Zach Awe
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zachariah Olumide Ebunoluwa Awe[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 January 2004[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Greenwich, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.92 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Southampton | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2023 | Arsenal | ||
| 2023–2024 | Southampton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024– | Southampton | 0 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | → Accrington Stanley (loan) | 21 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2019–2020 | England U16 | 9 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 08:00, 5 January 2025 (UTC) | |||
Zachariah Olumide Ebunoluwa Awe (born 9 January 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL Championship club Southampton. He is an England youth international.[3]
Club career
[edit | edit source]Awe spent eleven years in the youth ranks at Arsenal.[4] He made appearances in the EFL Trophy for Arsenal, and was included in match-day squads for the first team, and was an unused substitute in the Premier League without making a first team debut.[5] He joined Southampton in August 2023, despite being offered new terms by his hometown club, signing a three-year contract, initially joining the Under-21's for the 2023–24 season.[6][7][8]
On 4 July 2024, Awe joined League Two club Accrington Stanley on a season-long loan.[9] He made his debut for the club on 10 August 2024 in a 4–1 defeat against Doncaster Rovers.[10] On 8 October 2024, Awe received a red card during a 2–1 defeat against Tranmere Rovers in the EFL Trophy.[11][12] He scored his first goal for the club on 9 November 2024 in a 3–0 away victory against Chesterfield.[13] On 3 February 2025, Awe was recalled from loan and returned to Southampton after he suffered an injury in January.[14]
International career
[edit | edit source]Awe made his debut playing for the England U-16 side in August 2019.[15] In September 2023 he was called up to the England U-20 side.[16]
Style of play
[edit | edit source]He has been described as a ball-playing central defender, comfortable with the ball at his feet and capable of playing out from the back.[17]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Born in Greenwich, London,[18] he has Nigerian and St Lucian heritage.[19][20]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 11 January 2025
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Southampton | 2024–25[21] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Accrington Stanley (loan) | 2024–25[21] | League Two | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| Total | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
- ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy
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- 2004 births
- Living people
- Footballers from the Royal Borough of Greenwich
- People from Greenwich
- English people of Nigerian descent
- Sportspeople of Nigerian descent
- English men's footballers
- England men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Arsenal F.C. players
- Southampton F.C. players
- Accrington Stanley F.C. players
- English Football League players
- 21st-century English sportsmen