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Sone Aluko

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Sone Aluko
Aluko with Aberdeen in 2010
Personal information
Full name Omatsone Folarin Aluko[1]
Date of birth (1989-02-19) 19 February 1989 (age 35)[2]
Place of birth Hounslow, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward / Winger
Youth career
1997–2007 Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Birmingham City 0 (0)
2007–2008 → Aberdeen (loan) 20 (3)
2008 → Blackpool (loan) 1 (0)
2008–2011 Aberdeen 82 (7)
2011–2012 Rangers 21 (12)
2012–2016 Hull City 90 (13)
2016–2017 Fulham 49 (8)
2017–2021 Reading 93 (6)
2019 → Beijing Renhe (loan) 16 (3)
2021–2024 Ipswich Town 46 (3)
Total 417 (55)
National team
2004–2005 England U16 4 (0)
2005–2006 England U17 3 (0)
2006 England U18 1 (0)
2007–2008 England U19 3 (0)
2009 Nigeria U20 3 (0)
2011 Nigeria U23 1 (0)
2009–2015 Nigeria 7 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Omatsone Folarin "Sone" Aluko (born 19 February 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Ipswich Town.

His sister is Eniola. She played for the England women's national team 102 times.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 4 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Birmingham City 2007–08[3] Premier League 0 0 0 0 1 0 — — 1 0
2008–09[4] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 1 0 — — 1 0
Aberdeen (loan) 2007–08[3] Scottish Premier League 20 3 4 0 2 0 5[a] 1 — 31 4
Blackpool (loan) 2008–09[4] Championship 1 0 0 0 1 0 — — 2 0
Aberdeen 2008–09[4] Scottish Premier League 32 2 4 2 1 0 — — 37 4
2009–10[5] Scottish Premier League 22 3 2 0 0 0 2[b] 0 — 26 3
2010–11[6] Scottish Premier League 28 2 4 0 1 0 — — 33 2
Total 82 7 10 2 2 0 2 0 — 96 9
Rangers 2011–12[7] Scottish Premier League 21 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 23 12
Hull City 2012–13[8] Championship 23 8 0 0 1 0 — — 24 8
2013–14[9] Premier League 17 1 5 0 0 0 — — 22 1
2014–15[10] Premier League 25 1 1 0 1 0 4[b] 1 — 31 2
2015–16[11] Championship 25 3 4 0 2 0 — 0 0 31 3
Total 90 13 10 0 4 0 4 1 — 108 14
Fulham 2016–17[12] Championship 45 8 3 1 0 0 — 2[c] 0 50 9
2017–18[13] Championship 4 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 4 0
Total 49 8 3 1 0 0 — 2 0 54 9
Reading 2017–18[13] Championship 39 3 1 0 0 0 — — 40 3
2018–19[14] Championship 19 1 1 0 0 0 — — 20 1
2019–20[15] Championship 2 0 4 0 0 0 — — 6 0
2020–21[16] Championship 33 2 1 0 2 0 — — 36 2
Total 93 6 7 0 2 0 — 0 0 102 6
Beijing Renhe (loan) 2019[17] Chinese Super League 16 3 0 0 — — — 16 3
Ipswich Town 2021–22[18] League One 30 3 4 0 1 0 — 1[d] 0 36 3
2022–23[19] League One 14 0 3 0 1 0 — 1[d] 0 19 0
2023–24[20] Championship 1 0 2 0 4 1 — — 6 1
Total 46 3 7 0 6 1 — 1 0 59 4
Career total 418 55 43 3 18 1 11 2 3 0 492 61
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Appearances in EFL Championship play-offs
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Appearance in EFL Trophy

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[21]
National team Year Apps Goals
Nigeria
2009 1 0
2012 1 0
2014 4 2
2015 1 0
Total 7 2

International goals

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As of match played 19 November 2014. Nigeria score listed first, score column indicates score after each Aluko goal.
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1. 19 November 2014 Akwa Ibom Stadium, Uyo, Nigeria 6  South Africa 1–2 2–2 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [22]
2. 2–2

Honours

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Hull City

Ipswich Town

Individual

References

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  1. ↑ "Sone Aluko". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Games played by Sone Aluko in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Games played by Sone Aluko in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Games played by Sone Aluko in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Games played by Sone Aluko in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Games played by Sone Aluko in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Games played by Sone Aluko in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Games played by Sone Aluko in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "Games played by Sone Aluko in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Sone Aluko in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Sone Aluko in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Games played by Sone Aluko in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Sone Aluko in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Sone Aluko in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Sone Aluko in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  17. ↑ "S. Aluko". Soccerway. Perform Group. 1 March 2019.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Sone Aluko in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Sone Aluko in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Sone Aluko in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  21. ↑ Sone Aluko at National-Football-Teams.com
  22. ↑ Cite error: The named reference 2015 Nations Cup: Nigeria fail to qualify for finals was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  23. ↑ Lovejoy, Joe (4 May 2013). "Hull survive late drama to seal Premier League spot in Cardiff draw". The Observer. London. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  24. ↑ McNulty, Phil (17 May 2014). "Arsenal 3–2 Hull City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  25. ↑ "Fleetwood Town 2 - 2 Ipswich Town". BBC Sport. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  26. ↑ https://www.itfc.co.uk/news/2024/may/04/ipswich-town-promoted-to-premier-league/
  27. ↑ "Aluko named young player of month". BBC Sport. 9 December 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
  28. ↑ "Football League Player of the Month 2012/13". Football League. Archived from the original on 16 March 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  29. ↑ Thomas, Lyall (11 November 2016). "Sky Bet English Football League: Newcastle's Rafael Benitez named manager of the month". Sky Sports. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
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