Thomas Sowunmi
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Full name | Thomas Babatunde Sowunmi | ||
Date of birth | 25 July 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
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Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Ajka | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–1998 | Dunaújváros | 0 | (0) |
1998–2001 | Vasas | 84 | (22) |
2001–2002 | Dunaújváros | 34 | (5) |
2002 | Ajaccio | 0 | (0) |
2002–2003 | Dunaújváros | 11 | (1) |
2003–2005 | Ferencváros | 31 | (7) |
2005–2006 | Slovacko | 24 | (4) |
2006–2007 | Hibernian | 5 | (0) |
2007–2009 | Vasas | 46 | (5) |
2009–2010 | Siófok | 42 | (15) |
2010–2011 | APOP | 7 | (1) |
2011–2012 | Siófok | 28 | (4) |
2013– | Ajka | 56 | (18) |
International career‡ | |||
1996–1997 | Hungary U-19 | 1 | (0) |
1996–1999 | Hungary U-21 | 2 | (0) |
1999–2006 | Hungary | 10 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 February 2009 |
Thomas Sowunmi (born 25 July 1978 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Hungarian international footballer.
Sowunmi was born in Nigeria to a Hungarian mother and a Nigerian father and spent the first nine years of his life in the African state.[1] He started playing football aged 13 and began a professional football career with Dunaferr.
Sowunmi left for Vasas Budapest in 1998 but returned to his first club in 2001. He made his first appearance for Hungary in August 1999, in a 1–1 draw against Moldova.[2] Sowunmi was the first person of color to represent Hungary at football.[2] He spent a short spell in France with AC Ajaccio but returned to Hungary with Ferencvaros in 2003. He was signed by FC Slovacko in 2005 but after one season became involved in a dispute with the club. Eventually he was released from his attachment to the Czech team following police and FIFA intervention.[1]
Sowunmi signed for Scottish club Hibernian on 6 February 2007 after impressing manager John Collins while on trial. In just his second match he came on as a half-time substitute in a Scottish Cup quarter-final tie at Queen of the South and scored the decisive goal in a 2–1 win. Sowunmi was released by Hibernian in June, and Sowunmi re-signed for Vasas Budapest in September 2007.
References
External links
- Thomas Sowunmi career statistics at Soccerbase
- Thomas Sowunmi at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- Living people
- 1978 births
- Sportspeople from Lagos
- Hungarian people of Nigerian descent
- Hungarian people of Yoruba descent
- Hungarian footballers
- Hungary international footballers
- Hungary youth international footballers
- Hungary under-21 international footballers
- Hungarian expatriate footballers
- Dunaújváros FC players
- Vasas FC players
- AC Ajaccio players
- Ferencvárosi TC footballers
- 1. FC Slovácko players
- Hibernian F.C. players
- BFC Siófok players
- APOP Kinyras FC players
- FC Ajka players
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
- Scottish Premier League players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Hungarian expatriates in France
- Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Hungarian expatriates in the Czech Republic
- Hungarian expatriates in Scotland
- Hungarian expatriates in Cyprus
- Yoruba sportspeople