Akin Famewo


Akinlolu "Akin" Richard Olamide Famewo is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for club Norwich City.

Career

Luton Town

Born in Lewisham, Greater London, Famewo joined Luton Town as an under-10 and progressed through the club's youth system. He was a member of the under-18 team that won the Youth Alliance South East title and the Youth Alliance Cup in 2015–16, and also reached the quarter-finals of the FA Youth Cup, in which they lost 1–0 to Blackburn Rovers.
Famewo signed his first professional contract on 18 July 2016 at the start of the second year of his scholarship. He was named in the matchday squad for the first time on 10 August for Luton's 3–1 win at home to newly relegated Championship club Aston Villa in the EFL Cup first round, but remained an unused substitute. Famewo made his professional debut on 16 August as an 86th-minute substitute for Jordan Cook in a 2–1 win at home to Newport County. His first start came on 30 August in Luton's 2–1 win away to Gillingham in the EFL Trophy and made his first league start in a 1–1 draw away to Hartlepool United on 27 September. After Famewo's full league debut, manager Nathan Jones said "He was outstanding and he's going to be a top player. He has all the attributes and he's ours and we're proud of him". Famewo missed much of the rest of the campaign due to injury, but he returned to Luton's matchday squad as an unused substitute for the final part of the season and finished 2016–17 with six appearances.
Famewo signed a one-year extension to his contract on 6 July 2018 to keep him at the club until June 2020, and joined League Two club Grimsby Town on a season-long loan. He was recalled by Luton on 29 January 2019, having made 12 appearances for Grimsby.

Norwich City

Famewo signed for Championship club Norwich City on 29 January 2019 on a one-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee.
He was loaned to Scottish Premiership club St Mirren on 8 January 2020 until the end of the 2019–20 season.

Personal life

Born in England, Famewo is of Nigerian descent.

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