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Emmanuel Ilesanmi

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Emmanuel Ilesanmi
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-11-17) 17 November 2004 (age 19)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Derby County
Youth career
Harrogate Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2024 Harrogate Town 3 (0)
2023Scarborough Athletic (loan) 2 (0)
2023Basford United (loan) 4 (0)
2024– Derby County 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:46, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

Emmanuel Ilesanmi (born 17 November 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Derby County.

He started his career at Harrogate Town, making his debut in 2021, and spending time on loan at non-league clubs Scarborough Athletic and Basford United. In July 2024, Ilesanmi signed with Derby County, initially as an under-21 player.

Career

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Ilesanmi is a graduate of the Harrogate Town Academy, and in making his first-team debut on 5 October 2021 in the EFL Trophy, became the first Academy graduate to play for the first-team.[1][2] He moved on loan to Scarborough Athletic in January 2023,[3][4] and to Basford United in August 2023,[5] for whom he made 4 league appearances.[6]

He was released by Harrogate at the end of the 2023–24 season.[7] He made 6 appearances in total for Harrogate's first team.[8]

In July 2024, Ilesanmi signed with Derby County, initially as an under-21 player.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Emmanuel Ilesanmi becomes first product of Harrogate Town's academy to appear in League Two".
  2. ^ "Harrogate Town's academy aces won't be getting 'carried away' after first-team debuts". www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk.
  3. ^ "Harrogate Town transfer news: Scarborough Athletic sign academy product Emmanuel Ilesanmi on loan".
  4. ^ "New Signing Emmanuel Ilesanmi". www.scarboroughathletic.com.
  5. ^ "LOAN SIGNING: EMMANUEL ILESANMI". www.basfordunited.com.
  6. ^ "Basford United | Appearances | Emmanuel Ilesanmi | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  7. ^ "Released and retained list confirmed". www.harrogatetownafc.com.
  8. ^ Emmanuel Ilesanmi at Soccerbase
  9. ^ "ACADEMY NEWS: Quartet join up with Rams under-21s". Derby County. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.