Rio Adebisi

Rio Adesola Frederick Adebisi (born 27 September 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Crewe Alexandra.

Rio Adebisi
Personal information
Full name Rio Adesola Frederick Adebisi[1]
Date of birth (2000-09-27) 27 September 2000
Place of birth Croydon, Surrey, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Crewe Alexandra
Number 25
Youth career
2012–2019 Crewe Alexandra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Crewe Alexandra 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 December 2019

Adebisi was born in Croydon, Surrey; his family moved to Northwich, Cheshire in 2004. He joined Northwich side Barnton, playing mainly as an attacking box-to-box midfielder.

He joined Crewe Alexandra's Academy aged 12, progressing through the ranks to play under-23 games in 2018-19;[3] he also went on loan to Leek Town.[4] He made his first team debut, aged 18, at Gresty Road in an EFL Cup second round tie against Aston Villa on 27 August 2019,[3] and made his league debut, coming on as a 79th-minute substitute for Harry Pickering, against Scunthorpe United at Gresty Road on 29 December 2019.[5]

He was offered a new contract in June 2020.[6]

Career statistics
As of 29 December 2019.
Club Season Division League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Crewe Alexandra2019–20[7]League Two1000102[lower-alpha 1]040
Crewe Alexandra total 1000102040
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Retained List 2018–19" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  2. "Rio Adebisi - Defender - First Team - Crewe Alexandra". www.crewealex.net. Crewe Alexandra F.C. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. Morse, Peter (28 August 2019). "Interview: Rio Adebisi is a man in a hurry at Crewe Alex". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  4. "BAKER ADDS ADEBISI". Leek Town. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  5. "Crewe Alexandra 3-1 Scunthorpe United". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  6. Morse, Peter (10 June 2020). "Paul Green and Nicky Hunt released as Crewe Alex announce retained list". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  7. "Games played by Rio Adebisi in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
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