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Shawn Adewoye
	Adewoye with Genk in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	29 June 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Bree, Belgium
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Fortuna Sittard
Number	4
Youth career
2005–2008	KESK Leopoldsburg
2008–2019	Genk
Senior career*
Years	Team
2019–2021	Genk
2021–2024	RKC Waalwijk
2024–	Fortuna Sittard
International career
2014–2015	Belgium U15
2016	Belgium U16
2017	Belgium U17
2017–2018	Belgium U18
2018	Belgium U19
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2024

Shawn Adewoye (born 29 June 2000) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Dutch Eredivisie club Fortuna Sittard.

Club career

Adewoye is a youth product of the academies of KESK Leopoldsburg and Genk.^[1] Beginning his senior career with the reserves of Genk, he transferred to the Dutch club RKC Waalwijk on 31 January 2021.^[2] He made his professional debut with Waalwijk in a 2–0 Eredivisie loss to Sparta Rotterdam on 13 March 2021.^[3]

On 19 July 2024, Adewoye signed a two-year contract with Fortuna Sittard.^[4]

International career

Adewoye was born in Belgium to a Nigerian father, and a Belgian mother of Italian descent.^[1] He is a youth international for Belgium, having represented the Belgium U15s, U16s, Belgium U17s, Belgium U18s, and U19s.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Luyckx, Marcel (12 February 2021). "RKC-verdediger Adewoye weet hoe hij een topscorer het leven zuur kan maken". Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 November 2023.
^ "RKC Waalwijk plukt jonge verdediger Shawn Adewoye weg bij KRC Genk". www.hbvl.be.
^ "Sparta Rotterdam vs. RKC Waalwijk - 13 March 2021". Soccerway.
^ "FORTUNA VERSTERKT ACHTERHOEDE MET ADEWOYE" [FORTUNA STRENGTHENS REARGUARD WITH ADEWOYE] (in Dutch). Fortuna Sittard. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
^ "RKC Waalwijk: Seizoenkaarten". www.rkcwaalwijk.nl.

External links

Shawn Adewoye at Soccerway
Shawn Adewoye at BDFutbol
Shawn Adewoye at the Royal Belgian Football Association
Eredivisie profile

[auto-1] Luyckx, Marcel (12 February 2021). "RKC-verdediger Adewoye weet hoe hij een topscorer het leven zuur kan maken". Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 November 2023.

[2] "RKC Waalwijk plukt jonge verdediger Shawn Adewoye weg bij KRC Genk". www.hbvl.be.

[3] "Sparta Rotterdam vs. RKC Waalwijk - 13 March 2021". Soccerway.

[4] "FORTUNA VERSTERKT ACHTERHOEDE MET ADEWOYE" [FORTUNA STRENGTHENS REARGUARD WITH ADEWOYE] (in Dutch). Fortuna Sittard. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.

[5] "RKC Waalwijk: Seizoenkaarten". www.rkcwaalwijk.nl.

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