| Rinsola Babajide | |
| Full Name: | Omorinsola Omowunmi Ajike Babajide[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1998 6, df=y |
| Birth Place: | London, England[2] |
| Height: | 1.74m |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | UDG Tenerife |
| Clubnumber: | 7 |
| Clubs1: | Crystal Palace |
| Years2: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs2: | Millwall Lionesses |
| Caps2: | 31 |
| Goals2: | 7 |
| Years3: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs3: | Watford |
| Caps3: | 15 |
| Goals3: | 3 |
| Years4: | 2018–2022 |
| Clubs4: | Liverpool |
| Caps4: | 45 |
| Goals4: | 10 |
| Years5: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs5: | → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) |
| Caps5: | 3 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs6: | Real Betis |
| Caps6: | 38 |
| Goals6: | 9 |
| Years7: | 2023– |
| Clubs7: | UDG Tenerife |
| Caps7: | 0 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2016–2017 |
| Nationalteam1: | England U19 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2017–2018 |
| Nationalteam2: | England U20 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam3: | England U21 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 2 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2023– |
| Nationalteam4: | Nigeria |
| Nationalcaps4: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 11:53, 3 July 2023 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 25 October 2023 |
Omorinsola Omowunmi Ajike Babajide (born 17 June 1998), known as Rinsola Babajide, is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish Liga F club UDG Tenerife. A former England youth international up to under-21 level, she made her senior Nigeria debut in October 2023.[3]
She previously played for Liverpool, Millwall Lionesses, Watford and Brighton & Hove Albion.
She joined Millwall Lionesses from Crystal Palace in January 2015,[4] but made her professional debut on March 18 against the London Bees in a FA WSL match which ended in a draw.[5]
In February 2017, Babajide completed a transfer to Watford Ladies.[6] She scored her first competitive goal for the club in a 3–2 loss to London Bees in a FA WSL Spring Series fixture.[7] Babajide finished as Watford's joint top scorer in the 2017 Spring Series, with three goals.[8]
Her transfer to Liverpool was announced on 25 January 2018.[9] Babajide was part of the squad that saw Liverpool relegated to the Championship in 2020.[10]
Babajide was Liverpool's second highest goal scorer in the 2018/19 WSL season with two campaign goals.
Babajide was then Liverpool's joint-second WSL goal scorer in the 2019/20 season with one single league goal. She didn't feature for Liverpool in the second half of the 2020/21 Championship season after refusing to train[11] with the first team squad and was then subsequently moved down into the age group development squad away from the first team.[12]
On 26 July 2021, Brighton & Hove Albion Women Football Club announced the signing of Rinsola on a season-long loan deal from Liverpool Women.[13]
On 3 July 2023, after an 18-month spell with Real Betis, Babajide joined fellow Liga F side UDG Tenerife on a two-year deal.[14]
In August 2018, Babajide was part of the England U20s squad that claimed bronze at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[15] In September 2020 she was included in a training camp for the England senior team.[16] [17]
Due to her Nigerian parents, Babajide was also eligible to represent Nigeria.[18] She received her first call up in October 2023 and made her debut on 25 October 2023, starting in a 1–1 draw with Ethiopia during 2024 Olympic qualifying.[19]
| Season | League | League Cup[20] | FA Cup[21] | Continental[22] | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Millwall Lionesses | 2015 | FA WSL 2 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 23 | 5 | ||
| 2016 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 17 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 31 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 9 | |||
| Watford | 2017 | FA WSL 2 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 3 | |||
| 2017–18 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | |||
| Liverpool | 2017–18 | FA WSL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | |||
| Career total | 67 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 17 | |||
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