Fuad Sule

Fuad Dapo Sule (born 20 January 1997) is an Irish-Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a holding midfielder for Glentoran.

Fuad Sule

Personal information
Full name	Fuad Dapo Sule[1]
Date of birth	(1997-01-20) 20 January 1997 (age 28)[2]
Place of birth	Ibadan, Nigeria
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[3]
Position(s)	Holding midfielder
Team information
Current team	Glentoran
Number	6
Youth career
2002–2013	Crumlin United
2013–2014	Shamrock Rovers
2014–2016	St Patrick's Athletic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016	St Patrick's Athletic	1	(0)
2017	Bohemians	24	(0)
2018–2019	Barnet	1	(0)
2018–2019	→ Larne (loan)	19	(0)
2019–2023	Larne	130	(3)
2023–	Glentoran	52	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:43, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Early life

Born in Ibadan, Nigeria, Sule moved to the Citywest area of Dublin aged three. He was in the academy at Crumlin United before joining Shamrock Rovers aged 16.^[4]

Career

Sule joined St Patrick's Athletic in July 2014. He made his debut for the first team on the final day of the 2016 season against Derry City. This was his only appearance for the Saints before joining Bohemians in December 2016.^[2] Sule won the League of Ireland Premier Division player of the month for July 2017. Sule won the Player of the Year award for Bohemians^[5] and the League of Ireland Young Player of the Year award for 2017.^[6] His transfer to Barnet went through on 1 January 2018 for an undisclosed fee.^[7][8] Sule made his debut as a substitute against Crawley Town on 13 January 2018,^[9] but made no further appearances for the Bees for the rest of the season and joined NIFL Championship side Larne on loan on 3 September 2018.^[10] Sule joined Larne permanently on a two-and-a-half-year deal on 31 January 2019. He received the club's most man of the match awards in the 2018–19 season and established himself as a firm fans favourite with his all action style.^[11] Sule left Larne at the end of the 2022–23 season after turning down a new contract. He made 185 appearances in all competitions before departing.^[12]

On 8 July 2023, it was announced that Sule had signed for Larne's Irish League rival, Glentoran.

Style of play

Sule played as a striker and attacking midfielder as a schoolboy, before switching to a defensive midfield role at St Patrick's Athletic. His style of play been compared to N'Golo Kanté.^[4]

Personal life

Sule's brother Ajibola (born 1992) is also a footballer, having played for Shelbourne and Cabinteely, as well as his cousin Ismahil Akinade who has played in the League of Ireland, as well as Vietnam, Egypt, Bangladesh and Malaysia.^[4]

Career statistics

As of 21 April 2023^[13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
St Patrick's Athletic	2016	League of Ireland Premier Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bohemians	2017	League of Ireland Premier Division	24	0	1	0	2	0	–		0	0	27	0
Barnet	2017–18	EFL League Two	1	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	1	0
	2018–19	National League	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	0	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	1	0
Larne (loan)	2018–19[14]	NIFL Championship	19	0	0	0	0	0	–		3	0	22	0
Larne	2018–19[14]	NIFL Championship	7	1	2	0	0	0	–		0	0	9	1
	2019–20[14]	NIFL Premiership	29	1	2	0	1	0	–		0	0	32	1
	2020–21[14]	NIFL Premiership	30	0	2	0	0	0	–		0	0	32	0
	2021–22[14]	NIFL Premiership	29	0	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	37	0
	2022–23[14]	NIFL Premiership	35	1	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	41	1
	Total		130	3	13	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	151	2
Glentoran	2023–24	NIFL Premiership	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			175	3	14	0	4	0	6	0	3	0	202	3

Honours

Larne

• NIFL Championship: 2018–19^{[citation needed]}
• County Antrim Shield: 2020–21,^[15] 2021–22,^[16] 2022–23 ^[17]
• NIFL Premiership: 2022–23^[18]

Glentoran

• County Antrim Shield: 2024–25

Individual

• NIFL Championship Team of the Year: 2018–19^{[citation needed]}
• League of Ireland Player of the Month: July 2017