Mipo Odubeko F Shelbourne b.2002

[tetsujin1979]

Odubeko named on the bench for West Ham, Randolph starts in goal

[tetsujin1979]

Odubeko gets a few minutes at the end of the game for west ham

[John83]

Just looking for basic info on him, I found these:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7241059/Manchester-United-fail-tie-teenage-goalscoring-sensation-Mipo-Odubeko-new-contract.html

https://www.the42.ie/mipo-odubeko-west-ham-united-ireland-signing-manchester-united-4867317-Oct2019/

[youngirish]

Odubeko looks to be a really good prospect. Unfortunately there's some doubt on here on whether the will want to play for us if he does turn out to be good enough for England.

[Diggs246]

was he born in Ireland?

[Philly]

Born and raised in Dublin - https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/...-isle-east-end

[elatedscum]

Cabra as far as I’m aware

[Diggs246]

Surely he will either play for Nigeria or us?

[ColourfulPeanut]

Surely he will either play for Nigeria or us?

He's eligible for England if he spent 5 years there before he was 18, which he did. The same way Oko-Flex dabbled with England.

It's purely paranoid speculation coming from my snooping, but he wiped his Instagram of Ireland photos and follows England's account but not Ireland.

He played with Crumlin and is for all intents and purposes a Dub, but there's no way of telling what his national allegiance will be. If he's not in the U19s in March then I'd be worried.

[tetsujin1979]

He turned 18 in October, do we know when he moved to the UK?
He was with Manchester United in 2016 - https://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/unde...-double-header - so he's there at least four years

[Olé Olé]

He turned 18 in October, do we know when he moved to the UK?
He was with Manchester United in 2016 - https://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/unde...-double-header - so he's there at least four years

As I posted in the under 23 thread:

The last I can find of him playing for St Joseph's is in 2015: http://dairewalsh.com/?p=3630

He would have been 12 at the time as he turned 18 in October 2020. He could have been schooled in England for 15/16, 16/17, 17/18, 18/19 and 19/20 before turning 18 in October 2020.

He was at Man City before Man United so, he could have moved to Man City (his first English club) in time to begin the 15/16 school year. That is what this Nigerian website reckon- he relocated to England with family at 12 in time for the 15/16 school year: https://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/rea...76126419175533

[Exgrad]

His last appearances for Ireland were for friendlies against Finland in the build up to the u17 Euros in Ireland in 2019. So did he not make the squad for the tournament or was there something else? There was an u18 friendly and u19 qualifiers in late 2019 which he wasn't involved in, but otherwise no other opportunities due to Covid. Looks like his social media accounts are run by a management company now, so wouldn't read too much into them.

[CraftyToePoke]

It's purely paranoid speculation coming from my snooping, but he wiped his Instagram of Ireland photos and follows England's account but not Ireland.

This is not good, whatever way you spin it. Not beyond rescue hopefully but a nationality wipe is harsh.

[Eirambler]

I would definitely be concerned about this lads commitment to us. It was strange at the time that he didn't make that Under 17 finals squad, as though possibly he asked not to be selected but it was never publicised. Wouldn't be at all surprised if he went with England for a while at least, agents are filling young players heads with the potential riches associated with being an England international these days. If he was only here until age 12 his affinity towards us might not be strong at all.

I suppose the question then is could be switch back in a few years time - was it just friendlies he played for us or did he play in any qualifiers for that under 17 tournament?

[Exgrad]

We were hosts for that u17 tournament so no competitive qualifiers.

Might be a player to try and fast track, rather than have him knocking about with u19s etc.