Fikayo Tomori

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Fikayo Tomori
Tomori vs Liverpool 2019.jpg
Fikayo Tomori (2019)
Personnel
Surname Oluwafikayomi Oluwadamilola Tomori
birthday December 19, 1997
place of birth Calgary ,  Canada
size 185 cm
position Central defense
Juniors
Years station
2005-2016 Chelsea FC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2015-2017 Chelsea FC U21 / U23 31 (3)
2016– Chelsea FC 16 (1)
2017 →  Brighton & Hove Albion  (loan) 9 (0)
2017-2018 →  Hull City  (loan) 25 (0)
2018-2019 →  Derby County  (loan) 44 (1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2016 Canada U20 1 (0)
2016 England U19 5 (0)
2016-2017 England U20 15 (0)
2017– England U21 15 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of March 14, 2020

2 As of August 18, 2019

Oluwafikayomi Oluwadamilola Tomori , mainly known as Fikayo Tomori , (born December 19, 1997 in Calgary , Alberta ) is an English - Canadian soccer player . The central defender is under contract with Chelsea and has played for various English junior national teams so far.

Career

society

Tomori has been playing for Chelsea since he was eight . He made his debut for its U-18 team in August 2013 and was used six times by the end of the year. After performing well at the beginning of the 2014/15 season, he was promoted to the U-21s at the end of 2014. Tomori developed into a key figure in the team and won both the FA Youth Cup 2014/15 and the UEFA Youth League 2014/15 with her at the end of the season .

In the 2015/16 season Tomori scored important goals, including in the final of the FA Youth Cup 2015/16, which was won 3-1 against Manchester City , and the UEFA Youth League 2015/16 , where they played against Paris Saint-Germain triumphed., which he both won again with Chelsea's U-21s. Due to these successes, he was allowed to train with the professional team of Chelsea and received the jersey number 43. On May 15, 2016 (38th matchday) Tomori made his debut in the 1-1 home game against Leicester City in the Premier League , after being in the 60th. Minute for Branislav Ivanović was substituted on.

On August 1, 2016, he signed a new four-year deal with the Blues and was jersey number 33 later that month. However, this season 2016/17 he saw no playing time behind the more experienced defenders Gary Cahill , Kurt Zouma , John Terry and David Luiz and came only used in Premier League 2 with the U23. On January 23, 2017, he was loaned to the second division side Brighton & Hove Albion , which was not used for Tomori in a strong 2016/17 season . On February 18 (33rd matchday) he finally made his league debut for the Seagulls when he stepped onto the pitch for Belgian winger Anthony Knockaert in the 2-0 away win against FC Barnsley in the closing stages . The coach Chris Hughton gave him time and again in the next league games and Tomori was used in nine league games by the end of the season, in which he was allowed to start in two.

On the transfer deadline day 2017, August 31, the second division Hull City secured the services of Tomori in a one-year loan deal. He made his debut in the Tigers' jersey on September 13, 2017 (2nd matchday) in the 1: 2 away defeat against Fulham . Since the beginning of November at the latest, he was then considered a regular player in full defense in the Premier League relegated from the previous season. He held this position until February 2018, when coach Nigel Adkins took him off the team. In this 2017/18 season he made 25 league appearances for Hull City.

As an already established part of the Chelsea Loan Army, Fikayo Tomori switched to the second division Derby County on August 6, 2018 , where he met the blues legend Frank Lampard , who had taken over the club as head coach for the 2018/19 season . On August 11, 2018, in the 4-1 defeat at home to Pride Park Stadium against Leeds United , he was already on the starting line-up. Since his arrival, Tomori was part of the starting lineup of Lampards. On December 29, 2018 (25th matchday), he scored his first professional goal in a 4-3 away win against promotion rivals Norwich City . With Derby he reached the promotion playoffs in this season 2018/19 and was used in 44 league games. In the playoffs he played three times, in which you failed in the final at Aston Villa .

For the 2019/20 season he returned to the Blues after three loans , where Frank Lampard was previously presented as a coach. In the first competitive game, the defeat in the 2019 UEFA Super Cup against Liverpool , he was brought into the game for Andreas Christensen in the final phase of regular time .

National team

Tomori was in Canada , the son of Nigerian born parents. The family moved to England when he was a child and he was therefore eligible to play for all three nations. In 2016 he made three appearances for the Canadian U-20 national team and led the selection into the field as captain in his last appearance against England .

After his assignments for Canada, he moved to the English Football Association in May 2016 . On May 16, he was nominated for the first time for the U19 and made his debut on June 4, 2016 in the 2-0 defeat against Mexico . He and England took part in the 2016 U-19 European Championship in Germany in July , where he played three games.

Since September 2016 he played for the U20 and took part in the U-20 World Cup 2017 in South Korea . There he was in all three group matches and scored an own goal in the 1-1 draw with Guinea . With England he advanced into the final, which they could win 1-0 against Venezuela .

On September 5, 2017, he made his debut in a 3-0 home win against Latvia for the English U-21 team . On May 27, 2019, Fikayo Tomori was nominated for the U21 squad who represented the country at the 2019 European Under 21 Championship in Italy and San Marino . There he was used in all three group games in which England had already failed.

successes

Chelsea FC

England U20

England U21

Personal awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Profile of Fikayo Tomori In: TheChels.info (accessed on August 18, 2019)
  2. ↑ Chelsea 2 Man City 1; agg 5-2, FA Youth Cup final, match report: Holders retain cup as youth eye breakthrough In: The Daily Telegraph, April 27, 2015 (accessed August 18, 2019)
  3. ↑ Shakhtar Donetsk 2-3 Chelsea In: UEFA, April 13, 2015 (accessed August 18, 2019)
  4. ↑ Chelsea U18 3-1 Manchester City U18 (agg: 4-2): Dujon Sterling, Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori score as Blues retain FA Youth Cup In: Daily Mail of April 27, 2016 (accessed on August 18, 2019)
  5. ↑ Paris 1-2 Chelsea In: UEFA, April 18, 2016 (accessed August 18, 2019)
  6. ↑ Chelsea 1-1 Leicester City In: Sky Sports, May 15, 2016 (accessed August 13, 2019)
  7. ↑ Confirmed: Teenage defender signs four-year deal with Chelsea In: Daily Express, August 1, 2016 (accessed August 18, 2019)
  8. ↑ Squad list announced In: Chelsea FC on August 13, 2016 (accessed August 18, 2019)
  9. ↑ a b c Fikayo Tomori - performance data 16/17 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on August 18, 2019)
  10. ↑ Chelsea to send Tomori out on loan with a number of Premier League clubs interested In: The Sun, July 23, 2019 (accessed August 18, 2019)
  11. ↑ Report: Barnsley 0-2 Brighton & Hove Albion In: Barnsley FC from February 18, 2017 (accessed August 18, 2019)
  12. ↑ Summer 2017 Transfers and News In: Premier League (accessed August 18, 2019)
  13. ↑ Hull City sign Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori on season-long loan In: Sky Sports from September 1, 2017 (accessed August 18, 2019)
  14. ↑ Fulham 2-1 Hull City In: Fulham FC, September 13, 2017 (accessed August 21, 2019)
  15. ↑ Fikayo Tomori - performance data 17/18 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on August 21, 2019)
  16. ↑ Hull City football club players: League Championship 2017-18 competition squad statistics In: 11v11.com (accessed August 21, 2019)
  17. ↑ Rams land defender Tomori In: Derby County, August 6, 2018 (accessed August 18, 2019)
  18. ↑ Derby County 1-4 Leeds United In: Derby County, August 12, 2018 (accessed August 21, 2019)
  19. ↑ Chelsea insist letting Mason Mount and Fikayo Tomori play for Derby against them is not for Frank Lampard's benefit In: The Daily Telegraph, October 30, 2018 (accessed August 21, 2019)
  20. ↑ Derby's Jack Marriott seals seven-goal thriller after Norwich floodlight drama In: The Guardian, December 29, 2018 (accessed August 21, 2019)
  21. ↑ Derby claim Championship play-off spot ahead of Middlesbrough with victory over West Brom In: The Daily Telegraph, May 5, 2019 (accessed August 21, 2019)
  22. ↑ Aston Villa promoted to Premier League after beating Derby in Championship play-off final In: Metro on May 27, 2019 (accessed on August 21, 2019)
  23. ↑ Fikayo Tomori: Why David Luiz leaving Chelsea is show of faith in youngster In: goal.com from August 12, 2019 (accessed on August 21, 2019)
  24. ↑ UEFA Supercup: Unlucky Adrián becomes a hero in the penalty shootout In: Tz from August 15, 2019 (accessed on August 21, 2019)
  25. ↑ Chelsea teenager Fikayo Tomori turning heads on both sides of the Atlantic In: SB Nation, May 13, 2016 (accessed August 21, 2019)
  26. ↑ Canada U-20 Fikayo Tomori named Chelsea FC's Academy Player of the Year In: MLS, May 14, 2016 (accessed August 21, 2019)
  27. ↑ a b England under-19s squad named for Mexico double header In: The FA, May 16, 2016 (accessed August 21, 2019)
  28. ↑ Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori: Rashford helped convince me to snub Canada for England In: Tribal Football from June 8, 2017 (accessed August 21, 2019)
  29. ↑ England Under-19s succumb to second-half goals in Mexico In: The FA of June 4, 2016 (accessed August 21, 2019)
  30. ↑ Fikayo Tomori - England U19 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on August 21, 2019)
  31. ↑ Fikayo Tomori - England U20 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on August 21, 2019)
  32. ↑ Chelsea duo Fikayo Tomori and Jake Clarke-Salter in demand after England's U20s World Cup win In: Evening Standard, June 12, 2017 (accessed August 21, 2019)
  33. ↑ Under-20 World Cup: England beat Venezuela in final In: BBC June 11, 2017 (accessed August 21, 2019)
  34. ↑ England defeats Venezuela in the final In: Spiegel Online from June 11, 2017 (accessed on August 21, 2019)
  35. ↑ England U21 3-0 Latvia U21 In: BBC September 5, 2017 (accessed August 21, 2019)
  36. ↑ England U21s squad named by Aidy Boothroyd for this summer's Euro finals in Italy In: The FA of May 27, 2019 (accessed on August 21, 2019)
  37. ↑ Croatia U21 3-3 England U21 In: BBC from June 24, 2019 (accessed on August 21, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Tomori, Fikayo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tomori, Oluwafikayomi Oluwadamilola (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English-Canadian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1997
PLACE OF BIRTH Calgary , Alberta , Canada