Joe Dodoo

Joseph Dodoo (born 29 June 1995) is a professional footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers as a striker.

Joe Dodoo
Personal information
Full name Joseph Dodoo[1]
Date of birth (1995-06-29) 29 June 1995[2]
Place of birth Kumasi, Ghana
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Bolton Wanderers
Number 23
Youth career
2008–2013 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Leicester City 1 (0)
2015 → Bury (loan) 4 (1)
2016–2019 Rangers 20 (3)
2017 → Charlton Athletic (loan) 5 (1)
2018–2019 → Blackpool (loan) 18 (2)
2019– Bolton Wanderers 24 (4)
National team
2013 England U18 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:00, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

He came through the youth academy at Leicester City, and made his debut for them in August 2015, scoring a hat-trick and providing an assist in a 4–1 win at Bury. Later that year, he had a one-month loan at Bury. In July 2016, he signed a four-year deal at Rangers. Dodoo made a limited amount of appearances for the Rangers first team, and was loaned to Charlton Athletic and Blackpool.

Born in Ghana and living in England from the age of eight, Dodoo is eligible to represent either Ghana or England at the international level.[3] He has played once for England at under-18 level in 2013.

Club career

Leicester City

Dodoo made his first team debut on 25 August 2015, in the second round of the League Cup away to Bury at Gigg Lane. He played the full 90 minutes and scored a hat-trick in a 4–1 victory, also assisting the goal by Andrej Kramarić.[4] Bury subsequently stated that they were interested in signing him on loan.[5] Four days later, Dodoo made his first Premier League appearance, as a 72nd-minute substitute for Marc Albrighton in a 1–1 draw with Bournemouth at Dean Court.[6] In the next round of the League Cup on 22 September 2015, his first game at the King Power Stadium, Dodoo scored the opening goal after six minutes in a 2–1 extra-time win over West Ham United.[7]

Bury (loan)

On 19 November, Dodoo joined Bury of League One on loan until 18 December 2015.[8] He made his debut two days later, starting in a home game against Burton Albion and contributing to the only goal of the game in the 40th minute when his low cross was put into the Burton net by their defender Jerome Binnom-Williams.[9] Many sources have recorded this as a Dodoo goal, however, officially it was recorded as a Binnom-Williams own goal.[10]

Rangers

Dodoo opened signing talks with Scottish Premiership side Rangers in July 2016 with then-manager Mark Warburton.[11] On the 19th, he signed a four-year deal with the Glasgow-based club,[12] for a £250,000 development fee.[13] He made his debut three days later in their Scottish League Cup match away to East Stirlingshire, replacing Michael O'Halloran after 60 minutes and scoring the last goal of a 3–0 win from close range when set up by Lee Wallace.[14] He scored his first league goals on 26 November 2016, against Partick Thistle, netting two late strikes in a 2–1 win for Rangers.[15]

Dodoo joined Charlton Athletic on loan on 31 August 2017.[16] On his debut for the club he came on as a substitute and scored the winning goal in a 4–3 victory at Oldham Athletic.[17]

Dodoo was loaned to Blackpool in June 2018 on a one-year deal.[18] He left Rangers on 2 September 2019 by mutual consent.[19]

Bolton Wanderers

On 3 October 2019, Dodoo signed a contract with League One side Bolton Wanderers until the end of the season, subject to international clearance.[20] He made his debut four days later, coming on as a second-half substitute for Dennis Politic in the goalless draw at home to Blackpool.[21] He scored his first goal for the club on 7 December in the 2–2 home draw with AFC Wimbledon.[22] On 26 June it was announced Dodoo would be one of 14 senior players released at the end of his contract on 30 June.[23]

International career

Dodoo is eligible to represent England or Ghana internationally. In March 2013, Dodoo was called up to the England under-18 team and played in a match against Belgium. On 20 May 2016 he was called up to the Ghana squad for their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Mauritius; as he required FIFA to approve his change of nationality, he was unable to play, but trained with the squad.[24]

Career statistics
As of match played 10 March 2020[25]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leicester City 2015–16[26] Premier League 100034–44
Bury (loan) 2015–16 League One 4110000051
Rangers 2016–17 Scottish Premiership 2031042–255
2017–18 Scottish Premiership 0020000020
Rangers Total 203304200275
Charlton Athletic (loan) 2017–18 League One 5110002[lower-alpha 1]182
Blackpool (loan) 2018–19 League One 18232202[lower-alpha 1]2256
Bolton Wanderers 2019–20 League One 24410002[lower-alpha 1]0274
Career total 72119296639622
Notes
  1. Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.

References
  1. "Premier League – Squad List 2015/16" (PDF). Premier League. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  2. "Premier League Player Profile Joe Dodoo". Barclays Premier League. 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  3. Rangers sign winger Joe Dodoo from Leicester on four-year deal. Sky sports. Author – Matthew Treadwell. Published 19 July 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  4. "Bury 1–4 Leicester". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  5. "Joe Dodoo: Leicester forward interests Bury after hat-trick". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  6. Jennings, Patrick (29 August 2015). "Bournemouth 1–1 Leicester". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  7. Madely, Steve (22 September 2015). "Leicester vs West Ham match report: Andy King scores extra-time winner as Foxes beat Hammers for the second time this season". The Independent. London: Independent News & Media. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  8. "Paddy Kenny: Bury goalkeeper cancels contract because of injury". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  9. "Bury 1–0 Burton". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 November 2015.
  10. Wardle, John (23 November 2015). "Joe Dodoo does the business to keep Bury in contention". The Times. London: News UK.
  11. Jackson, Keith (12 July 2016). "Rangers manager Mark Warburton lines up swoop for Leicester City forward Joe Dodoo". Daily Record. Glasgow: Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  12. "Rangers make former Leicester striker their ninth summer signing". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 July 2016.
  13. Ralston, Gary (20 July 2016). "Rangers boss Mark Warburton hails Joey Barton's debut and says his new-look squad is shaping up nicely". Daily Record. Glasgow: Trinity Mirror.
  14. Young, Chick (22 July 2016). "East Stirlingshire 0–3 Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC.
  15. "Partick Thistle 1–2 Rangers". BBC Sport. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  16. "Joe Dodoo: Charlton sign Rangers striker on loan until January". BBC. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  17. "Oldham 3–4 Charlton". BBC. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  18. "Joe Dodoo: Blackpool sign Rangers striker on loan". BBC Sport. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  19. "Rangers: Joe Dodoo has contract mutually terminated". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 September 2019.
  20. "Dodoo Signs for Wanderers". Bolton Wanderers. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  21. "Bolton Wanderers 0 0 Blackpool". BBC Sport. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  22. "Bolton Wanderers 2 2 AFC Wimbledon". BBC Sport. 7 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  23. theboltonnews "Bolton announce retained list with 14 players out of contract"
  24. "Joe Dodoo joins Ghana training despite nationality concerns". Ghana Web.
  25. Joe Dodoo at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  26. "Games played by Joe Dodoo in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
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