Favour Fawunmi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Favour Daniel Ayobamide Fawunmi[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 26 April 2006 | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Stoke City | ||
| Number | 56 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2020–2025 | West Ham United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025– | Stoke City | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:53, 8 February 2025 (UTC) | |||
Favour Daniel Ayobamide Fawunmi (born 26 April 2006) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club Stoke City.[2]
Career
West Ham United
Fawunmi was in the West Ham United youth academy having joined at U15 level.[3] He signed scholarship terms ahead of the 2022–23 season in which was a member of their FA Youth Cup winning team.[4] He signed a short-term contract upon the conclusion of his scholarship contact as he recovered from injury, but declined the offer of a new contract during the 2024–25 season and left the club on 31 January 2025.[5][6]
Stoke City
Fawunmi joined EFL Championship club Stoke City on 7 February 2025, signing a two-and-a-half year contract, after a brief trial.[7] He was immediately included in the Stoke match-day squad for their FA Cup fourth round tie against Cardiff City on 8 February 2025 and made his debut as a second-half substitute as Stoke lost on penalties following a 3–3 draw.[8]
Personal life
He is of Nigerian descent.[9]
Career statistics
- As of match played 12 August 2025
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| West Ham United U21 | 2024–25[10] | — | — | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Stoke City | 2024–25[10] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2025–26[11] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
- ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy
References
- ^ "CLUB LIST OF REGISTERED PLAYERS" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
- ^ "Favour Fawunmi". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ^ Smith, Peter (7 February 2025). "Stoke City swoop for West Ham trialist after star turn in front of Mark Robins and Jon Walters". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ^ Smith, Dom (1 February 2025). "Favour Fawunmi joins Stoke after West Ham exit". Evening Standard. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ^ Smith, Dom (1 February 2025). "Favour Fawunmi leaves West Ham with PAOK ready to swoop". Evening Standard. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ^ Sadiq, Ansser (7 February 2025). "WEST HAM CONFIRM FAWUNMI AND TARIMA HAVE LEFT THIS WEEK". Tribal Football. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ^ "Stoke sign former Hammers youngster Fawunmi". BBC Sport. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ^ "Stoke City 3–3 Cardiff City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ^ "Confirmed: West Ham United part ways with left-footed Nigerian forward". All Nigeria Soccer. February 6, 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Games played by Favour Fawunmi in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ "Games played by Favour Fawunmi in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.