Tyrese Omotoye | |
Fullname: | Tyrese Demola Huxley Omotoye[1] |
Birth Date: | 23 September 2002[2] |
Birth Place: | Hasselt, Belgium |
Clubnumber: | 14 |
Position: | Forward |
Youthclubs1: | Cray Wanderers |
Youthyears2: | –2020 |
Youthclubs2: | Norwich City |
Years1: | 2020–2023 |
Clubs1: | Norwich City |
Caps1: | 3 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2021 |
Clubs2: | → Swindon Town (loan) |
Caps2: | 7 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2021–2022 |
Clubs3: | → Leyton Orient (loan) |
Caps3: | 4 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2022 |
Clubs4: | → Carlisle United (loan) |
Caps4: | 13 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2023– |
Clubs5: | Forest Green Rovers |
Caps5: | 35 |
Goals5: | 1 |
Nationalyears1: | 2017 |
Nationalteam1: | Belgium U16 |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 16:24, 7 December 2023 (UTC) |
Tyrese Demola Huxley Omotoye (born 23 September 2002) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Forest Green Rovers.
Omotoye played for Cray Wanderers before joining Norwich City.[3] On 17 October 2019, he signed his first professional contract with Norwich City.[4] On 7 October 2020, he scored a hat-trick for the under-21 side in a 5–0 win over Newport County in the EFL Trophy.[5] On 2 December 2020, Omotoye made his professional debut for Norwich City, coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 loss to Luton Town.[6] In January 2021, Omotoye signed on loan at Swindon Town in League One for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.[7] In August 2021, he joined League Two side Leyton Orient on a season-long loan deal.[8] On 5 January 2022, Omotoye joined Carlisle United on loan until the end of the season following his recall from Leyton Orient.[9] On 23 January 2023, Omotoye joined Forest Green Rovers on a permanent deal.[10]
Omotoye has represented Belgium at under-16 level, playing in friendlies against Portugal and Ukraine in November 2017.[11]
Omotoye was born in Belgium to Nigerian parents but raised in England.[12] In 2019, he decided that Nigeria was the country he wanted to play international football for.
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Norwich City U23 | 2020–21 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Norwich City | 2020–21 | Championship | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
Swindon Town | 2020–21 | League One | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
Leyton Orient | 2021–22 | League Two | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
Carlisle United | 2021–22 | League Two | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
Career total | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 4 |