 Afobe playing for Bournemouth in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Benik Tunani Afobe[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 February 1993[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Leyton, London, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2010 | Arsenal | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2015 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | → Huddersfield Town (loan) | 28 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | → Reading (loan) | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 20 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | → Millwall (loan) | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 12 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | → Milton Keynes Dons (loan) | 22 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | (22) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Bournemouth | 63 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 16 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Stoke City (loan) | 26 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Stoke City | 20 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | → Bristol City (loan) | 12 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Trabzonspor (loan) | 28 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | → Millwall (loan) | 38 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Millwall | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Hatta | 17 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Al Dhafra | 25 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Mesaimeer | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | England U16 | 3 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | England U17 | 23 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | England U19 | 10 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | England U21 | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | DR Congo | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:10, 20 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 November 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
Benik Tunani Afobe (born 12 February 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker. Born in England, he represented the DR Congo national team on six occasions between 2017 and 2018.
Afobe signed a professional contract with Arsenal in February 2010, and was loaned to various clubs including Huddersfield Town, Reading, Bolton Wanderers, Millwall, Sheffield Wednesday and Milton Keynes Dons before signing for Wolverhampton Wanderers in January 2015. A year later, he signed for Bournemouth for £10 million. After a season there, he returned on loan to former club Wolves the following season where he secured a £10 million transfer back to Molineux. However soon after, he joined Stoke City initially on loan before a permanent switch in January 2019.
Afobe was part of the England squad that won the 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in May 2010.[4]
- ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Stoke City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 67. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Benik Afobe". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ^ "Player Profile: Benik Afobe". Premier League. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
- ^ Magowan, Alistair (31 May 2010). "England U-17s beat Spain to win European Championship". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 June 2010.