer alongside fellow Liverpool player Harry
Wilson in the prestigious U17 Future Cup.
Having made a number of appearances
on Liverpool's bench over the festive period, Ojo joined Wigan Athletic
on loan on 2 February 2015. Five days later, he made his professional debut
coming on as a 59th minute substitute for Wigan in a Championship match against
AFC Bournemouth, with Wigan naming Ojo as their
man-of-the-match after he had a positive impact on the game.
On 2 August 2015, Ojo scored the
winning goal for Liverpool in a friendly against Swindon Town. Two days later, Liverpool announced
that Ojo had signed a new long-term contract with the club and confirmed that
he would join Wolverhampton
Wanderers on a season-long loan.
He was recalled by Liverpool in
January 2016. The next day, Ojo made his first-team competitive debut for
Liverpool, as a substitute in the FA Cup third round match
against Exeter City that
ended in a 2–2 draw. He scored his first competitive goal for Liverpool in the
replay against Exeter on 20 January; his goal was the second in a 3–0 victory.
Ojo made his Premier League debut on 20th March 2016,
replacing Joe Allen
in the 87th minute in a 3-2 loss away to Southampton at St Mary's Stadium.
Ojo made his first start for Liverpool in the Premier League against Stoke City at Anfield on the 10th of April 2016,
where he assisted Daniel Sturridge
for Liverpool's second goal in a 4-1 win, before being replaced by Divock Origi.
International
career
Ojo being born in England is
eligible to represent England
and through his Nigerian heritage is also
eligible to play for Nigeria
on International football. At youth levels has represented England at U16,
U17,
U18
and U19
level. In his early teens Ojo often played up an age group at international
level, representing England U17 at the St Georges Park Tournament in 2012 aged
15. Ojo represented England U17 in the 2014 Algarve Tournament, with England
coming second to Germany after a 1–0 loss in the final game.
In September 2014 Ojo received his
first England
U18 call up for a double header against the Netherlands, Ojo
appeared in both games with England winning by an aggregate score of 7–2. On 27
August 2015, Ojo received his first call up for the England
U19 team and played 90 minutes in a 3–2 away win over Germany.
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