{{Short description|English footballer (born 2006)}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Favour Fawunmi |fullname = Favour Daniel Ayobamide Fawunmi<ref>{{cite web |title=CLUB LIST OF REGISTERED PLAYERS |url=https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gc-media-assets.gc.eflservices.co.uk/04fb4a30-48a0-11f0-ae65-e36a68f94bdb.pdf |website=English Football League |access-date=20 June 2025}}</ref> |birth_place = Newham, England | height = |image = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|2006|04|26|df=y}} |position = Winger |currentclub = Stoke City |clubnumber = 56 |youthyears1 = 2020–2025 |youthclubs1 = West Ham United |years1 = 2025– |clubs1 = Stoke City |caps1 = 2 |goals1 = 0 |years2 = 2026 |clubs2 = → Leyton Orient (loan) |caps2 = 7 |goals2 = 0 |club-update = 16:15, 2 April 2026 (UTC) }} '''Favour Daniel Ayobamide Fawunmi''' (born 26 April 2006) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Championship club Stoke City.<ref>{{cite web|title= Favour Fawunmi|website=Soccerway|accessdate=8 February 2025|url= https://uk.soccerway.com/players/favour-fawunmi/813500}}</ref>
==Career== ===West Ham United=== Fawunmi was in the West Ham United youth academy, having joined at U15 level.<ref>{{cite web|first=Peter|last=Smith|date=7 February 2025|title= Stoke City swoop for West Ham trialist after star turn in front of Mark Robins and Jon Walters|accessdate=8 February 2025|url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/stoke-city-transfer-favour-fawunmi-9926220|website=Stoke Sentinel}}</ref> He signed scholarship terms ahead of the 2022–23 season, in which he was a member of their FA Youth Cup winning team.<ref>{{cite web|first=Dom|last=Smith|date=1 February 2025|title= Favour Fawunmi joins Stoke after West Ham exit |url= https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/fawunmi-stoke-west-ham-2025-b1209817.html#:~:text=Academy%20star%20Favour%20Fawunmi%20has,at%20the%20end%20of%20January. |website=Evening Standard|accessdate=7 February 2025}}</ref> He signed a short-term contract upon the conclusion of his scholarship as he recovered from injury, but declined the offer of a new contract during the 2024–25 season and left the club on 31 January 2025.<ref>{{cite web|first=Dom|last=Smith|date=1 February 2025|title= Favour Fawunmi leaves West Ham with PAOK ready to swoop|url= https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/fawunmi-west-ham-transfer-news-premier-league-2025-b1208523.html|website=Evening Standard|accessdate=8 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tribalfootball.com/article/soccer-southern-league-premier-central-west-ham-confirm-fawunmi-and-tarima-have-left-this-week-324bf8a3-4ef5-4812-83a8-6cface7cf6ec|website=Tribal Football|accessdate=8 February 2025|title= WEST HAM CONFIRM FAWUNMI AND TARIMA HAVE LEFT THIS WEEK|first= Ansser |last=Sadiq|date=7 February 2025}}</ref>
===Stoke City=== Fawunmi joined EFL Championship club Stoke City on 7 February 2025, signing a two-and-a-half year contract, after a brief trial.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cm29ppm4n28o|website=BBC Sport|access-date=8 February 2025|title= Stoke sign former Hammers youngster Fawunmi|date=7 February 2025}}</ref> He was immediately included in the Stoke match-day squad for their FA Cup fourth round tie against Cardiff City on 8 February 2025 and made his debut as a second-half substitute as Stoke lost on penalties following a 3–3 draw.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stoke City 3–3 Cardiff City |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cpwx0jr9445t |website=BBC Sport |access-date=8 February 2025}}</ref> Fawunmi joined League One side Leyton Orient on 2 February 2026, for the remainder of the 2025–26 season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Young winger joins Orient on loan from Stoke City |url=https://www.leytonorient.com/news/2026/february/02/young-winger-joins-orient-on-loan-from-stoke-city/ |website=Leyton Orient |access-date=2 February 2026}}</ref> His loan at Leyton Orient was cut short on 2 April 2026, due to a hamstring injury.<ref>{{cite web |title=Favour Fawunmi returns from Leyton Orient loan |url=https://www.stokecityfc.com/news/2026/april/02/favour-fawunmi-returns-from-leyton-orient-loan/ |website=Stoke City |access-date=2 April 2026}}</ref>
==Personal life== He is of Nigerian descent.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=54617|website=All Nigeria Soccer|accessdate=8 February 2025|title= Confirmed: West Ham United part ways with left-footed Nigerian forward|date=February 6, 2025}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 21 March 2026}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |West Ham United U21 |2024–25<ref name="2024-25">{{Soccerbase season|id=175952|season=2024}}</ref> |colspan=1|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||2{{efn|name=EFLT|Appearances in EFL Trophy}}||0||2||0 |- |rowspan=3|Stoke City |2024–25<ref name="2024-25"/> |Championship |0||0||1||0||0||0||colspan=2|—||1||0 |- |2025–26<ref name="2025-26">{{Soccerbase season|id=175952|season=2025}}</ref> |Championship |2||0||0||0||2||0||colspan=2|—||4||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !2!!0!!1!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!5!!0 |- |Leyton Orient (loan) |2025–26<ref name="2025-26"/> |League One |7||0||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|—||7||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !9!!0!!1!!0!!2!!0!!2!!0!!14!!0 |} {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Stoke City F.C. squad}}
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