Brian Idowu
Idowu with Nigeria at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Brian Oladapo Idowu[1]
Date of birth (1992-05-18) 18 May 1992
Place of birth Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1999– Smena-Zenit
0000–2010 Zenit St. Petersburg
2010–2015 Amkar Perm
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2018 Amkar Perm 87 (1)
2013–2014 → Dynamo St. Petersburg (loan) 25 (1)
2018–2021 Lokomotiv Moscow 25 (0)
2020–2021 → Khimki (loan) 28 (3)
2021–2023 Khimki 41 (0)
International career‡
2017–2018 Nigeria 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2018

Brian Oladapo Idowu (Russian: Брайан Оладапо Идову; born 18 May 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back. Born in Russia, he plays for the Nigeria national team.

Club career

Born in Saint Petersburg to a Nigerian father and a Russian-Nigerian mother, Idowu moved to Owerri, Nigeria at early age, and later moved back to Russia.

He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Amkar Perm on 6 May 2012 in a game against FC Terek Grozny.[2]

After a loan spell with Dynamo St Petersburg during the 2013–14 season, Idowu signed a new 3-year deal with Amkar on 30 June 2014,[3] extending his contract again in February 2017 until the summer of 2020.[4]

Lokomotiv Moscow

On 10 July 2018, he signed a 3-year contract with FC Lokomotiv Moscow.[5]

Khimki

On 7 August 2020, he joined Khimki on loan for the 2020–21 season.[6]

On 7 June 2021, he moved to Khimki on a permanent basis, signing a 2-year contract with an additional 1-year extension option.[7] He left Khimki in July 2023.[8]

International career

In November 2017, Idowu was called up to the Nigerian national team for their friendly against Argentina in Krasnodar on 14 November 2017.[9] Idowu made his debut against Argentina on 14 November, coming on as a half-time substitute for Ola Aina, and scoring Nigeria's third goal in a 4-2 win.[10]

In May 2018 he was named in Nigeria's preliminary 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[11]

Personal life

Idowu's father is Nigerian and his mother is half-Russian, half-Nigerian. He was born and raised in St. Petersburg, except for a period when he was aged 3 to 6 when he lived in Owerri, Nigeria.[12] Idowu speaks perfect Russian and acted as a makeshift translator of the Nigerian national team at news conference ahead of a fixture in Krasnodar in November 2017.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of 28 May 2022[14]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Amkar Perm 2011–12 RPL 1000––10
2012–13 0010––10
2013–14 00–––00
2014–15 11010––120
2015–16 22031––251
2016–17 26120––281
2017–18 27031–2[lower-alpha 1]0321
Total 8711020020993
Dynamo St. Petersburg (loan) 2013–14 FNL 25110––261
Lokomotiv Moscow 2018–19 RPL 130303[lower-alpha 2]01[lower-alpha 3]0200
2019–20 120104[lower-alpha 2]01[lower-alpha 3]0180
Total 250407020380
Khimki 2020–21 RPL 28320––303
2021–22 25010–2[lower-alpha 1]0280
2022–23 11050––160
Total 643800020743
Career total 201523270602377
  1. 1 2 Appearances in the relegation play-offs
  2. 1 2 Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  3. 1 2 Appearance in the Russian Super Cup

International

Idowu in a friendly match with Nigeria against Argentina, in 2017
As of 20 November 2019[15]
Nigeria
YearAppsGoals
201711
201890
Total101

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef
1.14 November 2017Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar, Russia Argentina
3–2
4–2
Friendly[10]

Honours

Club

Lokomotiv Moscow

References

  1. 1 2 "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Terek v Amkar game report by RPL". Russian Premier League. 6 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "БРАЙАН ИДОВУ: НОВЫЙ КОНТРАКТ С АМКАРОМ". fc-amkar.org (in Russian). FC Amkar Perm. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "АМКАР ПРОДЛИЛ КОНТРАКТ С ИДОВУ ДО 2020 ГОДА". sport-express.ru (in Russian). Sport Express. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Идову подписал контракт с "Локомотивом"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 10 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Брайан Идову перешел в "Химки"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 7 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "БРАЙН ИДОВУ ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С "ХИМКАМИ"" (in Russian). FC Khimki. 7 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "Спасибо" (in Russian). FC Khimki. 3 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "World Cup Qualification: Brian Idowu Joins Team". thenationonlineng.net. The Nation. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  10. 1 2 "Argentina 2-3 Nigeria". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  11. ↑ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists | Goal.com".
  12. ↑ "Разговор по пятницам". Выпуск №15 (in Russian). FC Amkar Perm.
  13. ↑ Yokhin, Michael (16 November 2017). "Brian Idowu's journey from St Petersburg to Nigeria may end at World Cup". ESPN FC. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  14. ↑ Brian Idowu at Soccerway
  15. ↑ "Brian Idowu". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  16. ↑ ""Локомотив" - обладатель Олимп-Кубка России по футболу" [Lokomotiv is the winner of the Olimp-Russian Cup] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 22 May 2019.
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