| Sam Folarin | |
| Fullname: | Samuel Oluwatimilehin Adetokunbo Folarin[1] |
| Birth Date: | 23 September 2000[2] |
| Birth Place: | Lambeth, England |
| Position: | Winger |
| Currentclub: | Harrogate Town |
| Clubnumber: | 12 |
| Youthyears1: | 2013–2017 |
| Youthclubs1: | Wandsworth Town |
| Youthyears2: | 2017–2018 |
| Youthclubs2: | Tooting & Mitcham United |
| Years1: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs1: | Tooting & Mitcham United |
| Caps1: | 5 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2019–2022 |
| Clubs2: | Middlesbrough |
| Caps2: | 2 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Clubs3: | → Queen of the South (loan) |
| Years3: | 2022 |
| Caps3: | 7 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Clubs4: | Harrogate Town |
| Years4: | 2022– |
| Caps4: | 56 |
| Goals4: | 8 |
| Club-Update: | 00:01, 22 August 2024 (UTC) |
Samuel Oluwatimilehin Adetokunbo Folarin (born 23 September 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Harrogate Town.
Folarin originally played at right-wingback when he was at Tooting & Mitcham United but was converted to a striker/right winger after moving to Middlesbrough.[3] Sam and his teammate, Abraham Odho, actually played for Tooting & Mitcham United together in 2019, and they now play for Harrogate Town together in 2024.
Folarin started his career in the youth ranks at Wandsworth Town before moving to Tooting & Mitcham United in search of senior first team football.[4] After a breaking into the first-team in the 2018–19 season, he was offered a trial at Charlton Athletic but was not signed by the London club. After a subsequent trial at Middlesbrough, Folarin was offered a contract along with team-mate Isaiah Jones.[5]
On 15 September 2020, Folarin debuted for Middlesbrough in the EFL Cup in a 2–0 defeat versus Barnsley at the Riverside Stadium.[6] In January 2021, Folarin scored his first senior goal against Brentford in the FA Cup.
On 26 January 2022, Folarin joined Scottish Championship club Queen of the South on loan, for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[7]
In August 2022, he joined League Two Harrogate on a full-time basis.[8] On 17 May 2024, he signed a new one-year deal with Harrogate.[9]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Tooting & Mitcham United | 2018–19[10] | Isthmian League South Central | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Middlesbrough | 2019–20 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Championship | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| Queen of the South (loan) | 2021–22 | Scottish Championship | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Career total | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |||