Rinsola Babajide
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_(cropped).jpg) Babajide with Liverpool in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Omorinsola Omowunmi Ajike Babajide[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 June 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | London, England[2] | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Roma | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015[3] | Crystal Palace | 9 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | Millwall Lionesses | 31 | (7) |
| 2017–2018 | Watford | 15 | (3) |
| 2018–2022 | Liverpool | 45 | (10) |
| 2021–2022 | → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Real Betis | 38 | (9) |
| 2023–2025 | UDG Tenerife | 41 | (7) |
| 2025– | Roma | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | England U19 | 9 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | England U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2019 | England U21 | 8 | (2) |
| 2023– | Nigeria | 17 | (3) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11:53, 3 July 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 March 2026 | |||
Omorinsola Omowunmi Ajike Babajide OON (Yoruba: [ɔ.mɔ.ɾĩ.sɔ.lá ɔ.mɔ.wũ.mi à.d͡ʒí.kɛ bà.bà.d͡ʒí.dɛ];[4] born 17 June 1998), known as Rinsola Babajide, is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serie A Femminile club Roma. Born in England, she represented her country of birth as a youth international up to under-21 level, before switching allegiance to Nigeria and making her senior debut in October 2023.[5]
She previously played for Liverpool, Millwall Lionesses, Watford and Brighton & Hove Albion.
Crystal Palace
Rinsola Babajide began her career at Crystal Palace and played for the club during the 2014–15 season.[3] She made nine appearances and scored twice and made a further two appearances for the reserve team.
She made her senior debut for the club during the opening game of the season, a 2–0 win against Denham United on 24 August 2014.[6] She scored her first goal for Crystal Palace during a 3–3 draw against Cambridge United on 5 October 2014.[7]
Millwall Lionesses
She joined Millwall Lionesses from Crystal Palace in January 2015,[8] but made her professional debut on March 18 against the London Bees in a FA WSL match which ended in a draw.[9]
Watford
In February 2017, Babajide completed a transfer to Watford Ladies.[10] She scored her first competitive goal for the club in a 3–2 loss to London Bees in a FA WSL Spring Series fixture.[11] Babajide finished as Watford's joint top scorer in the 2017 Spring Series, with three goals.[12]
Liverpool
Her transfer to Liverpool was announced on 25 January 2018.[13] Babajide was part of the squad that saw Liverpool relegated to the Championship in 2020.[14]
Babajide was Liverpool's second highest goal scorer in the 2018/19 WSL season with two campaign goals.
Babajide was then Liverpool's joint-second WSL goal scorer in the 2019/20 season with one single league goal. She didn't feature for Liverpool in the second half of the 2020/21 Championship season after refusing to train[15] with the first team squad and was then subsequently moved down into the age group development squad away from the first team.[16]
Brighton & Hove Albion
On 26 July 2021, Brighton & Hove Albion Women Football Club announced the signing of Rinsola on a season-long loan deal from Liverpool Women.[3]
Real Betis (loan) and UDG Tenerife
On 3 July 2023, after an 18-month spell with Real Betis, Babajide joined fellow Liga F side UDG Tenerife on a two-year deal.[17]
AS Roma
On 14 July 2025, Babajide was announced at Roma on a two year contract.[18]
International career
England
In August 2018, Babajide was part of the England U20s squad that claimed bronze at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[19] In September 2020 she was included in a training camp for the England senior team.[20][21]
Nigeria
Due to her Nigerian parents, Babajide was also eligible to represent Nigeria.[22] She received her first call up in October 2023 and made her debut on 25 October 2023, starting in a 1–1 draw with Ethiopia during 2024 Olympic qualifying.[23]
On 6th July, 2025, she scored and assisted once in Nigeria v. Tunisia in the 2024 TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations, contributing to their 3-0 victory.[24]
