Ademola Ola-Adebomi

Ademola Ola-Adebomi
Personal information
Full name Ademola Oladipupo Ola-Adebomi
Date of birth (2003-09-03) 3 September 2003
Place of birth London, England[1]
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
WSG Tirol
Number 9
Youth career
2012–2023 Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023–2025 Crystal Palace 0 (0)
2024 → Burton Albion (loan) 14 (1)
2024–2025 → Beveren (loan) 8 (0)
2025– WSG Tirol 24 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 June 2026

Ademola Oladipupo Ola-Adebomi (born 3 September 2003) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Austrian Bundesliga club WSG Tirol.[2]

Career

Described as a centre-forward, Ola-Adebomi joined Crystal Palace as a youngster and progressed through their youth academy before signing his first professional contract with the club in April 2022.[3] He was promoted to the Under-21s for the 2022–23 season. Ola-Adebomi made his first appearance in a senior Crystal Palace matchday squad in September 2023, for a Premier League match against Manchester United which Palace won 1-0, but remained an unused substitute.[4][5] He did play for the club in the EFL Trophy that season and scored 12 goals in 21 games for the Crystal Palace U21 side prior to joining Burton Albion on a six-month loan deal in January 2024.[6]

Ola-Adebomi made his professional debut on 27 January 2024, as Burton played away in EFL League One against Cambridge United.[7] The following weekend, he made his first league start as Burton played Lincoln City.[8]

On 6 August 2024, Ola-Adebomi joined Belgian club Beveren on loan until the end of the 2024–25 season.[9] On 10 January 2025, Ola-Adebomi returned to Palace after his loan was cut short by Beveren.[10]

On 23 July 2025, Ola-Adebomi moved to Austrian Bundesliga side WSG Tirol on a free transfer, signing a long-term contract.[11][12] On 8 March 2026, he scored his first league in a 2–0 win over Grazer.[13]

Personal life

Ola-Adebomi is of Nigerian descent.[14]

Career statistics

As of match played 18 October 2025[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Crystal Palace U21 2022–23 – –––3[c]030
2023–24 – –––1[c]111
Total 0000004141
Crystal Palace 2023–24 Premier League 0000000000
Burton Albion (loan) 2023–24 League One 141000000141
Beveren (loan) 2024–25 Challenger Pro League 8000000080
WSG Tirol 2025–26 Austrian Bundesliga 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 1
Career total 281110041333
  1. ↑ Includes FA Cup, Belgian Cup and Austrian Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

References

  1. 1 2 Ademola Ola-Adebomi at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ Ademola Ola-Adebomi at Soccerway
  3. ↑ "Ade signs first pro contract". London News Online. 15 April 2022. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Who is Ademola Ola-Adebomi? The academy striker on the bench at Old Trafford". cpfc.co.uk. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "Manchester United vs Crystal Palace 0-1". Soccerway. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "Burton sign Palace striker Ola-Adebomi on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "Cambridge United 0-0 Burton Albion". BBC Sport. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  8. ↑ Crawford, Colston (3 February 2024). "Frustration for Brewers in home defeat". Staffordshire-live. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  9. ↑ "WELKOM OP DE FREETHIEL, ADEMOLA OLA-ADEBOMI!" [WELCOME TO THE FREETHIEL, ADEMOLA OLA-ADEBOMI!]. www.skbeveren.be (in Dutch). 6 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "Young striker leaves SK Beveren early to return to Crystal Palace". getfootballnewsbene.com. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  11. ↑ "Ademola Ola-Adebomi wechselt zur WSG Tirol". www.wsg-fussball.at (in German). Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  12. ↑ "Ademola Ola-Adebomi makes permanent move to WSG Tirol - News". Crystal Palace F.C. 23 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  13. ↑ "TIR 2-0 GAK". soccerway.com. 8 March 2026. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  14. ↑ "Two European clubs interested in Crystal Palace striker who trained with Flying Eagles in 2023 | All Nigeria Soccer". www.allnigeriasoccer.com.
  15. ↑ Ademola Ola-Adebomi at Soccerway