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Lateef Elford-Alliyu
Personal information
Full name Lateef Elford-Alliyu
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 West Bromwich Albion
Number 41
Youth career
2006–2010 West Bromwich Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010– West Bromwich Albion 0 (0)
2010 → Hereford United (loan) 1 (0)
2010 → Keflavík (loan) 0 (0)
2010–2011 → Tranmere Rovers (loan) 16 (5)
International career
2009 England U17 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:35, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Lateef Elford-Alliyu (born 1 June 1992) is an English professional footballer currently playing for West Bromwich Albion, as a striker.

Early and personal life

Elford-Alliyu was born in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Club career

'Pan' as he is known to his team-mates at West Bromwich Albion was catapulted into the limelight after scoring from the half-way line in a pre-season friendly against Stafford Rangers aged 15. Having made his way through the youth teams at West Bromwich Albion, he featured regularly for their Under 18 team before joining Hereford United on loan in late January 2010.[2] He made his debut in the Football League for his loan club on 30 January 2010 in a 2–0 defeat to Port Vale,[3] this being his sole appearance for the club. On 24 February 2010 he returned to his parent club after the end of his loan period.[4] After regularly appearing for the Baggies' reserve side, he joined Icelandic top flight side Keflavík Football Club on 14 May 2010 until the middle of June on loan along with fellow West Bromwich Albion player Kayleden Brown.[5] Described on the West Bromwich Albion website as quick, strong, knows how to use his body, he is technically very good and his movement is excellent.

He joined Tranmere Rovers on loan on 25 November 2010.[6] His debut for the club came on 11 December in a 1–2 home defeat to Leyton Orient.[7] His loan period was then extended until 4 January 2011[8] and then to early February.[9] He scored his first goal for the club on 8 January against Walsall.[10] After picking up an injury which would keep him out for the rest of the season he returned on 24 March 2011 to his parent club for treatment, ending his loan period.[11] After so many impressive performances for Tranmere Rovers including scoring two goals against Plymouth Argyle and his amazing goal against Rochdale at Prenton Park,he was nominated for the League One player of the month in February. It is rumoured that he is in talks with Walsall over a possible loan move.

International career

He made 9 appearances for the England national under-17 football team in 2009 scoring one goal including going to the European championship making two starts and one substitute appearance.

References

  1. ^ "Premier League Player Profile". Premier League. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Hereford Sign West Brom Duo". League Football Education. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  3. ^ Shaw, Steve (30 January 2010). "Port Vale 2 Hereford Utd 0". The Sentinel. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Elford-Alliyu returns to West Brom". Sky Sports. 24 February 2010.
  5. ^ "Baggies trio go to Iceland". West Bromwich Albion F.C. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  6. ^ "WBA Striker Joins Rovers On Loan". Tranmere Rovers F.C. 25 November 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  7. ^ "Tranmere 1–2 Leyton Orient". BBC Sport. 11 December 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  8. ^ "Tranmere Rovers extend Lateef Elford-Alliyu loan deal". BBC Sport. 23 December 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
  9. ^ "Tranmere Extend Elford-Alliyu Loan". Tranmere Rovers. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  10. ^ "Tranmere 3-3 Walsall". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 8 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  11. ^ "Lateef Elford-Alliyu out for the rest of the season". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.

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